diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a24786a6ce9..f8993c40c73 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@ This project follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) fo
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## 1.20.2 - 2021-09-02
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **event-handler:** fix issue with strip_prefixes and root level resolvers ([#646](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-python/issues/646))
+
+### Maintenance
+
+* **deps:** bump boto3 from 1.18.26 to 1.18.32 ([#663](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-python/issues/663))
+* **deps-dev:** bump mkdocs-material from 7.2.4 to 7.2.6 ([#665](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-python/issues/665))
+* **deps-dev:** bump pytest from 6.2.4 to 6.2.5 ([#662](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-python/issues/662))
+* **deps-dev:** bump mike from 0.6.0 to 1.0.1 ([#453](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-python/issues/453))
+* **license:** add third party license to pyproject.toml ([#641](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-python/issues/641))
+
 ## 1.20.1 - 2021-08-22
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/aws_lambda_powertools/event_handler/api_gateway.py b/aws_lambda_powertools/event_handler/api_gateway.py
index c1cdde63db9..754cc24710d 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_powertools/event_handler/api_gateway.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_powertools/event_handler/api_gateway.py
@@ -546,6 +546,8 @@ def _remove_prefix(self, path: str) -> str:
             return path
 
         for prefix in self._strip_prefixes:
+            if path == prefix:
+                return "/"
             if self._path_starts_with(path, prefix):
                 return path[len(prefix) :]
 
diff --git a/docs/core/event_handler/api_gateway.md b/docs/core/event_handler/api_gateway.md
index 7186e8412d1..76a72fd03c7 100644
--- a/docs/core/event_handler/api_gateway.md
+++ b/docs/core/event_handler/api_gateway.md
@@ -476,6 +476,8 @@ This will lead to a HTTP 404 despite having your Lambda configured correctly. Se
     }
     ```
 
+Note: After removing a path prefix with `strip_prefixes`, the new root path will automatically be mapped to the path argument of `/`. For example, when using `strip_prefixes` value of `/pay`, there is no difference between a request path of `/pay` and `/pay/`; and the path argument would be defined as `/`.
+
 ## Advanced
 
 ### CORS
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 6b74a886218..db58802632b 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@ d = ["aiohttp (>=3.3.2)", "aiohttp-cors"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "boto3"
-version = "1.18.26"
+version = "1.18.32"
 description = "The AWS SDK for Python"
 category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">= 3.6"
 
 [package.dependencies]
-botocore = ">=1.21.26,<1.22.0"
+botocore = ">=1.21.32,<1.22.0"
 jmespath = ">=0.7.1,<1.0.0"
 s3transfer = ">=0.5.0,<0.6.0"
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ crt = ["botocore[crt] (>=1.21.0,<2.0a0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "botocore"
-version = "1.21.26"
+version = "1.21.32"
 description = "Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3."
 category = "main"
 optional = false
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ mkdocs = ">=0.17"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mkdocs-material"
-version = "7.2.4"
+version = "7.2.6"
 description = "A Material Design theme for MkDocs"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ python-versions = ">=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest"
-version = "6.2.4"
+version = "6.2.5"
 description = "pytest: simple powerful testing with Python"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ colorama = {version = "*", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
 importlib-metadata = {version = ">=0.12", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
 iniconfig = "*"
 packaging = "*"
-pluggy = ">=0.12,<1.0.0a1"
+pluggy = ">=0.12,<2.0"
 py = ">=1.8.2"
 toml = "*"
 
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ pydantic = ["pydantic", "email-validator"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.6.1"
-content-hash = "fb53ec392314b8681a5b2c82957b36af88ca1ac9113bfe33bc6239a0c3101853"
+content-hash = "405d8f2eb75f911de58f5a57331a48ee6800a0c4065abe6c647fc8c7f0c25b87"
 
