diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 064878dc..90550283 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.21
 toolchain go1.21.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/Telmate/proxmox-api-go v0.0.0-20240727211724-bdb805f525a0
+	github.com/Telmate/proxmox-api-go v0.0.0-20240815210158-602cfe748bba
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cty v1.4.1-0.20200414143053-d3edf31b6320
 	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2 v2.34.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bdd85581..c5d78277 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1 h1:9/kr64B9VUZrLm5YYwbGtUJnMgqWVOdUAXu6Migc
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1/go.mod h1:LRdKpFKfdobln8UmuiYcKPot9D2v6svN5+sAH+4kjUM=
 github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.1.0-alpha.2-proton h1:HKz85FwoXx86kVtTvFke7rgHvq/HoloSUvW5semjFWs=
 github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.1.0-alpha.2-proton/go.mod h1:rA3QumHc/FZ8pAHreoekgiAbzpNsfQAosU5td4SnOrE=
-github.com/Telmate/proxmox-api-go v0.0.0-20240727211724-bdb805f525a0 h1:mPpJzWJBvxyqePn7lxxb7j3F3Q+IazGUiPv0OStlgmY=
-github.com/Telmate/proxmox-api-go v0.0.0-20240727211724-bdb805f525a0/go.mod h1:O6yNUi0hG9GQLMBgpikSvbnuek1OMweFtbac1sfGuUs=
+github.com/Telmate/proxmox-api-go v0.0.0-20240815210158-602cfe748bba h1:rbztGEr4+G00B0Thkq8QGhgyFcgvlOoCNhgu+8Pq+is=
+github.com/Telmate/proxmox-api-go v0.0.0-20240815210158-602cfe748bba/go.mod h1:Gu6n6vEn1hlyFUkjrvU+X1fdgaSXLoM9HKYYJqy1fsY=
 github.com/agext/levenshtein v1.2.3 h1:YB2fHEn0UJagG8T1rrWknE3ZQzWM06O8AMAatNn7lmo=
 github.com/agext/levenshtein v1.2.3/go.mod h1:JEDfjyjHDjOF/1e4FlBE/PkbqA9OfWu2ki2W0IB5558=
 github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v12 v12.0.0/go.mod h1:S/4uRK2UtaQttw1GenVJEynmyUenKwP++x/+DdGV/Ec=
diff --git a/proxmox/resource_vm_qemu.go b/proxmox/resource_vm_qemu.go
index b26a5a51..de87ed12 100755
--- a/proxmox/resource_vm_qemu.go
+++ b/proxmox/resource_vm_qemu.go
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ func resourceVmQemuCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta inte
 
 	config := pxapi.ConfigQemu{
 		Name:           vmName,
+		CPU:            mapToSDK_CPU(d),
 		Description:    pointer(d.Get("desc").(string)),
 		Pool:           pointer(pxapi.PoolName(d.Get("pool").(string))),
 		Bios:           d.Get("bios").(string),
@@ -890,11 +891,6 @@ func resourceVmQemuCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta inte
 		Agent:          mapToStruct_QemuGuestAgent(d),
 		Memory:         mapToSDK_Memory(d),
 		Machine:        d.Get("machine").(string),
-		QemuCores:      d.Get("cores").(int),
-		QemuSockets:    d.Get("sockets").(int),
-		QemuVcpus:      d.Get("vcpus").(int),
-		QemuCpu:        d.Get("cpu").(string),
-		QemuNuma:       pointer(d.Get("numa").(bool)),
 		QemuKVM:        pointer(d.Get("kvm").(bool)),
 		Hotplug:        d.Get("hotplug").(string),
 		Scsihw:         d.Get("scsihw").(string),
@@ -1139,6 +1135,7 @@ func resourceVmQemuUpdate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta inte
 
