diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a84947d..4404a17 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.5.0
+4.5.1
diff --git a/b_lambda_layer_common/util/sfn_call.py b/b_lambda_layer_common/util/sfn_call.py
index 643934a..ae60026 100644
--- a/b_lambda_layer_common/util/sfn_call.py
+++ b/b_lambda_layer_common/util/sfn_call.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import json
 import uuid
+import zlib
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Union
 from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
 
@@ -39,9 +40,16 @@ def call(self, data: Dict[Any, Any]) -> Union[str, Dict[str, Any]]:
             )
 
         output = json.loads(response.get('output', {}))
+
         # Add http-like handling that does not break anything.
         output = self.__http_like_handling(output)
 
+        # If the output is compressed, decompress it.
+        if output.get('compressed'):
+            compressed_value: str = output['value']
+
+            output = json.loads(zlib.decompress(bytes.fromhex(compressed_value)))
+
         return output
 
     @staticmethod