 [metadata.files]
 appdirs = [
@@ -1086,12 +1086,12 @@ black = [
     {file = "black-20.8b1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1c02557aa099101b9d21496f8a914e9ed2222ef70336404eeeac8edba836fbea"},
 ]
 boto3 = [
-    {file = "boto3-1.18.26-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3eedef0719639892dc263bed7adfc00821544388e3d86a6fa31d82f936a6b613"},
-    {file = "boto3-1.18.26.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:39ed0f5004b671e4a4241ae23023ad63674cd25f766bfe1617cfc809728bc3e0"},
+    {file = "boto3-1.18.32-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a299d0c6b5a30dc2e823944286ec782aec415d83965a51f97fc9a779a04ff194"},
+    {file = "boto3-1.18.32.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f4b17a2b6e04e5ec6f494e643d05b06dd60c88943f33d6f9650dd9e7f89a7022"},
 ]
 botocore = [
-    {file = "botocore-1.21.26-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:37f77bf5f72c86d9b5f38e107c3822da66dbf0ef123768a6e80a58590c2796bf"},
-    {file = "botocore-1.21.26.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:911246faac450e13a3ef0e81993dd9bd9c282a7c0f4546bfe8cccf9649364cef"},
+    {file = "botocore-1.21.32-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5803bf852304a301de41dccc3c0431053354144f3aefc7571dbe240a4288d3c5"},
+    {file = "botocore-1.21.32.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:95ff61534b2a423d0e70067c39615e4e70c119773d2180d7254bf4025c54396d"},
 ]
 certifi = [
     {file = "certifi-2020.12.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:719a74fb9e33b9bd44cc7f3a8d94bc35e4049deebe19ba7d8e108280cfd59830"},
@@ -1352,8 +1352,8 @@ mkdocs-git-revision-date-plugin = [
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 ]
 mkdocs-material = [
-    {file = "mkdocs-material-7.2.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0e19402480a80add9b0fe777e9be80fafb9583ec2c91e43deaef29d1a432d018"},
-    {file = "mkdocs_material-7.2.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f554c84286b485c7d47e89c14c2fc062fc57b65f9c26fa1687720fe4f569b837"},
+    {file = "mkdocs-material-7.2.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4bdeff63904680865676ceb3193216934de0b33fa5b2446e0a84ade60929ee54"},
+    {file = "mkdocs_material-7.2.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4c6939b9d7d5c6db948ab02df8525c64211828ddf33286acea8b9d2115cec369"},
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 mkdocs-material-extensions = [
     {file = "mkdocs-material-extensions-1.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6947fb7f5e4291e3c61405bad3539d81e0b3cd62ae0d66ced018128af509c68f"},
@@ -1456,8 +1456,8 @@ pyparsing = [
     {file = "pyparsing-2.4.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c203ec8783bf771a155b207279b9bccb8dea02d8f0c9e5f8ead507bc3246ecc1"},
 ]
 pytest = [
-    {file = "pytest-6.2.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:91ef2131a9bd6be8f76f1f08eac5c5317221d6ad1e143ae03894b862e8976890"},
-    {file = "pytest-6.2.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:50bcad0a0b9c5a72c8e4e7c9855a3ad496ca6a881a3641b4260605450772c54b"},
+    {file = "pytest-6.2.5-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7310f8d27bc79ced999e760ca304d69f6ba6c6649c0b60fb0e04a4a77cacc134"},
+    {file = "pytest-6.2.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:131b36680866a76e6781d13f101efb86cf674ebb9762eb70d3082b6f29889e89"},
 ]
 pytest-asyncio = [
     {file = "pytest-asyncio-0.15.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2564ceb9612bbd560d19ca4b41347b54e7835c2f792c504f698e05395ed63f6f"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f8f34c7c33d..a54704d652e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "aws_lambda_powertools"
-version = "1.20.1"
+version = "1.20.2"
 description = "A suite of utilities for AWS Lambda functions to ease adopting best practices such as tracing, structured logging, custom metrics, batching, idempotency, feature flags, and more."
 authors = ["Amazon Web Services"]
-include = ["aws_lambda_powertools/py.typed"]
+include = ["aws_lambda_powertools/py.typed", "THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES"]
 classifiers=[
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ email-validator = {version = "*", optional = true }
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 coverage = {extras = ["toml"], version = "^5.5"}
-pytest = "^6.2.2"
+pytest = "^6.2.5"
 black = "^20.8b1"
 flake8 = "^3.9.0"
 flake8-black = "^0.2.3"
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ radon = "^4.5.0"
 xenon = "^0.7.3"
 flake8-eradicate = "^1.1.0"
 flake8-bugbear = "^21.3.2"
-mkdocs-material = "^7.2.4"
+mkdocs-material = "^7.2.6"
 mkdocs-git-revision-date-plugin = "^0.3.1"
 mike = "^0.6.0"
 mypy = "^0.910"
diff --git a/tests/functional/event_handler/test_api_gateway.py b/tests/functional/event_handler/test_api_gateway.py
index 683e1aa6c91..21700ec09dd 100644
--- a/tests/functional/event_handler/test_api_gateway.py
+++ b/tests/functional/event_handler/test_api_gateway.py
@@ -842,3 +842,21 @@ def foo():
     # THEN process event correctly
     assert result["statusCode"] == 200
     assert result["headers"]["Content-Type"] == content_types.APPLICATION_JSON
+
+
+def test_api_gateway_request_path_equals_strip_prefix():
+    # GIVEN a strip_prefix matches the request path
+    app = ApiGatewayResolver(strip_prefixes=["/foo"])
+    event = {"httpMethod": "GET", "path": "/foo"}
+
+    @app.get("/")
+    def base():
+        return {}
+
+    # WHEN calling the event handler
+    # WITH a route "/"
+    result = app(event, {})
+
+    # THEN process event correctly
+    assert result["statusCode"] == 200
+    assert result["headers"]["Content-Type"] == content_types.APPLICATION_JSON