diff --git a/internal/acctest/flows/full-minimal.json b/internal/acctest/flows/full-minimal.json
index f9c2379d..96c1c8fb 100644
--- a/internal/acctest/flows/full-minimal.json
+++ b/internal/acctest/flows/full-minimal.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "currentVersion": 4,
     "customerId": "db5f4450b2bd8a56ce076dec0c358a9a",
     "deployedDate": 1707837221226,
-    "description": "Imported on Wed Jan 31 2024 13:29:13 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)",
+    "description": "This is a fallback description",
     "flowStatus": "enabled",
     "isOutputSchemaSaved": false,
     "name": "simple",
diff --git a/internal/service/davinci/resource_flow.go b/internal/service/davinci/resource_flow.go
index 0fe29a8b..69fb5416 100644
--- a/internal/service/davinci/resource_flow.go
+++ b/internal/service/davinci/resource_flow.go
@@ -955,6 +955,14 @@ func (p *FlowResourceModel) expand(ctx context.Context) (*davinci.FlowImport, di
 		return nil, diags
 	}
 
+	if data.Name == nil {
+		data.Name = &data.FlowInfo.Name
+	}
+
+	if data.Description == nil && data.FlowInfo.Description != nil {
+		data.Description = data.FlowInfo.Description
+	}
+
 	data.FlowNameMapping = map[string]string{
 		data.FlowInfo.FlowID: p.Name.ValueString(),
 	}
@@ -1038,13 +1046,11 @@ func (p *FlowResourceModel) expandUpdate(state FlowResourceModel) (*davinci.Flow
 	}
 
 	if !p.Name.IsNull() {
-		name := p.Name.ValueString()
-		data.Name = &name
+		data.Name = p.Name.ValueStringPointer()
 	}
 
 	if !p.Description.IsNull() {
-		description := p.Description.ValueString()
-		data.Description = &description
+		data.Description = p.Description.ValueStringPointer()
 	}
 
 	err = davinci.Unmarshal([]byte(state.FlowConfigurationJSON.ValueString()), &stateData, davinci.ExportCmpOpts{})
@@ -1113,8 +1119,8 @@ func (p *FlowResourceModel) toState(apiObject *davinci.Flow) diag.Diagnostics {
 
 	p.Name = framework.StringToTF(apiObject.Name)
 
-	if apiObject.Description != nil {
-		p.Description = framework.StringToTF(*apiObject.Description)
+	if v := apiObject.Description; v != nil {
+		p.Description = framework.StringToTF(*v)
 	}
 
 	var d diag.Diagnostics
diff --git a/internal/service/davinci/resource_flow_test.go b/internal/service/davinci/resource_flow_test.go
index 5d929fcf..ee504cef 100644
--- a/internal/service/davinci/resource_flow_test.go
+++ b/internal/service/davinci/resource_flow_test.go
@@ -146,22 +146,7 @@ func testAccResourceFlow_Basic(t *testing.T, withBootstrapConfig bool) {
 			resource.TestMatchResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "id", verify.P1DVResourceIDRegexpFullString),
 			resource.TestMatchResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "environment_id", verify.P1ResourceIDRegexpFullString),
 			resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "name", "simple"),
-			resource.TestMatchResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "description", regexp.MustCompile(`^Imported on `)),
-			resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "flow_json", fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", minimalStepJson)),
-			resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "connection_link.#", "1"),
-			resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "deploy", "true"),
-			resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "subflow_link.#", "0"),
-			resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "flow_variables.#", "0"),
-		),
-	}
-
-	updateStep := resource.TestStep{
-		Config: minimalStepHcl,
-		Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
-			resource.TestMatchResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "id", verify.P1DVResourceIDRegexpFullString),
-			resource.TestMatchResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "environment_id", verify.P1ResourceIDRegexpFullString),
-			resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "name", "simple"),
-			resource.TestMatchResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "description", regexp.MustCompile(`^$`)),
+			resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "description", "This is a fallback description"),
 			resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "flow_json", fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", minimalStepJson)),
 			resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "connection_link.#", "1"),
 			resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceFullName, "deploy", "true"),
@@ -184,13 +169,13 @@ func testAccResourceFlow_Basic(t *testing.T, withBootstrapConfig bool) {
 		ErrorCheck:               acctest.ErrorCheck(t),
 		CheckDestroy:             davinci.Flow_CheckDestroy(),
 		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
-			// Create from scratch
+			// Create full from scratch
 			fullStep,
 			{
 				Config:  fullStepHcl,
 				Destroy: true,
 			},
-			// Create from scratch
+			// Create minimal from scratch
 			minimalStep,
 			{
 				Config:  minimalStepHcl,
@@ -198,7 +183,7 @@ func testAccResourceFlow_Basic(t *testing.T, withBootstrapConfig bool) {
 			},
 			// Test updates
 			fullStep,
-			updateStep,
+			minimalStep,
 			fullStep,
 			// Test importing the resource
 			{