 	config := pxapi.ConfigQemu{
 		Name:           d.Get("name").(string),
+		CPU:            mapToSDK_CPU(d),
 		Description:    pointer(d.Get("desc").(string)),
 		Pool:           pointer(pxapi.PoolName(d.Get("pool").(string))),
 		Bios:           d.Get("bios").(string),
@@ -1151,11 +1148,6 @@ func resourceVmQemuUpdate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta inte
 		Agent:          mapToStruct_QemuGuestAgent(d),
 		Memory:         mapToSDK_Memory(d),
 		Machine:        d.Get("machine").(string),
-		QemuCores:      d.Get("cores").(int),
-		QemuSockets:    d.Get("sockets").(int),
-		QemuVcpus:      d.Get("vcpus").(int),
-		QemuCpu:        d.Get("cpu").(string),
-		QemuNuma:       pointer(d.Get("numa").(bool)),
 		QemuKVM:        pointer(d.Get("kvm").(bool)),
 		Hotplug:        d.Get("hotplug").(string),
 		Scsihw:         d.Get("scsihw").(string),
@@ -1435,11 +1427,6 @@ func resourceVmQemuRead(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta interf
 	d.Set("boot", config.Boot)
 	d.Set("bootdisk", config.BootDisk)
 	d.Set("machine", config.Machine)
-	d.Set("cores", config.QemuCores)
-	d.Set("sockets", config.QemuSockets)
-	d.Set("vcpus", config.QemuVcpus)
-	d.Set("cpu", config.QemuCpu)
-	d.Set("numa", config.QemuNuma)
 	d.Set("kvm", config.QemuKVM)
 	d.Set("hotplug", config.Hotplug)
 	d.Set("scsihw", config.Scsihw)
@@ -1452,6 +1439,7 @@ func resourceVmQemuRead(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta interf
 	d.Set("linked_vmid", config.LinkedVmId)
 	d.Set("disks", mapFromStruct_ConfigQemu(config.Disks))
 	mapFromStruct_QemuGuestAgent(d, config.Agent)
+	mapToTerraform_CPU(config.CPU, d)
 	mapToTerraform_CloudInit(config.CloudInit, d)
 	mapToTerraform_Memory(config.Memory, d)
 
@@ -1990,6 +1978,27 @@ func mapToTerraform_CloudInitNetworkConfig(config pxapi.CloudInitNetworkConfig)
 	return ""
 }
 
+func mapToTerraform_CPU(config *pxapi.QemuCPU, d *schema.ResourceData) {
+	if config == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if config.Cores != nil {
+		d.Set("cores", int(*config.Cores))
+	}
+	if config.Numa != nil {
+		d.Set("numa", *config.Numa)
+	}
+	if config.Sockets != nil {
+		d.Set("sockets", int(*config.Sockets))
+	}
+	if config.Type != nil {
+		d.Set("cpu", string(*config.Type))
+	}
+	if config.VirtualCores != nil {
+		d.Set("vcpus", int(*config.VirtualCores))
+	}
+}
+
 func mapToTerraform_Description(description *string) string {
 	if description != nil {
 		return *description
@@ -2476,15 +2485,22 @@ func mapToSDK_CloudInitSnippet(param string) *pxapi.CloudInitSnippet {
 }
 
 func mapToSDK_Memory(d *schema.ResourceData) *pxapi.QemuMemory {
-	capacity := pxapi.QemuMemoryCapacity(d.Get("memory").(int))
-	balloon := pxapi.QemuMemoryBalloonCapacity(d.Get("balloon").(int))
-	var shares pxapi.QemuMemoryShares
 	return &pxapi.QemuMemory{
-		CapacityMiB:        &capacity,
-		MinimumCapacityMiB: &balloon,
-		Shares:             &shares,
+		CapacityMiB:        pointer(pxapi.QemuMemoryCapacity(d.Get("memory").(int))),
+		MinimumCapacityMiB: pointer(pxapi.QemuMemoryBalloonCapacity(d.Get("balloon").(int))),
+		Shares:             pointer(pxapi.QemuMemoryShares(0)),
 	}
 }
+
+func mapToSDK_CPU(d *schema.ResourceData) *pxapi.QemuCPU {
+	return &pxapi.QemuCPU{
+		Cores:        pointer(pxapi.QemuCpuCores(d.Get("cores").(int))),
+		Numa:         pointer(d.Get("numa").(bool)),
+		Sockets:      pointer(pxapi.QemuCpuSockets(d.Get("sockets").(int))),
+		Type:         pointer(pxapi.CpuType(d.Get("cpu").(string))),
+		VirtualCores: pointer(pxapi.CpuVirtualCores(d.Get("vcpus").(int)))}
+}
+
 func mapToStruct_QemuCdRom(schema map[string]interface{}) (cdRom *pxapi.QemuCdRom) {
 	schemaItem, ok := schema["cdrom"].([]interface{})
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/proxmox/util.go b/proxmox/util.go
index 08d13ef4..f9bf962f 100644
--- a/proxmox/util.go
+++ b/proxmox/util.go
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ func testOptionalArguments(t *testing.T, s *schema.Resource) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Gets inlined by the compiler, so it's not a performance hit
 func pointer[T any](item T) *T {
 	return &item
 }