diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b081ebb..a91cfc6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ For more information on using the amazon-sqs-java-extended-client-lib, see our g
   <dependency>
     <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
     <artifactId>amazon-sqs-java-extended-client-lib</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.1</version>
+    <version>2.0.2</version>
     <type>jar</type>
   </dependency>
 ```   
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 489c34c..7c4fb2a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>amazon-sqs-java-extended-client-lib</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.1</version>
+  <version>2.0.2</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Amazon SQS Extended Client Library for Java</name>
   <description>An extension to the Amazon SQS client that enables sending and receiving messages up to 2GB via Amazon S3.
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amazon/sqs/javamessaging/AmazonSQSExtendedClientTest.java b/src/test/java/com/amazon/sqs/javamessaging/AmazonSQSExtendedClientTest.java
index c2f5451..d2e7798 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/amazon/sqs/javamessaging/AmazonSQSExtendedClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/amazon/sqs/javamessaging/AmazonSQSExtendedClientTest.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 import static com.amazon.sqs.javamessaging.AmazonSQSExtendedClient.USER_AGENT_NAME;
 import static com.amazon.sqs.javamessaging.AmazonSQSExtendedClient.USER_AGENT_VERSION;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
@@ -429,6 +430,34 @@ public void testWhenMessageBatchIsSentThenOnlyMessagesLargerThanThresholdAreStor
         verify(mockS3, times(8)).putObject(isA(PutObjectRequest.class), isA(RequestBody.class));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testWhenMessageBatchIsLargeS3PointerIsCorrectlySentToSQSAndNotOriginalMessage() {
+        String messageBody = generateStringWithLength(LESS_THAN_SQS_SIZE_LIMIT);
+        ExtendedClientConfiguration extendedClientConfiguration = new ExtendedClientConfiguration()
+                .withPayloadSupportEnabled(mockS3, S3_BUCKET_NAME).withAlwaysThroughS3(true);
+
+        SqsClient sqsExtended = spy(new AmazonSQSExtendedClient(mockSqsBackend, extendedClientConfiguration));
+
+        List<SendMessageBatchRequestEntry> batchEntries = new ArrayList<SendMessageBatchRequestEntry>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+            SendMessageBatchRequestEntry entry = SendMessageBatchRequestEntry.builder()
+                    .id("entry_" + i)
+                    .messageBody(messageBody)
+                    .build();
+            batchEntries.add(entry);
+        }
+        SendMessageBatchRequest batchRequest = SendMessageBatchRequest.builder().queueUrl(SQS_QUEUE_URL).entries(batchEntries).build();
+
+        sqsExtended.sendMessageBatch(batchRequest);
+
+        ArgumentCaptor<SendMessageBatchRequest> sendMessageRequestCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(SendMessageBatchRequest.class);
+        verify(mockSqsBackend).sendMessageBatch(sendMessageRequestCaptor.capture());
+
+        for (SendMessageBatchRequestEntry entry : sendMessageRequestCaptor.getValue().entries()) {
+            assertNotEquals(messageBody, entry.messageBody());
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testWhenSmallMessageIsSentThenNoAttributeIsAdded() {
         String messageBody = generateStringWithLength(LESS_THAN_SQS_SIZE_LIMIT);