diff --git a/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_composer_environment.go.erb b/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_composer_environment.go.erb
index 2fffa1c4a8b9..e3c53929be71 100644
--- a/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_composer_environment.go.erb
+++ b/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_composer_environment.go.erb
@@ -252,8 +252,9 @@ func resourceComposerEnvironment() *schema.Resource {
 								Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 									"enable_private_endpoint": {
 										Type:     schema.TypeBool,
-										Required: true,
+										Optional: true,
 										ForceNew: true,
+										Default:  true,
 									},
 									"master_ipv4_cidr_block": {
 										Type:     schema.TypeString,
diff --git a/third_party/terraform/website/docs/r/composer_environment.html.markdown b/third_party/terraform/website/docs/r/composer_environment.html.markdown
index 2c63d941ca50..55446e5d7e83 100644
--- a/third_party/terraform/website/docs/r/composer_environment.html.markdown
+++ b/third_party/terraform/website/docs/r/composer_environment.html.markdown
@@ -304,9 +304,10 @@ The `private_environment_config` block supports:
 
 The `ip_allocation_policy` block supports:
 
-* `use_ap_aliases` -
+* `use_ip_aliases` -
   (Optional)
   Whether or not to enable Alias IPs in the GKE cluster. If true, a VPC-native cluster is created.
+  Defaults to true if the `ip_allocation_block` is present in config.
 
 * `cluster_secondary_range_name` -
   (Optional)