diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/pre_update/workbench_instance.go.tmpl b/mmv1/templates/terraform/pre_update/workbench_instance.go.tmpl
index f33e2afefa96..c74166b07abe 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/pre_update/workbench_instance.go.tmpl
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/pre_update/workbench_instance.go.tmpl
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ if d.HasChange("gce_setup.0.metadata") {
 if d.HasChange("effective_labels") {
     newUpdateMask = append(newUpdateMask, "labels")
 }
+if d.HasChange("gce_setup.0.container_image") {
+    newUpdateMask = append(newUpdateMask, "gce_setup.container_image")
+    stopInstance = true
+}
 updateMask = newUpdateMask
 // Overwrite the previously set mask.
 url, err = transport_tpg.AddQueryParams(url, map[string]string{"updateMask": strings.Join(newUpdateMask, ",")})
diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/workbench/resource_workbench_instance_test.go.tmpl b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/workbench/resource_workbench_instance_test.go.tmpl
index 9df865d0e4b5..f031aa885e59 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/workbench/resource_workbench_instance_test.go.tmpl
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/workbench/resource_workbench_instance_test.go.tmpl
@@ -690,3 +690,75 @@ resource "google_workbench_instance" "instance" {
 }
 `, context)
 }
+
+
+func TestAccWorkbenchInstance_updateCustomContainers(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	context := map[string]interface{}{
+		"random_suffix": acctest.RandString(t, 10),
+	}
+
+	acctest.VcrTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:                 func() { acctest.AccTestPreCheck(t) },
+		ProtoV5ProviderFactories: acctest.ProtoV5ProviderFactories(t),
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccWorkbenchInstance_customcontainer(context),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+						resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+							"google_workbench_instance.instance", "state", "ACTIVE"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:            "google_workbench_instance.instance",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"name", "instance_owners", "location", "instance_id", "request_id", "labels", "terraform_labels","desired_state"},
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccWorkbenchInstance_updatedcustomcontainer(context),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+						resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+							"google_workbench_instance.instance", "state", "ACTIVE"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:            "google_workbench_instance.instance",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"name", "instance_owners", "location", "instance_id", "request_id", "labels", "terraform_labels","desired_state"},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func testAccWorkbenchInstance_customcontainer(context map[string]interface{}) string {
+	return acctest.Nprintf(`
+resource "google_workbench_instance" "instance" {
+  name = "tf-test-workbench-instance%{random_suffix}"
+  location = "us-central1-a"
+  gce_setup {
+    container_image {
+      repository = "us-docker.pkg.dev/deeplearning-platform-release/gcr.io/base-cu113.py310"
+      tag = "latest"
+    }
+  }
+}
+`, context)
+}
+
+func testAccWorkbenchInstance_updatedcustomcontainer(context map[string]interface{}) string {
+	return acctest.Nprintf(`
+resource "google_workbench_instance" "instance" {
+  name = "tf-test-workbench-instance%{random_suffix}"
+  location = "us-central1-a"
+  gce_setup {
+    container_image {
+      repository = "gcr.io/deeplearning-platform-release/workbench-container"
+      tag = "20241117-2200-rc0"
+    }
+  }
+}
+`, context)
+}