diff --git a/.changelog/12570.txt b/.changelog/12570.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d528eb8ffd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/12570.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:none
+managedkafka: added 5 second wait post `google_managed_kafka_topic` update to fix eventual consistency errors 
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/google/services/managedkafka/resource_managed_kafka_topic.go b/google/services/managedkafka/resource_managed_kafka_topic.go
index 5d88f831381..5735bc4a163 100644
--- a/google/services/managedkafka/resource_managed_kafka_topic.go
+++ b/google/services/managedkafka/resource_managed_kafka_topic.go
@@ -322,6 +322,10 @@ func resourceManagedKafkaTopicUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) e
 
 	}
 
+	// This is useful if the resource in question doesn't have a perfectly consistent API
+	// That is, the Operation for Create might return before the Get operation shows the
+	// completed state of the resource.
+	time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
 	return resourceManagedKafkaTopicRead(d, meta)
 }