diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 3a4a3eb9..5a1a97a2 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ Notable changes between versions.
 * Allow upgrading Azure Terraform provider to v3.x ([#1144](https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon/pull/1144))
 * Rename `worker_address_prefix` output to `worker_address_prefixes`
 
+### Google Cloud
+
+* Fix issue on Flatcar Linux with controller nodes not ignoring os image changes
+  * Nodes will auto-update, Terraform should not attempt to delete/recreate them
+
 ### Addons
 
 * Update nginx-ingress from v1.1.2 to [v1.1.3](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/releases/tag/controller-v1.1.3)
diff --git a/google-cloud/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/controllers.tf b/google-cloud/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/controllers.tf
index 3133b215..76fbe66e 100644
--- a/google-cloud/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/controllers.tf
+++ b/google-cloud/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/controllers.tf
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ resource "google_compute_instance" "controllers" {
   tags           = ["${var.cluster_name}-controller"]
 
   lifecycle {
-    ignore_changes = [metadata]
+    ignore_changes = [
+      metadata,
+      boot_disk[0].initialize_params
+    ]
   }
 }