diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index ef6012a4b..83746efe5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 
 * Update to pydantic v2 and stac_pydantic v3
 * Removed internal Search and Operator Types in favor of stac_pydantic Types
-* Add switch to choose between TypeDict and StacPydantic response models
+* Fix response model validation
+* Add Response Model to OpenAPI, even if model validation is turned off
+* Use status code 201 for Item/ Collection creation
 * Add support for Python 3.12
 * Replace Black with Ruff Format
 
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/types/stac_fastapi/types/core.py b/stac_fastapi/types/stac_fastapi/types/core.py
index bfa77772b..e396c3947 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/types/stac_fastapi/types/core.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/types/stac_fastapi/types/core.py
@@ -378,8 +378,7 @@ def landing_page(self, **kwargs) -> stac.LandingPage:
         )
 
         # Add Collections links
-        _collections = self.all_collections(request=kwargs["request"])
-        collections = _collections
+        collections = self.all_collections(request=kwargs["request"])
 
         for collection in collections["collections"]:
             landing_page["links"].append(
@@ -573,8 +572,7 @@ async def landing_page(self, **kwargs) -> stac.LandingPage:
         )
 
         # Add Collections links
-        _collections = await self.all_collections(request=kwargs["request"])
-        collections = _collections
+        collections = await self.all_collections(request=kwargs["request"])
 
         for collection in collections["collections"]:
             landing_page["links"].append(