diff --git a/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_service_test.go b/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_service_test.go
index e35b75f221..5cdcc6af0e 100644
--- a/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_service_test.go
+++ b/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_service_test.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func TestAccKubernetesService_loadBalancer(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("kubernetes_service.test", "spec.0.external_ips.1452553500", "10.0.0.4"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("kubernetes_service.test", "spec.0.external_ips.3371212991", "10.0.0.3"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("kubernetes_service.test", "spec.0.external_name", "ext-name-"+name),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("kubernetes_service.test", "spec.0.external_traffic_policy", "Local"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("kubernetes_service.test", "spec.0.external_traffic_policy", "Cluster"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("kubernetes_service.test", "spec.0.load_balancer_source_ranges.#", "2"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("kubernetes_service.test", "spec.0.load_balancer_source_ranges.138364083", "10.0.0.5/32"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("kubernetes_service.test", "spec.0.load_balancer_source_ranges.445311837", "10.0.0.6/32"),
@@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ resource "kubernetes_service" "test" {
     external_name               = "ext-name-modified-%s"
     external_ips                = ["10.0.0.4", "10.0.0.5"]
     load_balancer_source_ranges = ["10.0.0.1/32", "10.0.0.2/32"]
+    external_traffic_policy     = "Local"
 
     selector = {
       App         = "MyModifiedApp"