diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 1.1.3 - 2026-08-18
+
+### Fixed
+- Correct JSON identity test for requests that have null params.
+- Refactor to eliminate use of `head`.
+
 ## 1.1.2 - 2025-05-09
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/json-rpc.cabal b/json-rpc.cabal
--- a/json-rpc.cabal
+++ b/json-rpc.cabal
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 cabal-version: 1.12
 
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.38.0.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.39.6.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
---
--- hash: af79897f0e82fbeacd851e9b286216ab406df7508ea4e6c07e7ced0f24912c64
 
 name:           json-rpc
-version:        1.1.2
+version:        1.1.3
 synopsis:       Fully-featured JSON-RPC 2.0 library
 description:    Please see the README on GitHub at <https://github.com/jprupp/json-rpc#readme>
 category:       Network
diff --git a/src/Network/JSONRPC/Interface.hs b/src/Network/JSONRPC/Interface.hs
--- a/src/Network/JSONRPC/Interface.hs
+++ b/src/Network/JSONRPC/Interface.hs
@@ -216,7 +216,9 @@
 -- by server if any. Just Right means response was received just right.
 sendRequest :: (MonadLoggerIO m , ToJSON q, ToRequest q, FromResponse r)
             => q -> JSONRPCT m (Maybe (Either ErrorObj r))
-sendRequest q = head `liftM` sendBatchRequest [q]
+sendRequest q = sendBatchRequest [q] >>= \case
+  [] -> return Nothing
+  x:_ -> return x
 
 -- | Send multiple requests in a batch. If only a single request, do not
 -- put it in a batch.
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
--- a/test/Spec.hs
+++ b/test/Spec.hs
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@
 checkFieldsReqNotif ver m v i o = do
     checkVerId ver i o >>= guard
     o .: "method" >>= guard . (==m)
-    o .: "params" >>= guard . (==v)
+    o .:? "params" >>= \case
+      Just v' -> guard (v' == v)
+      Nothing -> guard (v == Null)
     return True
 
 checkFieldsReq :: Request -> Object -> Parser Bool