diff --git a/mmv1/products/workbench/Instance.yaml b/mmv1/products/workbench/Instance.yaml
index 78bb90df7325..8575e8be652f 100644
--- a/mmv1/products/workbench/Instance.yaml
+++ b/mmv1/products/workbench/Instance.yaml
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ examples:
       key_name: 'my-crypto-key'
     test_vars_overrides:
       key_name: 'acctest.BootstrapKMSKeyInLocation(t, "us-central1").CryptoKey.Name'
+    test_env_vars:
+      service_account: :SERVICE_ACCT
     ignore_read_extra:
       - 'gce_setup.0.vm_image'
       - 'gce_setup.0.boot_disk.0.disk_type'
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/workbench_instance_full.tf.erb b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/workbench_instance_full.tf.erb
index b413e9bfc3fd..270f73d23abc 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/workbench_instance_full.tf.erb
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/workbench_instance_full.tf.erb
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ resource "google_workbench_instance" "<%= ctx[:primary_resource_id] %>" {
 
   disable_proxy_access = "true"
 
+  instance_owners  = [ "<%= ctx[:test_env_vars]["service_account"] %>"]
+
   labels = {
     k = "val"
   }