diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0983b94270ab..686d13e0621f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-azurerm
 
 require (
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go v49.2.0+incompatible
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.16
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.17
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.9.10 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/date v0.3.0
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/validation v0.3.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d22feeb6b0d4..a470b15ead1d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.3 h1:fyYnmYujkIXUgv88D9/Wo2ybE4Zwd/T
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.3/go.mod h1:JFgpikqFJ/MleTTxwepExTKnFUKKszPS8UavbQYUMuw=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.10 h1:j5sGbX7uj1ieYYkQ3Mpvewd4DCsEQ+ZeJpqnSM9pjnM=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.10/go.mod h1:eipySxLmqSyC5s5k1CLupqet0PSENBEDP93LQ9a8QYw=
-github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.16 h1:3jkFG3SL0fFXmvmPF9Kc8LscIbeXUhmt3yuzUSqv3pI=
-github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.16/go.mod h1:eipySxLmqSyC5s5k1CLupqet0PSENBEDP93LQ9a8QYw=
+github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.17 h1:2zCdHwNgRH+St1J+ZMf66xI8aLr/5KMy+wWLH97zwYM=
+github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.17/go.mod h1:eipySxLmqSyC5s5k1CLupqet0PSENBEDP93LQ9a8QYw=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.5.0/go.mod h1:8Z9fGy2MpX0PvDjB1pEgQTmVqjGhiHBW7RJJEciWzS0=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.5.0/go.mod h1:8Z9fGy2MpX0PvDjB1pEgQTmVqjGhiHBW7RJJEciWzS0=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.8.1-0.20191028180845-3492b2aff503 h1:Hxqlh1uAA8aGpa1dFhDNhll7U/rkWtG8ZItFvRMr7l0=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/azure/azure.go b/vendor/github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/azure/azure.go
index 1a91d209636d..0ded76bc6f1d 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/azure/azure.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/azure/azure.go
@@ -92,54 +92,85 @@ func (se ServiceError) Error() string {
 
 // UnmarshalJSON implements the json.Unmarshaler interface for the ServiceError type.
 func (se *ServiceError) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
-	// per the OData v4 spec the details field must be an array of JSON objects.
-	// unfortunately not all services adhear to the spec and just return a single
-	// object instead of an array with one object.  so we have to perform some
-	// shenanigans to accommodate both cases.
 	// http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-json-format/v4.0/os/odata-json-format-v4.0-os.html#_Toc372793091
 
-	type serviceError1 struct {
+	type serviceErrorInternal struct {
 		Code           string                   `json:"code"`
 		Message        string                   `json:"message"`
-		Target         *string                  `json:"target"`
-		Details        []map[string]interface{} `json:"details"`
-		InnerError     map[string]interface{}   `json:"innererror"`
-		AdditionalInfo []map[string]interface{} `json:"additionalInfo"`
+		Target         *string                  `json:"target,omitempty"`
+		AdditionalInfo []map[string]interface{} `json:"additionalInfo,omitempty"`
+		// not all services conform to the OData v4 spec.
+		// the following fields are where we've seen discrepancies
+
+		// spec calls for []map[string]interface{} but have seen map[string]interface{}
+		Details interface{} `json:"details,omitempty"`
+
+		// spec calls for map[string]interface{} but have seen []map[string]interface{} and string
+		InnerError interface{} `json:"innererror,omitempty"`
 	}
 
