diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e33407f4..7c997dd30 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ nav_order: 1
 - Fix `aiven_kafka_schema` JSON object diff suppress function
 - Add new user config generator
 - Use `TypeSet` for `ip_filter`, `ip_filter_string` fields
-
+- Fix `aiven_organization_user_group` resource - `description` field is required
 
 ## [4.13.3] - 2024-01-29
 
diff --git a/docs/resources/organization_user_group.md b/docs/resources/organization_user_group.md
index fb731add2..4d0518524 100644
--- a/docs/resources/organization_user_group.md
+++ b/docs/resources/organization_user_group.md
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ Creates and manages a user group in an organization.
 
 ### Required
 
+- `description` (String) The description of the user group. This property cannot be changed, doing so forces recreation of the resource.
 - `organization_id` (String) The ID of the organization. This property cannot be changed, doing so forces recreation of the resource.
 
 ### Optional
 
-- `description` (String) The description of the user group. This property cannot be changed, doing so forces recreation of the resource.
 - `name` (String) The name of the user group. This property cannot be changed, doing so forces recreation of the resource.
 - `timeouts` (Block, Optional) (see [below for nested schema](#nestedblock--timeouts))
 
diff --git a/internal/sdkprovider/service/organization/organization_user_group.go b/internal/sdkprovider/service/organization/organization_user_group.go
index 910175476..b423d9e64 100644
--- a/internal/sdkprovider/service/organization/organization_user_group.go
+++ b/internal/sdkprovider/service/organization/organization_user_group.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var aivenOrganizationUserGroupSchema = map[string]*schema.Schema{
 	},
 	"description": {
 		Type:        schema.TypeString,
-		Optional:    true,
+		Required:    true,
 		Description: userconfig.Desc("The description of the user group.").ForceNew().Build(),
 	},
 	"create_time": {