diff --git a/.changelog/39728.txt b/.changelog/39728.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4358f04248b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/39728.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+resource/aws_route53_record: Allow creation of records with `ttl=0`
+```
diff --git a/internal/service/route53/record.go b/internal/service/route53/record.go
index aeef59b958c..e845687f067 100644
--- a/internal/service/route53/record.go
+++ b/internal/service/route53/record.go
@@ -616,14 +616,16 @@ func resourceRecordUpdate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta inte
 		}
 	}
 
-	if v, _ := d.GetChange("ttl"); v.(int) != 0 {
-		oldRec.TTL = aws.Int64(int64(v.(int)))
-	}
-
 	// Resource records
 	if v, _ := d.GetChange("records"); v != nil {
 		if v.(*schema.Set).Len() > 0 {
 			oldRec.ResourceRecords = expandResourceRecords(flex.ExpandStringValueSet(v.(*schema.Set)), awstypes.RRType(oldRRType.(string)))
+
+			// TTL and ResourceRecords
+			if v := d.GetRawState().GetAttr("ttl"); !v.IsNull() {
+				v, _ := v.AsBigFloat().Int64()
+				oldRec.TTL = aws.Int64(v)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -904,13 +906,15 @@ func expandResourceRecordSet(d *schema.ResourceData, zoneName string) *awstypes.
 		Type: rrType,
 	}
 
-	if v, ok := d.GetOk("ttl"); ok {
-		apiObject.TTL = aws.Int64(int64(v.(int)))
-	}
-
 	// Resource records
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("records"); ok {
 		apiObject.ResourceRecords = expandResourceRecords(flex.ExpandStringValueSet(v.(*schema.Set)), rrType)
+
+		// TTL and ResourceRecords
+		if v := d.GetRawPlan().GetAttr("ttl"); v.IsKnown() && !v.IsNull() {
+			v, _ := v.AsBigFloat().Int64()
+			apiObject.TTL = aws.Int64(v)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Alias record
diff --git a/internal/service/route53/record_test.go b/internal/service/route53/record_test.go
index d562235f666..a660d1c30c4 100644
--- a/internal/service/route53/record_test.go
+++ b/internal/service/route53/record_test.go
@@ -1530,6 +1530,50 @@ func TestAccRoute53Record_Allow_overwrite(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccRoute53Record_ttl0(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := acctest.Context(t)
+	var v awstypes.ResourceRecordSet
+	resourceName := "aws_route53_record.test"
+	zoneName := acctest.RandomDomain()
+	recordName := zoneName.RandomSubdomain()
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:                 func() { acctest.PreCheck(ctx, t) },
+		ErrorCheck:               acctest.ErrorCheck(t, names.Route53ServiceID),
+		ProtoV5ProviderFactories: acctest.ProtoV5ProviderFactories,
+		CheckDestroy:             testAccCheckRecordDestroy(ctx),
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccRecordConfig_ttl(zoneName.String(), strings.ToUpper(recordName.String()), 0),
+				Check: resource.ComposeAggregateTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckRecordExists(ctx, resourceName, &v),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "ttl", acctest.Ct0),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:            resourceName,
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"allow_overwrite", names.AttrWeight},
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccRecordConfig_ttl(zoneName.String(), strings.ToUpper(recordName.String()), 45),
+				Check: resource.ComposeAggregateTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckRecordExists(ctx, resourceName, &v),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "ttl", "45"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccRecordConfig_ttl(zoneName.String(), strings.ToUpper(recordName.String()), 0),
+				Check: resource.ComposeAggregateTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckRecordExists(ctx, resourceName, &v),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "ttl", acctest.Ct0),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 // testAccErrorCheckSkip skips Route53 tests that have error messages indicating unsupported features
 func testAccErrorCheckSkip(t *testing.T) resource.ErrorCheckFunc {
 	return acctest.ErrorCheckSkipMessagesContaining(t,
@@ -3195,3 +3239,19 @@ resource "aws_route53_record" "www-server1" {
   records = ["127.0.0.1"]
 }
 `
+
+func testAccRecordConfig_ttl(zoneName, recordName string, ttl int) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "aws_route53_zone" "test" {
+  name = %[1]q
+}
+
+resource "aws_route53_record" "test" {
+  zone_id = aws_route53_zone.test.zone_id
+  name    = %[2]q
+  type    = "A"
+  ttl     = %[3]d
+  records = ["127.0.0.1", "127.0.0.27"]
+}
+`, zoneName, recordName, ttl)
+}