diff --git a/events/alb.go b/events/alb.go
index 7da6547c..e6558ddc 100644
--- a/events/alb.go
+++ b/events/alb.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type ALBTargetGroupRequest struct {
 	MultiValueHeaders               map[string][]string          `json:"multiValueHeaders,omitempty"`
 	RequestContext                  ALBTargetGroupRequestContext `json:"requestContext"`
 	IsBase64Encoded                 bool                         `json:"isBase64Encoded"`
-	Body                            string                       `json:"body,omitempty"`
+	Body                            string                       `json:"body"`
 }
 
 // ALBTargetGroupRequestContext contains the information to identify the load balancer invoking the lambda
diff --git a/events/testdata/alb-lambda-target-request-headers-only.json b/events/testdata/alb-lambda-target-request-headers-only.json
index 7c4bf88e..bc25e3f1 100644
--- a/events/testdata/alb-lambda-target-request-headers-only.json
+++ b/events/testdata/alb-lambda-target-request-headers-only.json
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@
     "x-imforwards": "20",
     "x-myheader": "123"
   },
+  "body": "",
   "isBase64Encoded": false
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/events/testdata/alb-lambda-target-request-multivalue-headers.json b/events/testdata/alb-lambda-target-request-multivalue-headers.json
index f3f3070c..190b4d2d 100644
--- a/events/testdata/alb-lambda-target-request-multivalue-headers.json
+++ b/events/testdata/alb-lambda-target-request-multivalue-headers.json
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@
       "123"
     ]
   },
-  "body": "Some text",
+  "body": "",
   "isBase64Encoded": false
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file