diff --git a/catalog/resource_connection.go b/catalog/resource_connection.go
index 498cf177ff..978e213348 100644
--- a/catalog/resource_connection.go
+++ b/catalog/resource_connection.go
@@ -56,20 +56,19 @@ func ResourceConnection() common.Resource {
 			}
 			var createConnectionRequest catalog.CreateConnection
 			common.DataToStructPointer(d, s, &createConnectionRequest)
-			_, err = w.Connections.Create(ctx, createConnectionRequest)
+			conn, err := w.Connections.Create(ctx, createConnectionRequest)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			// Update owner if it is provided
-			if d.Get("owner") == "" {
-				return nil
-			}
-			var updateConnectionRequest catalog.UpdateConnection
-			common.DataToStructPointer(d, s, &updateConnectionRequest)
-			updateConnectionRequest.NameArg = updateConnectionRequest.Name
-			conn, err := w.Connections.Update(ctx, updateConnectionRequest)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
+			if d.Get("owner") != "" {
+				var updateConnectionRequest catalog.UpdateConnection
+				common.DataToStructPointer(d, s, &updateConnectionRequest)
+				updateConnectionRequest.NameArg = updateConnectionRequest.Name
+				conn, err = w.Connections.Update(ctx, updateConnectionRequest)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 			}
 			d.Set("metastore_id", conn.MetastoreId)
 			pi.Pack(d)
@@ -91,6 +90,10 @@ func ResourceConnection() common.Resource {
 			// We need to preserve original sensitive options as API doesn't return them
 			var cOrig catalog.CreateConnection
 			common.DataToStructPointer(d, s, &cOrig)
+			// If there are no options returned, need to initialize the map
+			if conn.Options == nil {
+				conn.Options = map[string]string{}
+			}
 			for key, element := range cOrig.Options {
 				if slices.Contains(sensitiveOptions, key) {
 					conn.Options[key] = element
diff --git a/internal/acceptance/connection_test.go b/internal/acceptance/connection_test.go
index 714ea33a53..7cf6ec5093 100644
--- a/internal/acceptance/connection_test.go
+++ b/internal/acceptance/connection_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,33 @@ func connectionTemplateWithOwner(host string, owner string) string {
 	}
 	`, host, owner)
 }
+
+func connectionTemplateWithoutOwner() string {
+	return `
+	resource "databricks_connection" "this" {
+		name = "name-{var.STICKY_RANDOM}"
+		connection_type = "BIGQUERY"
+		comment         = "test"
+		options = {
+			GoogleServiceAccountKeyJson = <<-EOT
+				{
+					"type": "service_account",
+					"project_id": "PROJECT_ID",
+					"private_key_id": "KEY_ID",
+					"private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nPRIVATE_KEY\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
+					"client_email": "SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL",
+					"client_id": "CLIENT_ID",
+					"auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
+					"token_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token",
+					"auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
+					"client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL",
+					"universe_domain": "googleapis.com"
+				}
+			EOT
+		}
+	}
+	`
+}
 func TestUcAccConnectionsResourceFullLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
 	unityWorkspaceLevel(t, step{
 		Template: connectionTemplateWithOwner("test.mysql.database.azure.com", "account users"),
@@ -30,3 +57,11 @@ func TestUcAccConnectionsResourceFullLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
 		Template: connectionTemplateWithOwner("test.mysql.database.azure.com", "{env.TEST_METASTORE_ADMIN_GROUP_NAME}"),
 	})
 }
+
+func TestUcAccConnectionsWithoutOwnerResourceFullLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
+	unityWorkspaceLevel(t, step{
+		Template: connectionTemplateWithoutOwner(),
+	}, step{
+		Template: connectionTemplateWithoutOwner(),
+	})
+}