diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c255839c..2b4205121 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
+BUGS:
+* fix `vault_ssh_secret_backend_ca` where a schema change forced the resource to be replaced ([#2308](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault/pull/2308))
+* fix a bug where a read on non-existent auth or secret mount resulted in an error that prevented the provider from completing successfully ([#2289](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault/pull/2289))
+
 ## 4.3.0 (Jun 17, 2024)
 
 FEATURES:
diff --git a/vault/resource_ssh_secret_backend_ca.go b/vault/resource_ssh_secret_backend_ca.go
index 25e883685..b9b4aa80f 100644
--- a/vault/resource_ssh_secret_backend_ca.go
+++ b/vault/resource_ssh_secret_backend_ca.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package vault
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"strings"
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault/internal/provider"
 )
 
+const defaultKeyTypeSSH = "ssh-rsa"
+
 func sshSecretBackendCAResource() *schema.Resource {
 	return &schema.Resource{
 		Create: sshSecretBackendCACreate,
@@ -22,6 +25,14 @@ func sshSecretBackendCAResource() *schema.Resource {
 		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
 			State: schema.ImportStatePassthrough,
 		},
+		SchemaVersion: 1,
+		StateUpgraders: []schema.StateUpgrader{
+			{
+				Version: 0,
+				Type:    sshSecretBackendCAResourceV0().CoreConfigSchema().ImpliedType(),
+				Upgrade: sshSecretBackendCAUpgradeV0,
+			},
+		},
 
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"backend": {
@@ -43,7 +54,7 @@ func sshSecretBackendCAResource() *schema.Resource {
 			},
 			"key_type": {
 				Type:        schema.TypeString,
-				Default:     "ssh-rsa",
+				Default:     defaultKeyTypeSSH,
 				Optional:    true,
 				ForceNew:    true,
 				Description: "Specifies the desired key type for the generated SSH CA key when `generate_signing_key` is set to `true`.",
@@ -162,3 +173,33 @@ func sshSecretBackendCADelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func sshSecretBackendCAResourceV0() *schema.Resource {
+	return &schema.Resource{
+		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+			"key_type": {
+				Type:        schema.TypeString,
+				Default:     defaultKeyTypeSSH,
+				Optional:    true,
+				ForceNew:    true,
+				Description: "Specifies the desired key type for the generated SSH CA key when `generate_signing_key` is set to `true`.",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// sshSecretBackendCAUpgradeV0 allows update the state for the vault_ssh_secret_backend_ca
+// resource that was provisioned with older schema configurations.
+//
+// Upgrading the Vault provider from 4.2.0 to 4.3.0 results in
+// vault_ssh_secret_backend_ca being replaced although no other changes have
+// been made. The key_type attribute, introduced in #1454, gets added
+// (implicit, using the default value) and forces the resource to be replaced.
+// See https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault/issues/2281
+func sshSecretBackendCAUpgradeV0(_ context.Context, rawState map[string]interface{}, _ interface{}) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	if rawState["key_type"] == nil {
+		rawState["key_type"] = defaultKeyTypeSSH
+	}
+
+	return rawState, nil
+}
diff --git a/vault/resource_ssh_secret_backend_ca_test.go b/vault/resource_ssh_secret_backend_ca_test.go
index 2a0ee2235..462eeeb6b 100644
--- a/vault/resource_ssh_secret_backend_ca_test.go
+++ b/vault/resource_ssh_secret_backend_ca_test.go
@@ -67,6 +67,34 @@ func TestAccSSHSecretBackend_import(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+// TestAccSSHSecretBackendCA_Upgrade_key_type uses ExternalProviders (vault) to
+// generate a state file with a previous version of the provider and then
+// verify that there are no planned changes after migrating to an updated
+// schema to validate the sshSecretBackendCAUpgradeV0 state upgrader.
+func TestAccSSHSecretBackendCA_Upgrade_key_type(t *testing.T) {
+	backend := "ssh-" + acctest.RandString(10)
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				ExternalProviders: map[string]resource.ExternalProvider{
+					"vault": {
+						// 4.2.0 does not have the key_type field
+						VersionConstraint: "4.2.0",
+						Source:            "hashicorp/vault",
+					},
+				},
+				Config: testAccSSHSecretBackendCAConfigGenerated(backend),
+				Check:  testAccSSHSecretBackendCACheck(backend),
+			},
+			{
+				ProviderFactories: providerFactories,
+				Config:            testAccSSHSecretBackendCAConfigGenerated(backend),
+				PlanOnly:          true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testAccCheckSSHSecretBackendCADestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 	for _, rs := range s.RootModule().Resources {
 		if rs.Type != "vault_ssh_secret_backend_ca" {