-	type serviceError2 struct {
-		Code           string                   `json:"code"`
-		Message        string                   `json:"message"`
-		Target         *string                  `json:"target"`
-		Details        map[string]interface{}   `json:"details"`
-		InnerError     map[string]interface{}   `json:"innererror"`
-		AdditionalInfo []map[string]interface{} `json:"additionalInfo"`
+	sei := serviceErrorInternal{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &sei); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
-	se1 := serviceError1{}
-	err := json.Unmarshal(b, &se1)
-	if err == nil {
-		se.populate(se1.Code, se1.Message, se1.Target, se1.Details, se1.InnerError, se1.AdditionalInfo)
-		return nil
+	// copy the fields we know to be correct
+	se.AdditionalInfo = sei.AdditionalInfo
+	se.Code = sei.Code
+	se.Message = sei.Message
+	se.Target = sei.Target
+
+	// converts an []interface{} to []map[string]interface{}
+	arrayOfObjs := func(v interface{}) ([]map[string]interface{}, bool) {
+		arrayOf, ok := v.([]interface{})
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, false
+		}
+		final := []map[string]interface{}{}
+		for _, item := range arrayOf {
+			as, ok := item.(map[string]interface{})
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, false
+			}
+			final = append(final, as)
+		}
+		return final, true
 	}
 
-	se2 := serviceError2{}
-	err = json.Unmarshal(b, &se2)
-	if err == nil {
-		se.populate(se2.Code, se2.Message, se2.Target, nil, se2.InnerError, se2.AdditionalInfo)
-		se.Details = append(se.Details, se2.Details)
-		return nil
+	// convert the remaining fields, falling back to raw JSON if necessary
+
+	if c, ok := arrayOfObjs(sei.Details); ok {
+		se.Details = c
+	} else if c, ok := sei.Details.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+		se.Details = []map[string]interface{}{c}
+	} else if sei.Details != nil {
+		// stuff into Details
+		se.Details = []map[string]interface{}{
+			{"raw": sei.Details},
+		}
 	}
-	return err
-}
 
-func (se *ServiceError) populate(code, message string, target *string, details []map[string]interface{}, inner map[string]interface{}, additional []map[string]interface{}) {
-	se.Code = code
-	se.Message = message
-	se.Target = target
-	se.Details = details
-	se.InnerError = inner
-	se.AdditionalInfo = additional
+	if c, ok := sei.InnerError.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+		se.InnerError = c
+	} else if c, ok := arrayOfObjs(sei.InnerError); ok {
+		// if there's only one error extract it
+		if len(c) == 1 {
+			se.InnerError = c[0]
+		} else {
+			// multiple errors, stuff them into the value
+			se.InnerError = map[string]interface{}{
+				"multi": c,
+			}
+		}
+	} else if c, ok := sei.InnerError.(string); ok {
+		se.InnerError = map[string]interface{}{"error": c}
+	} else if sei.InnerError != nil {
+		// stuff into InnerError
+		se.InnerError = map[string]interface{}{
+			"raw": sei.InnerError,
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // RequestError describes an error response returned by Azure service.
@@ -310,7 +341,7 @@ func WithErrorUnlessStatusCode(codes ...int) autorest.RespondDecorator {
 					// Check if error is unwrapped ServiceError
 					decoder := autorest.NewDecoder(encodedAs, bytes.NewReader(b.Bytes()))
 					if err := decoder.Decode(&e.ServiceError); err != nil {
-						return err
+						return fmt.Errorf("autorest/azure: error response cannot be parsed: %q error: %v", b.String(), err)
 					}
 
 					// for example, should the API return the literal value `null` as the response
@@ -333,7 +364,7 @@ func WithErrorUnlessStatusCode(codes ...int) autorest.RespondDecorator {
 					rawBody := map[string]interface{}{}
 					decoder := autorest.NewDecoder(encodedAs, bytes.NewReader(b.Bytes()))
 					if err := decoder.Decode(&rawBody); err != nil {
-						return err
+						return fmt.Errorf("autorest/azure: error response cannot be parsed: %q error: %v", b.String(), err)
 					}
 
 					e.ServiceError = &ServiceError{
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index d14736b136df..ca24c03ef2a6 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/services/web/mgmt/2020-06-01/web
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/version
 # github.com/Azure/go-autorest v14.2.0+incompatible
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest
-# github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.16
+# github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.17
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/azure
 # github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.9.10