diff --git a/events/apigw.go b/events/apigw.go
index b9e3a11c..ce7fa1cf 100644
--- a/events/apigw.go
+++ b/events/apigw.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ type APIGatewayV2HTTPRequestContextAuthorizerDescription struct {
 // APIGatewayV2HTTPRequestContextAuthorizerJWTDescription contains JWT authorizer information for the request context.
 type APIGatewayV2HTTPRequestContextAuthorizerJWTDescription struct {
 	Claims map[string]string `json:"claims"`
-	Scopes []string          `json:"scopes"`
+	Scopes []string          `json:"scopes,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // APIGatewayV2HTTPRequestContextHTTPDescription contains HTTP information for the request context.