diff --git a/resources/environments/converter_gcp.go b/resources/environments/converter_gcp.go
index 07b6a3bf..1e96c642 100644
--- a/resources/environments/converter_gcp.go
+++ b/resources/environments/converter_gcp.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func toGcpEnvironmentRequest(ctx context.Context, model *gcpEnvironmentResourceM
 		Region:            model.Region.ValueStringPointer(),
 		UsePublicIP:       model.UsePublicIp.ValueBoolPointer(),
 		WorkloadAnalytics: model.WorkloadAnalytics.ValueBool(),
+		AvailabilityZones: utils.FromTfStringSliceToStringSlice(model.AvailabilityZones),
 	}
 	if !model.FreeIpa.IsNull() && !model.FreeIpa.IsUnknown() {
 		trans, _ := FreeIpaModelToRequest(&model.FreeIpa, ctx)
diff --git a/resources/environments/converter_gcp_test.go b/resources/environments/converter_gcp_test.go
index fdcc1bbe..1950b845 100644
--- a/resources/environments/converter_gcp_test.go
+++ b/resources/environments/converter_gcp_test.go
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ func TestToGcpEnvironmentRequestSecurityAccess(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, testObject.SecurityAccess.SecurityGroupIdForKnox.ValueString(), result.SecurityAccess.SecurityGroupIDForKnox)
 }
 
+func TestToGcpEnvironmentRequestAvailabilityZones(t *testing.T) {
+	testObject := createFilledGcpEnvironmentResourceModel()
+
+	result := toGcpEnvironmentRequest(context.TODO(), testObject)
+
+	assert.NotNilf(t, result.AvailabilityZones, "If AvailabilityZones is specified, it is expected to be not nil")
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(testObject.AvailabilityZones))
+}
+
 func TestToGcpEnvironmentRequestLogStorage(t *testing.T) {
 	testObject := createFilledGcpEnvironmentResourceModel()
 
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 3bc88c57..8c489815 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ func FromListValueToStringList(tl types.List) []string {
 	return res
 }
 
+func FromTfStringSliceToStringSlice(tss []types.String) []string {
+	result := make([]string, 0)
+	for _, az := range tss {
+		result = append(result, az.ValueString())
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
 func FromSetValueToStringList(tl types.Set) []string {
 	if tl.IsNull() {
 		return []string{}
diff --git a/utils/utils_test.go b/utils/utils_test.go
index b8060f56..90f2a2b9 100644
--- a/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -330,3 +330,19 @@ func TestGetCallFailureThreshold(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFromTfStringSliceToStringSliceIfEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(FromTfStringSliceToStringSlice([]types.String{})))
+}
+
+func TestFromTfStringSliceToStringSliceIfNotEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	val := "someValue"
+	input := []types.String{
+		types.StringValue(val),
+	}
+
+	result := FromTfStringSliceToStringSlice(input)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, len(input), len(result))
+	assert.Equal(t, val, result[0])
+}