diff --git a/clients/client-lex-runtime-v2/src/protocols/Aws_restJson1.ts b/clients/client-lex-runtime-v2/src/protocols/Aws_restJson1.ts
index e1745a2293f3..07ebc85c6994 100644
--- a/clients/client-lex-runtime-v2/src/protocols/Aws_restJson1.ts
+++ b/clients/client-lex-runtime-v2/src/protocols/Aws_restJson1.ts
@@ -1040,7 +1040,8 @@ const serializeAws_restJson1AudioInputEvent_event = (input: AudioInputEvent, con
     },
     body: new Uint8Array(),
   };
-  message.body = serializeAws_restJson1AudioInputEvent(input, context);
+  const body = serializeAws_restJson1AudioInputEvent(input, context);
+  message.body = context.utf8Decoder(JSON.stringify(body));
   return message;
 };
 const serializeAws_restJson1ConfigurationEvent_event = (
@@ -1054,7 +1055,8 @@ const serializeAws_restJson1ConfigurationEvent_event = (
     },
     body: new Uint8Array(),
   };
-  message.body = serializeAws_restJson1ConfigurationEvent(input, context);
+  const body = serializeAws_restJson1ConfigurationEvent(input, context);
+  message.body = context.utf8Decoder(JSON.stringify(body));
   return message;
 };
 const serializeAws_restJson1DisconnectionEvent_event = (
@@ -1068,7 +1070,8 @@ const serializeAws_restJson1DisconnectionEvent_event = (
     },
     body: new Uint8Array(),
   };
-  message.body = serializeAws_restJson1DisconnectionEvent(input, context);
+  const body = serializeAws_restJson1DisconnectionEvent(input, context);
+  message.body = context.utf8Decoder(JSON.stringify(body));
   return message;
 };
 const serializeAws_restJson1DTMFInputEvent_event = (input: DTMFInputEvent, context: __SerdeContext): __Message => {
@@ -1079,7 +1082,8 @@ const serializeAws_restJson1DTMFInputEvent_event = (input: DTMFInputEvent, conte
     },
     body: new Uint8Array(),
   };
-  message.body = serializeAws_restJson1DTMFInputEvent(input, context);
+  const body = serializeAws_restJson1DTMFInputEvent(input, context);
+  message.body = context.utf8Decoder(JSON.stringify(body));
   return message;
 };
 const serializeAws_restJson1PlaybackCompletionEvent_event = (
@@ -1093,7 +1097,8 @@ const serializeAws_restJson1PlaybackCompletionEvent_event = (
     },
     body: new Uint8Array(),
   };
-  message.body = serializeAws_restJson1PlaybackCompletionEvent(input, context);
+  const body = serializeAws_restJson1PlaybackCompletionEvent(input, context);
+  message.body = context.utf8Decoder(JSON.stringify(body));
   return message;
 };
 const serializeAws_restJson1TextInputEvent_event = (input: TextInputEvent, context: __SerdeContext): __Message => {
@@ -1104,7 +1109,8 @@ const serializeAws_restJson1TextInputEvent_event = (input: TextInputEvent, conte
     },
     body: new Uint8Array(),
   };
-  message.body = serializeAws_restJson1TextInputEvent(input, context);
+  const body = serializeAws_restJson1TextInputEvent(input, context);
+  message.body = context.utf8Decoder(JSON.stringify(body));
   return message;
 };
 const deserializeAws_restJson1AccessDeniedException_event = async (
diff --git a/codegen/smithy-aws-typescript-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/typescript/codegen/AwsRestXml.java b/codegen/smithy-aws-typescript-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/typescript/codegen/AwsRestXml.java
index 452b90722377..4fbe1e5bae41 100644
--- a/codegen/smithy-aws-typescript-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/typescript/codegen/AwsRestXml.java
+++ b/codegen/smithy-aws-typescript-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/typescript/codegen/AwsRestXml.java
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ protected void serializeInputDocumentBody(
         serializeDocumentBody(context, documentBindings);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void serializeInputEventDocumentPayload(GenerationContext context) {
+        TypeScriptWriter writer = context.getWriter();
+        writer.write("message.body = context.utf8Decoder(body.toString());");
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void serializeOutputDocumentBody(
             GenerationContext context,
diff --git a/codegen/smithy-aws-typescript-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/typescript/codegen/RestJsonProtocolGenerator.java b/codegen/smithy-aws-typescript-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/typescript/codegen/RestJsonProtocolGenerator.java
index fad0e3acd88f..e6e8a9c0796a 100644
--- a/codegen/smithy-aws-typescript-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/typescript/codegen/RestJsonProtocolGenerator.java
+++ b/codegen/smithy-aws-typescript-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/typescript/codegen/RestJsonProtocolGenerator.java
@@ -183,6 +183,12 @@ protected void serializeInputPayload(
         serializePayload(context, payloadBinding);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void serializeInputEventDocumentPayload(GenerationContext context) {
+        TypeScriptWriter writer = context.getWriter();
+        writer.write("message.body = context.utf8Decoder(JSON.stringify(body));");
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void serializeOutputPayload(
             GenerationContext context,