diff --git a/azurerm/helpers/azure/location.go b/azurerm/helpers/azure/location.go
index d28793566d57..bc247cace81d 100644
--- a/azurerm/helpers/azure/location.go
+++ b/azurerm/helpers/azure/location.go
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ func SchemaLocationForDataSource() *schema.Schema {
 	return location.SchemaComputed()
 }
 
+func SchemaLocationWithoutForceNew() *schema.Schema {
+	return location.SchemaWithoutForceNew()
+}
+
 // azure.NormalizeLocation is a function which normalises human-readable region/location
 // names (e.g. "West US") to the values used and returned by the Azure API (e.g. "westus").
 // In state we track the API internal version as it is easier to go from the human form
diff --git a/azurerm/internal/location/schema.go b/azurerm/internal/location/schema.go
index 21cef50f02de..97552711582b 100644
--- a/azurerm/internal/location/schema.go
+++ b/azurerm/internal/location/schema.go
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ func SchemaComputed() *schema.Schema {
 	}
 }
 
+// Schema returns the Schema which should be used for Location fields
+// where these are Required and can be changed
+func SchemaWithoutForceNew() *schema.Schema {
+	return &schema.Schema{
+		Type:             schema.TypeString,
+		Required:         true,
+		ValidateFunc:     EnhancedValidate,
+		StateFunc:        StateFunc,
+		DiffSuppressFunc: DiffSuppressFunc,
+	}
+}
+
 func DiffSuppressFunc(_, old, new string, _ *schema.ResourceData) bool {
 	return Normalize(old) == Normalize(new)
 }
diff --git a/azurerm/internal/services/cosmos/cosmosdb_account_resource.go b/azurerm/internal/services/cosmos/cosmosdb_account_resource.go
index 74fd6573ebb7..f2fe3cac9593 100644
--- a/azurerm/internal/services/cosmos/cosmosdb_account_resource.go
+++ b/azurerm/internal/services/cosmos/cosmosdb_account_resource.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func resourceArmCosmosDbAccount() *schema.Resource {
 							Computed: true,
 						},
 
-						"location": azure.SchemaLocation(),
+						"location": azure.SchemaLocationWithoutForceNew(),
 
 						"failover_priority": {
 							Type:         schema.TypeInt,
diff --git a/azurerm/internal/services/cosmos/tests/cosmosdb_account_resource_test.go b/azurerm/internal/services/cosmos/tests/cosmosdb_account_resource_test.go
index 3caaf699dd94..15899aac35e0 100644
--- a/azurerm/internal/services/cosmos/tests/cosmosdb_account_resource_test.go
+++ b/azurerm/internal/services/cosmos/tests/cosmosdb_account_resource_test.go
@@ -342,6 +342,39 @@ func TestAccAzureRMCosmosDBAccount_capabilitiesUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAzureRMCosmosDBAccount_geoLocationsUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+	data := acceptance.BuildTestData(t, "azurerm_cosmosdb_account", "test")
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { acceptance.PreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    acceptance.SupportedProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testCheckAzureRMCosmosDBAccountDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccAzureRMCosmosDBAccount_basic(data, "GlobalDocumentDB", documentdb.Eventual),
+				Check: resource.ComposeAggregateTestCheckFunc(
+					checkAccAzureRMCosmosDBAccount_basic(data, documentdb.Eventual, 1),
+				),
+			},
+			data.ImportStep(),
+			{
+				Config: testAccAzureRMCosmosDBAccount_geoLocationUpdate(data, "GlobalDocumentDB", documentdb.Eventual),
+				Check: resource.ComposeAggregateTestCheckFunc(
+					checkAccAzureRMCosmosDBAccount_basic(data, documentdb.Eventual, 2),
+				),
+			},
+			data.ImportStep(),
+			{
+				Config: testAccAzureRMCosmosDBAccount_basic(data, "GlobalDocumentDB", documentdb.Eventual),
+				Check: resource.ComposeAggregateTestCheckFunc(
+					checkAccAzureRMCosmosDBAccount_basic(data, documentdb.Eventual, 1),
+				),
+			},
+			data.ImportStep(),
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testCheckAzureRMCosmosDBAccountDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 	conn := acceptance.AzureProvider.Meta().(*clients.Client).Cosmos.DatabaseClient
 	ctx := acceptance.AzureProvider.Meta().(*clients.Client).StopContext
@@ -644,6 +677,41 @@ resource "azurerm_cosmosdb_account" "test" {
 `, data.RandomInteger, data.Locations.Primary, data.RandomInteger, string(kind), capeTf)
 }
 
+func testAccAzureRMCosmosDBAccount_geoLocationUpdate(data acceptance.TestData, kind documentdb.DatabaseAccountKind, consistency documentdb.DefaultConsistencyLevel) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+provider "azurerm" {
+  features {}
+}
+
+resource "azurerm_resource_group" "test" {
+  name     = "acctestRG-cosmos-%d"
+  location = "%s"
+}
+
+resource "azurerm_cosmosdb_account" "test" {
+  name                = "acctest-ca-%d"
+  location            = azurerm_resource_group.test.location
+  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.test.name
+  offer_type          = "Standard"
+  kind                = "%s"
+
+  consistency_policy {
+    consistency_level = "%s"
+  }
+
+  geo_location {
+    location          = azurerm_resource_group.test.location
+    failover_priority = 0
+  }
+
+  geo_location {
+    location          = "%s"
+    failover_priority = 1
+  }
+}
+`, data.RandomInteger, data.Locations.Primary, data.RandomInteger, string(kind), string(consistency), data.Locations.Secondary)
+}
+
 func checkAccAzureRMCosmosDBAccount_basic(data acceptance.TestData, consistency documentdb.DefaultConsistencyLevel, locationCount int) resource.TestCheckFunc {
 	return resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 		testCheckAzureRMCosmosDBAccountExists(data.ResourceName),