diff --git a/azurerm/internal/services/compute/shared_image_version_resource.go b/azurerm/internal/services/compute/shared_image_version_resource.go
index d108f7e84e90..46b9a6e02c62 100644
--- a/azurerm/internal/services/compute/shared_image_version_resource.go
+++ b/azurerm/internal/services/compute/shared_image_version_resource.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/services/compute/mgmt/2019-07-01/compute"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-azure-helpers/response"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/validation"
 	"github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-azurerm/azurerm/helpers/azure"
 	"github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-azurerm/azurerm/helpers/tf"
 	"github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-azurerm/azurerm/helpers/validate"
@@ -84,11 +85,18 @@ func resourceArmSharedImageVersion() *schema.Resource {
 							Required: true,
 						},
 
+						// The Service API doesn't support to update `storage_account_type`. So it has to recreate the resource for updating `storage_account_type`.
+						// However, `ForceNew` cannot be used since resource would be recreated while adding or removing `target_region`.
+						// And `CustomizeDiff` also cannot be used since it doesn't support in a `Set`.
+						// So currently terraform would directly return the error message from Service API while updating this property. If this property needs to be updated, please recreate this resource.
 						"storage_account_type": {
 							Type:     schema.TypeString,
 							Optional: true,
-							Computed: true,
-							ForceNew: true,
+							ValidateFunc: validation.StringInSlice([]string{
+								string(compute.StorageAccountTypeStandardLRS),
+								string(compute.StorageAccountTypeStandardZRS),
+							}, false),
+							Default: string(compute.StorageAccountTypeStandardLRS),
 						},
 					},
 				},
diff --git a/website/docs/r/shared_image_version.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/shared_image_version.html.markdown
index 86bacb341982..74417ec05fd9 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/shared_image_version.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/shared_image_version.html.markdown
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ The `target_region` block exports the following:
 
 * `regional_replica_count` - (Required) The number of replicas of the Image Version to be created per region.
 
-* `storage_account_type` - (Optional) The storage account type for the image version, which defaults to `Standard_LRS`. You can store all of your image version replicas in Zone Redundant Storage by specifying `Standard_ZRS`.
+* `storage_account_type` - (Optional) The storage account type for the image version. Possible values are `Standard_LRS` and `Standard_ZRS`. Defaults to `Standard_LRS`. You can store all of your image version replicas in Zone Redundant Storage by specifying `Standard_ZRS`.
 
 ## Attributes Reference