diff --git a/provider/pkg/internal/pulumiapi/agent_pools.go b/provider/pkg/internal/pulumiapi/agent_pools.go
index 30f34f4b..8462b839 100644
--- a/provider/pkg/internal/pulumiapi/agent_pools.go
+++ b/provider/pkg/internal/pulumiapi/agent_pools.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type AgentPoolClient interface {
 type AgentPool struct {
 	ID          string `json:"id"`
 	Name        string `json:"name"`
-	Description string `json:"description"`
+	Description string `json:"description,omitempty"`
 	TokenValue  string `json:"tokenValue"`
 }
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type createAgentPoolResponse struct {
 
 type createUpdateAgentPoolRequest struct {
 	Name        string `json:"name"`
-	Description string `json:"description"`
+	Description string `json:"description,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (c *Client) CreateAgentPool(ctx context.Context, orgName, name, description string) (*AgentPool, error) {
diff --git a/provider/pkg/provider/agent_pool.go b/provider/pkg/provider/agent_pool.go
index 584cea13..f8d07779 100644
--- a/provider/pkg/provider/agent_pool.go
+++ b/provider/pkg/provider/agent_pool.go
@@ -27,15 +27,19 @@ type PulumiServiceAgentPoolInput struct {
 func GenerateAgentPoolProperties(input PulumiServiceAgentPoolInput, agentPool pulumiapi.AgentPool) (outputs *structpb.Struct, inputs *structpb.Struct, err error) {
 	inputMap := resource.PropertyMap{}
 	inputMap["name"] = resource.NewPropertyValue(input.Name)
-	inputMap["description"] = resource.NewPropertyValue(input.Description)
 	inputMap["organizationName"] = resource.NewPropertyValue(input.OrgName)
+	if input.Description != "" {
+		inputMap["description"] = resource.NewPropertyValue(input.Description)
+	}
 
 	outputMap := resource.PropertyMap{}
 	outputMap["agentPoolId"] = resource.NewPropertyValue(agentPool.ID)
 	outputMap["name"] = inputMap["name"]
 	outputMap["organizationName"] = inputMap["organizationName"]
-	outputMap["description"] = inputMap["description"]
 	outputMap["tokenValue"] = resource.NewPropertyValue(agentPool.TokenValue)
+	if input.Description != "" {
+		outputMap["description"] = inputMap["description"]
+	}
 
 	inputs, err = plugin.MarshalProperties(inputMap, plugin.MarshalOptions{})
 	if err != nil {