diff --git a/.changelog/4894.txt b/.changelog/4894.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78672ed1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/4894.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+container: allowed setting `node_config.service_account` at the same time as `enable_autopilot = true` for `google_container_cluster`
+```
diff --git a/google-beta/resource_container_cluster.go b/google-beta/resource_container_cluster.go
index 744e99d691..08d68bb5bc 100644
--- a/google-beta/resource_container_cluster.go
+++ b/google-beta/resource_container_cluster.go
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ func clusterSchemaNodeConfig() *schema.Schema {
 			changeFieldSchemaToForceNew(sch)
 		}
 	}
-	// Autopilot is only applicable for container cluster
-	nodeConfigSch.ConflictsWith = []string{"enable_autopilot"}
 	return nodeConfigSch
 }
 
diff --git a/google-beta/resource_dataproc_cluster_test.go b/google-beta/resource_dataproc_cluster_test.go
index 79b887900b..8f3596cc80 100644
--- a/google-beta/resource_dataproc_cluster_test.go
+++ b/google-beta/resource_dataproc_cluster_test.go
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/terraform"
 
-	"google.golang.org/api/googleapi"
-
 	dataproc "google.golang.org/api/dataproc/v1beta2"
+	"google.golang.org/api/googleapi"
 )
 
 func TestDataprocExtractInitTimeout(t *testing.T) {