diff --git a/packages/amplify-nodejs-function-template-provider/resources/lambda/lambda-auth/event.json b/packages/amplify-nodejs-function-template-provider/resources/lambda/lambda-auth/event.json
index 16936b83271..ebe9ecebd72 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-nodejs-function-template-provider/resources/lambda/lambda-auth/event.json
+++ b/packages/amplify-nodejs-function-template-provider/resources/lambda/lambda-auth/event.json
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 {
-  "authorizedToken": "custom-authorized"
+  "authorizationToken": "ExampleAUTHtoken123123123",
+  "requestContext": {
+    "apiId": "aaaaaa123123123example123",
+    "accountId": "111122223333",
+    "requestId": "f4081827-1111-4444-5555-5cf4695f339f",
+    "queryString": "mutation CreateEvent {...}\n\nquery MyQuery {...}\n",
+    "operationName": "MyQuery",
+    "variables": {}
+  }
 }