diff --git a/kong/resource_kong_consumer_jwt_auth.go b/kong/resource_kong_consumer_jwt_auth.go
index 408ba06..af15d1a 100644
--- a/kong/resource_kong_consumer_jwt_auth.go
+++ b/kong/resource_kong_consumer_jwt_auth.go
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ func resourceKongConsumerJWTAuthUpdate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceDa
 
 	JWTAuthRequest := &kong.JWTAuth{
 		ID:           kong.String(id.ID),
-		Algorithm:    kong.String(d.Get("algorithm").(string)),
-		Key:          kong.String(d.Get("key").(string)),
-		RSAPublicKey: kong.String(d.Get("rsa_public_key").(string)),
-		Secret:       kong.String(d.Get("secret").(string)),
+		Algorithm:    readStringPtrFromResource(d, "algorithm"),
+		Key:          readStringPtrFromResource(d, "key"),
+		RSAPublicKey: readStringPtrFromResource(d, "rsa_public_key"),
+		Secret:       readStringPtrFromResource(d, "secret"),
 		Tags:         readStringArrayPtrFromResource(d, "tags"),
 	}
 
diff --git a/kong/resource_kong_consumer_jwt_auth_test.go b/kong/resource_kong_consumer_jwt_auth_test.go
index f510c21..28c0ba0 100644
--- a/kong/resource_kong_consumer_jwt_auth_test.go
+++ b/kong/resource_kong_consumer_jwt_auth_test.go
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@ func TestAccJWTAuth(t *testing.T) {
 				),
 				ExpectNonEmptyPlan: true,
 			},
+			{
+				Config: testCreateJWTAuthConfigDefaultsUpdate,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckJWTAuthExists("kong_consumer_jwt_auth.consumer_jwt_config_defaults"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("kong_consumer_jwt_auth.consumer_jwt_config_defaults", "algorithm", "HS256"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("kong_consumer_jwt_auth.consumer_jwt_config_defaults", "key", "updated_key"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("kong_consumer_jwt_auth.consumer_jwt_config_defaults", "secret", "updated_secret"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("kong_consumer_jwt_auth.consumer_jwt_config_defaults", "tags.#", "0"),
+				),
+			},
 		},
 	})
 }
@@ -189,3 +199,16 @@ resource "kong_consumer_jwt_auth" "consumer_jwt_config_defaults" {
 	consumer_id    = "${kong_consumer.consumer_jwt_defaults.id}"
 }
 `
+const testCreateJWTAuthConfigDefaultsUpdate = `
+resource "kong_consumer" "consumer_jwt_defaults" {
+	username  = "consumer_jwt"
+	custom_id = "666"
+}
+
+resource "kong_consumer_jwt_auth" "consumer_jwt_config_defaults" {
+	consumer_id    = "${kong_consumer.consumer_jwt_defaults.id}"
+	algorithm      = "HS256"
+	key            = "updated_key"
+	secret         = "updated_secret"
+}
+`