diff --git a/.changes/next-release/bugfix-AWSSavingsPlans-8e050d0.json b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-AWSSavingsPlans-8e050d0.json
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+{
+    "category": "AWS Savings Plans", 
+    "contributor": "", 
+    "type": "bugfix", 
+    "description": "Setting default content type to 'application/json' since the service does not accept 'x-amz-json-<version>'"
+}
diff --git a/services/savingsplans/src/main/resources/codegen-resources/customization.config b/services/savingsplans/src/main/resources/codegen-resources/customization.config
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+{
+  "customServiceMetadata": {"contentType" : "application/json"}
+}
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