diff --git a/internal/services/sentinel/sentinel_alert_rule_scheduled_resource.go b/internal/services/sentinel/sentinel_alert_rule_scheduled_resource.go
index dbfbea983747..7309fc2c5121 100644
--- a/internal/services/sentinel/sentinel_alert_rule_scheduled_resource.go
+++ b/internal/services/sentinel/sentinel_alert_rule_scheduled_resource.go
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ func resourceSentinelAlertRuleScheduled() *pluginsdk.Resource {
 			"alert_rule_template_version": {
 				Type:     pluginsdk.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
-				ForceNew: true,
 			},
 
 			"description": {
diff --git a/internal/services/sentinel/sentinel_alert_rule_scheduled_resource_test.go b/internal/services/sentinel/sentinel_alert_rule_scheduled_resource_test.go
index 5dd9eb58c3b2..73850973ce5c 100644
--- a/internal/services/sentinel/sentinel_alert_rule_scheduled_resource_test.go
+++ b/internal/services/sentinel/sentinel_alert_rule_scheduled_resource_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,28 @@ func TestAccSentinelAlertRuleScheduled_basic(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccSentinelAlertRuleScheduled_upgrade(t *testing.T) {
+	data := acceptance.BuildTestData(t, "azurerm_sentinel_alert_rule_scheduled", "test")
+	r := SentinelAlertRuleScheduledResource{}
+
+	data.ResourceTest(t, r, []acceptance.TestStep{
+		{
+			Config: r.upgradeVersion(data, "1.0.4"),
+			Check: acceptance.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+				check.That(data.ResourceName).ExistsInAzure(r),
+			),
+		},
+		data.ImportStep(),
+		{
+			Config: r.upgradeVersion(data, "1.0.5"),
+			Check: acceptance.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+				check.That(data.ResourceName).ExistsInAzure(r),
+			),
+		},
+		data.ImportStep(),
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccSentinelAlertRuleScheduled_complete(t *testing.T) {
 	data := acceptance.BuildTestData(t, "azurerm_sentinel_alert_rule_scheduled", "test")
 	r := SentinelAlertRuleScheduledResource{}
@@ -339,6 +361,28 @@ QUERY
 `, r.template(data), data.RandomInteger)
 }
 
+func (r SentinelAlertRuleScheduledResource) upgradeVersion(data acceptance.TestData, version string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+%s
+
+resource "azurerm_sentinel_alert_rule_scheduled" "test" {
+  name                        = "acctest-SentinelAlertRule-Sche-%d"
+  log_analytics_workspace_id  = azurerm_sentinel_log_analytics_workspace_onboarding.test.workspace_id
+  display_name                = "Some Rule"
+  alert_rule_template_guid    = "173f8699-6af5-484a-8b06-8c47ba89b380"
+  alert_rule_template_version = "%[3]s"
+  severity                    = "Medium"
+  query                       = <<QUERY
+AzureActivity |
+  where OperationName == "Create or Update Virtual Machine" or OperationName =="Create Deployment" |
+  where ActivityStatus == "Succeeded" |
+  make-series dcount(ResourceId) default=0 on EventSubmissionTimestamp in range(ago(7d), now(), 1d) by Caller
+QUERY
+
+}
+`, r.template(data), data.RandomInteger, version)
+}
+
 func (SentinelAlertRuleScheduledResource) template(data acceptance.TestData) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 provider "azurerm" {
diff --git a/website/docs/r/sentinel_alert_rule_scheduled.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/sentinel_alert_rule_scheduled.html.markdown
index a1f97614846c..ec93fb5269f0 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/sentinel_alert_rule_scheduled.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/sentinel_alert_rule_scheduled.html.markdown
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 
 * `alert_rule_template_guid` - (Optional) The GUID of the alert rule template which is used for this Sentinel Scheduled Alert Rule. Changing this forces a new Sentinel Scheduled Alert Rule to be created.
 
-* `alert_rule_template_version` - (Optional) The version of the alert rule template which is used for this Sentinel Scheduled Alert Rule. Changing this forces a new Sentinel Scheduled Alert Rule to be created.
+* `alert_rule_template_version` - (Optional) The version of the alert rule template which is used for this Sentinel Scheduled Alert Rule.
 
 * `custom_details` - (Optional) A map of string key-value pairs of columns to be attached to this Sentinel Scheduled Alert Rule. The key will appear as the field name in alerts and the value is the event parameter you wish to surface in the alerts.