diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/storagetransfer/resource_storage_transfer_job.go.tmpl b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/storagetransfer/resource_storage_transfer_job.go.tmpl
index f283d995173d..b486476dd7f2 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/storagetransfer/resource_storage_transfer_job.go.tmpl
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/storagetransfer/resource_storage_transfer_job.go.tmpl
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"reflect"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -695,14 +696,25 @@ func gcsDataSchema() *schema.Resource {
 			},
 			"path": {
 				Optional:    true,
-				Computed:    true,
 				Type:        schema.TypeString,
 				Description: `Google Cloud Storage path in bucket to transfer`,
+				ValidateFunc: validatePath,
 			},
 		},
 	}
 }
 
+func validatePath(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, errors []error) {
+	value := v.(string)
+	value = strings.TrimSpace(value)
+	// checks if path not started with "/"
+	regex, err := regexp.Compile("^/+")
+	if err == nil && len(value) > 0 && regex.Match([]byte(value)) {
+		errors = append(errors, fmt.Errorf("%q cannot start with /", k))
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func awsS3DataSchema() *schema.Resource {
 	return &schema.Resource{
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/storagetransfer/resource_storage_transfer_job_test.go b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/storagetransfer/resource_storage_transfer_job_test.go
index 1d50924e8060..09647d6ff895 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/storagetransfer/resource_storage_transfer_job_test.go
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/storagetransfer/resource_storage_transfer_job_test.go
@@ -573,6 +573,32 @@ func TestAccStorageTransferJob_hdfsSource(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccStorageTransferJob_transferUpdateToEmptyString(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	testDataSourceBucketName := acctest.RandString(t, 10)
+	testDataSinkName := acctest.RandString(t, 10)
+	testTransferJobDescription := acctest.RandString(t, 10)
+	testTransferJobName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-test-transfer-job-%s", acctest.RandString(t, 10))
+
+	acctest.VcrTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:                 func() { acctest.AccTestPreCheck(t) },
+		ProtoV5ProviderFactories: acctest.ProtoV5ProviderFactories(t),
+		CheckDestroy:             testAccStorageTransferJobDestroyProducer(t),
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccStorageTransferJob_transferJobGcsPath(envvar.GetTestProjectFromEnv(), testDataSourceBucketName, testDataSinkName, testTransferJobDescription, testTransferJobName, "bar/"),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccStorageTransferJob_transferJobGcsPath(envvar.GetTestProjectFromEnv(), testDataSourceBucketName, testDataSinkName, testTransferJobDescription, testTransferJobName, ""),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccStorageTransferJob_transferJobGcsPath(envvar.GetTestProjectFromEnv(), testDataSourceBucketName, testDataSinkName, testTransferJobDescription, testTransferJobName, "bar/"),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testAccStorageTransferJobDestroyProducer(t *testing.T) func(s *terraform.State) error {
 	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
 		config := acctest.GoogleProviderConfig(t)
@@ -2399,3 +2425,81 @@ resource "google_storage_transfer_job" "transfer_job" {
 }
 `, project, dataSourceBucketName, project, dataSinkBucketName, project, transferJobDescription, project)
 }
+
+func testAccStorageTransferJob_transferJobGcsPath(project string, dataSourceBucketName string, dataSinkBucketName string, transferJobDescription string, testTransferJobName string, gcsPath string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+  data "google_storage_transfer_project_service_account" "default" {
+    project = "%s"
+  }
+  
+  resource "google_storage_bucket" "data_source" {
+    name          = "%s"
+    project       = "%s"
+    location      = "US"
+    force_destroy = true
+    uniform_bucket_level_access = true
+  }
+  
+  resource "google_storage_bucket_iam_member" "data_source" {
+    bucket = google_storage_bucket.data_source.name
+    role   = "roles/storage.admin"
+    member = "serviceAccount:${data.google_storage_transfer_project_service_account.default.email}"
+  }
+  
+  resource "google_storage_bucket" "data_sink" {
+    name          = "%s"
+    project       = "%s"
+    location      = "US"
+    force_destroy = true
+    uniform_bucket_level_access = true
+  }
+  
+  resource "google_storage_bucket_iam_member" "data_sink" {
+    bucket = google_storage_bucket.data_sink.name
+    role   = "roles/storage.admin"
+    member = "serviceAccount:${data.google_storage_transfer_project_service_account.default.email}"
+  }
+  
+  resource "google_storage_transfer_job" "transfer_job" {
+    name        = "transferJobs/%s"
+    description = "%s"
+    project     = "%s"
+  
+    transfer_spec {
+      gcs_data_source {
+        bucket_name = google_storage_bucket.data_source.name
+        path  = "foo/"
+      }
+      gcs_data_sink {
+        bucket_name = google_storage_bucket.data_sink.name
+        path  = "%s"
+      }
+    }
+  
+    schedule {
+      schedule_start_date {
+        year  = 2018
+        month = 10
+        day   = 1
+      }
+      schedule_end_date {
+        year  = 2019
+        month = 10
+        day   = 1
+      }
+      start_time_of_day {
+        hours   = 0
+        minutes = 30
+        seconds = 0
+        nanos   = 0
+      }
+      repeat_interval = "604800s"
+    }
+  
+    depends_on = [
+      google_storage_bucket_iam_member.data_source,
+      google_storage_bucket_iam_member.data_sink,
+    ]
+  }
+  `, project, dataSourceBucketName, project, dataSinkBucketName, project, testTransferJobName, transferJobDescription, project, gcsPath)
+}
diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/website/docs/guides/version_7_upgrade.html.markdown b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/website/docs/guides/version_7_upgrade.html.markdown
index 2b7ba1125ecb..d29b27c92f4c 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/website/docs/guides/version_7_upgrade.html.markdown
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/website/docs/guides/version_7_upgrade.html.markdown
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ Description of the change and how users should adjust their configuration (if ne
 
 ## Resources
 
-## Resource: `google_product_resource`
+## Resource: `google_storage_transfer_job`
 
-### Resource-level change example header
+### `path` does not allow strings starting with /
 
-Description of the change and how users should adjust their configuration (if needed).
+`path` does not allow strings starting with /.