diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a00a5f818..cbe3ade77 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # 0.18.9
 
 * Supports error responses with `@httpResponseCode` fields.
+* Fix in Bijection#identity which caused and infinite recursion, fixed in [1401](https://github.com/disneystreaming/smithy4s/pull/1401)
 
 # 0.18.8
 
diff --git a/modules/bootstrapped/test/src/smithy4s/schema/SchemaSpec.scala b/modules/bootstrapped/test/src/smithy4s/schema/SchemaSpec.scala
index 312013cc2..26d93f655 100644
--- a/modules/bootstrapped/test/src/smithy4s/schema/SchemaSpec.scala
+++ b/modules/bootstrapped/test/src/smithy4s/schema/SchemaSpec.scala
@@ -37,4 +37,9 @@ final class SchemaSpec extends FunSuite {
     assertEquals(sch.getDefaultValue, None)
   }
 
+  test("bijection - identity") {
+    val sut = Bijection.identity[String]
+    val str = "value"
+    assertEquals(sut.to(sut.from(str)), str)
+  }
 }