diff --git a/.changelog/6282.txt b/.changelog/6282.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f83fe56ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/6282.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:enhancement
+container: added update support for `authenticator_groups_config` in `google_container_cluster`
+```
diff --git a/google-beta/resource_container_cluster.go b/google-beta/resource_container_cluster.go
index f4b8120d69..98f6f57976 100755
--- a/google-beta/resource_container_cluster.go
+++ b/google-beta/resource_container_cluster.go
@@ -620,7 +620,6 @@ func resourceContainerCluster() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:        schema.TypeList,
 				Optional:    true,
 				Computed:    true,
-				ForceNew:    true,
 				MaxItems:    1,
 				Description: `Configuration for the Google Groups for GKE feature.`,
 				Elem: &schema.Resource{
@@ -628,7 +627,6 @@ func resourceContainerCluster() *schema.Resource {
 						"security_group": {
 							Type:        schema.TypeString,
 							Required:    true,
-							ForceNew:    true,
 							Description: `The name of the RBAC security group for use with Google security groups in Kubernetes RBAC. Group name must be in format gke-security-groups@yourdomain.com.`,
 						},
 					},
@@ -2351,6 +2349,21 @@ func resourceContainerClusterUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 		log.Printf("[INFO] GKE cluster %s L4 ILB Subsetting has been updated to %v", d.Id(), enabled)
 	}
 
+	if d.HasChange("authenticator_groups_config") {
+		req := &container.UpdateClusterRequest{
+			Update: &container.ClusterUpdate{
+				DesiredAuthenticatorGroupsConfig: expandContainerClusterAuthenticatorGroupsConfig(d.Get("authenticator_groups_config")),
+			},
+		}
+		updateF := updateFunc(req, "updating GKE cluster authenticator groups config")
+		// Call update serially.
+		if err := lockedCall(lockKey, updateF); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		log.Printf("[INFO] GKE cluster %s authenticator groups config has been updated", d.Id())
+	}
+
 	if d.HasChange("default_snat_status") {
 		req := &container.UpdateClusterRequest{
 			Update: &container.ClusterUpdate{
@@ -3817,6 +3830,18 @@ func expandContainerClusterTpuConfig(configured interface{}) *container.TpuConfi
 	}
 }
 
+func expandContainerClusterAuthenticatorGroupsConfig(configured interface{}) *container.AuthenticatorGroupsConfig {
+	l := configured.([]interface{})
+	if len(l) == 0 || l[0] == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	config := l[0].(map[string]interface{})
+	return &container.AuthenticatorGroupsConfig{
+		SecurityGroup: config["security_group"].(string),
+	}
+}
+
 func flattenNotificationConfig(c *container.NotificationConfig) []map[string]interface{} {
 	if c == nil {
 		return nil
diff --git a/google-beta/resource_container_cluster_test.go b/google-beta/resource_container_cluster_test.go
index 8eb1b653a7..40780dde0a 100755
--- a/google-beta/resource_container_cluster_test.go
+++ b/google-beta/resource_container_cluster_test.go
@@ -350,7 +350,6 @@ func TestAccContainerCluster_withMasterAuthConfig_NoCert(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAccContainerCluster_withAuthenticatorGroupsConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	clusterName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-test-cluster-%s", randString(t, 10))
-	containerNetName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-test-container-net-%s", randString(t, 10))
 	orgDomain := getTestOrgDomainFromEnv(t)
 	vcrTest(t, resource.TestCase{
 		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
@@ -358,10 +357,38 @@ func TestAccContainerCluster_withAuthenticatorGroupsConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckContainerClusterDestroyProducer(t),
 		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
 			{
-				Config: testAccContainerCluster_withAuthenticatorGroupsConfig(containerNetName, clusterName, orgDomain),
+				Config: testAccContainerCluster_basic(clusterName),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckNoResourceAttr("google_container_cluster.primary",
+						"authenticator_groups_config.0.enabled"),
+				),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      "google_container_cluster.with_authenticator_groups",
+				ResourceName:      "google_container_cluster.primary",
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccContainerCluster_withAuthenticatorGroupsConfigUpdate(clusterName, orgDomain),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("google_container_cluster.primary",
+						"authenticator_groups_config.0.security_group", fmt.Sprintf("gke-security-groups@%s", orgDomain)),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      "google_container_cluster.primary",
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccContainerCluster_withAuthenticatorGroupsConfigUpdate2(clusterName),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckNoResourceAttr("google_container_cluster.primary",
+						"authenticator_groups_config.0.enabled"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      "google_container_cluster.primary",
 				ImportState:       true,
 				ImportStateVerify: true,
 			},
@@ -3341,49 +3368,32 @@ resource "google_container_cluster" "with_network_policy_enabled" {
 `, clusterName)
 }
 
-func testAccContainerCluster_withAuthenticatorGroupsConfig(containerNetName string, clusterName string, orgDomain string) string {
+func testAccContainerCluster_withAuthenticatorGroupsConfigUpdate(name string, orgDomain string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-resource "google_compute_network" "container_network" {
-  name                    = "%s"
-  auto_create_subnetworks = false
-}
-
-resource "google_compute_subnetwork" "container_subnetwork" {
-  name                     = google_compute_network.container_network.name
-  network                  = google_compute_network.container_network.name
-  ip_cidr_range            = "10.0.36.0/24"
-  region                   = "us-central1"
-  private_ip_google_access = true
-
-  secondary_ip_range {
-    range_name    = "pod"
-    ip_cidr_range = "10.0.0.0/19"
-  }
+resource "google_container_cluster" "primary" {
+	name               = "%s"
+	location           = "us-central1-a"
+	initial_node_count = 1
 
-  secondary_ip_range {
-    range_name    = "svc"
-    ip_cidr_range = "10.0.32.0/22"
-  }
+	authenticator_groups_config {
+		security_group = "gke-security-groups@%s"
+	}
+}
+`, name, orgDomain)
 }
 
-resource "google_container_cluster" "with_authenticator_groups" {
-  name               = "%s"
-  location           = "us-central1-a"
-  initial_node_count = 1
-  network            = google_compute_network.container_network.name
-  subnetwork         = google_compute_subnetwork.container_subnetwork.name
-
-  authenticator_groups_config {
-    security_group = "gke-security-groups@%s"
-  }
+func testAccContainerCluster_withAuthenticatorGroupsConfigUpdate2(name string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "google_container_cluster" "primary" {
+	name               = "%s"
+	location           = "us-central1-a"
+	initial_node_count = 1
 
-  networking_mode = "VPC_NATIVE"
-  ip_allocation_policy {
-    cluster_secondary_range_name  = google_compute_subnetwork.container_subnetwork.secondary_ip_range[0].range_name
-    services_secondary_range_name = google_compute_subnetwork.container_subnetwork.secondary_ip_range[1].range_name
-  }
+	authenticator_groups_config {
+		security_group = ""
+	}
 }
-`, containerNetName, clusterName, orgDomain)
+`, name)
 }
 
 func testAccContainerCluster_withMasterAuthorizedNetworksConfig(clusterName string, cidrs []string, emptyValue string) string {