diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/kubernetes.tf b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/kubernetes.tf
index 2ffbabcff3..5a766c6fbf 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/kubernetes.tf
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/kubernetes.tf
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ output "region" {
 }
 
 provider "google" {
-  region = "us-test1"
+  project = "testproject"
+  region  = "us-test1"
 }
 
 resource "aws_s3_bucket_object" "cluster-completed-spec" {
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce/kubernetes.tf b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce/kubernetes.tf
index 1bb5e4f07b..6f5a1eba37 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce/kubernetes.tf
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce/kubernetes.tf
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ output "region" {
 }
 
 provider "google" {
-  region = "us-test1"
+  project = "testproject"
+  region  = "us-test1"
 }
 
 resource "aws_s3_bucket_object" "cluster-completed-spec" {
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_private/kubernetes.tf b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_private/kubernetes.tf
index 5aa1667626..1857c099c1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_private/kubernetes.tf
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_private/kubernetes.tf
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ output "region" {
 }
 
 provider "google" {
-  region = "us-test1"
+  project = "testproject"
+  region  = "us-test1"
 }
 
 resource "aws_s3_bucket_object" "cluster-completed-spec" {
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/terraform/target_hcl2.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/terraform/target_hcl2.go
index 936b6a8fb5..0217e48e6b 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/terraform/target_hcl2.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/terraform/target_hcl2.go
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ func (t *TerraformTarget) finishHCL2() error {
 	}
 	providerBlock := rootBody.AppendNewBlock("provider", []string{providerName})
 	providerBody := providerBlock.Body()
+	if t.Cloud.ProviderID() == kops.CloudProviderGCE {
+		providerBody.SetAttributeValue("project", cty.StringVal(t.Project))
+	}
 	providerBody.SetAttributeValue("region", cty.StringVal(t.Cloud.Region()))
 	for k, v := range tfGetProviderExtraConfig(t.clusterSpecTarget) {
 		providerBody.SetAttributeValue(k, cty.StringVal(v))