diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ee2db3..68baf61 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v2.0.1
+
+- [Provide empty map as default for `tags` variable](https://github.com/babbel/terraform-aws-alb-for-vpc-internal-requests/pull/22)
+
 ## v2.0.0
 
 - [drop aws_security_group_rule attribute](https://github.com/babbel/terraform-aws-alb-for-vpc-internal-requests/pull/20)
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 6ca0dda..e1cff41 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ variable "subnets" {
 variable "tags" {
   description = "Map of tags to assign to all resources supporting tags (in addition to the `Name` tag)"
 
-  type = map(string)
+  type    = map(string)
+  default = {}
 }
 
 variable "target_group" {