diff --git a/src/main/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/CloudConnectorUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/CloudConnectorUtils.java
index 7862fd0..db7dc36 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/CloudConnectorUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/CloudConnectorUtils.java
@@ -174,28 +174,38 @@ private static void addCitToApp(CertificateIssuingTemplate cit, Application appl
             application.certificateIssuingTemplateAliasIdMap( citAliasIdMap );
         }
 
+		boolean updateApplication = false;
+
         //if the App doesn't contain the relation to the cit
         if ( !citAliasIdMap.containsKey(cit.name()) ) {
             //adding the reference to the cit
             citAliasIdMap.put(cit.name(), cit.id());
+            updateApplication = true;
+        }
 
-            //getting the appId because it will be used to invoke the API to update the related Application
-            String appId = application.id();
+		// Updating the owners list of the Application
+		List<Application.OwnerIdsAndType> ownersList =  CloudConnectorUtils.resolveUsersToCloudOwners(usersList, apiKey, cloud);
+		if (ownersList.size() > 0){
+//			application.ownerIdsAndTypes().addAll(ownersList);
+			List<Application.OwnerIdsAndType> newList = mergeOwnersList(application.ownerIdsAndTypes(), ownersList);
+			application.ownerIdsAndTypes(newList);
+			updateApplication = true;
+		}
 
-            //The id, companyId, fqDns and internalFqDns needs to be null in the request to update the Application,
-            //therefore these attributes are set to null
-            application.id(null);
-            application.companyId(null);
-            application.fqDns(null);
-            application.internalFqDns(null);
+        if (updateApplication) {
+			//getting the appId because it will be used to invoke the API to update the related Application
+			String appId = application.id();
 
-			// Updating the owners list
-			List<Application.OwnerIdsAndType> ownersList =  CloudConnectorUtils.resolveUsersToCloudOwners(usersList, apiKey, cloud);
-			application.ownerIdsAndTypes(ownersList);
+			//The id, companyId, fqDns and internalFqDns needs to be null in the request to update the Application,
+			//therefore these attributes are set to null
+			application.id(null);
+			application.companyId(null);
+			application.fqDns(null);
+			application.internalFqDns(null);
 
-            cloud.updateApplication(application, appId, apiKey);
-        }
-    }
+			cloud.updateApplication(application, appId, apiKey);
+		}
+	}
 
 	private static List<Application.OwnerIdsAndType> resolveUsersToCloudOwners(String[] usersList, String apiKey, Cloud cloud) {
 		List<Application.OwnerIdsAndType> ownersList = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -289,6 +299,19 @@ private static String[] resolveCloudOwnersNames(String policyName, String apiKey
 		return usersList.toArray(new String[0]);
 	}
 
+	private static List<Application.OwnerIdsAndType> mergeOwnersList(List<Application.OwnerIdsAndType> sourceList, List<Application.OwnerIdsAndType> incomingList) {
+    	sourceList.addAll(incomingList);
+    	Map<String, Application.OwnerIdsAndType> ownerMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+    	for(Application.OwnerIdsAndType owner : sourceList) {
+    		if (!ownerMap.containsKey(owner.ownerId())){
+    			ownerMap.put(owner.ownerId(), owner);
+			}
+		}
+
+    	return new ArrayList<>(ownerMap.values());
+	}
+
     private static CertificateIssuingTemplate getPolicy(String policyName, String apiKey, Cloud cloud) throws VCertException {
 
         CloudZone zone = new CloudZone(policyName);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/CloudConnectorPolicyAT.java b/src/test/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/CloudConnectorPolicyAT.java
index 6972eda..b008930 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/CloudConnectorPolicyAT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/CloudConnectorPolicyAT.java
@@ -121,4 +121,30 @@ public void createAndGetPolicyContacts() throws VCertException {
 		Assertions.assertEquals("pki-admin@opensource.qa.venafi.io", psReturned.users()[0]);
 		Assertions.assertEquals("resource-owner@opensource.qa.venafi.io", psReturned.users()[1]);
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	@DisplayName("Cloud - Testing setting contacts that are duplicated on VaaS")
+	public void testPolicyContactsDuplicated() throws VCertException {
+		CloudConnector connector = connectorResource.connector();
+		String policyName = CloudTestUtils.getRandomZone();
+		PolicySpecification policySpecification = CloudTestUtils.getPolicySpecification();
+		policySpecification.users(new String[]{"pki-admin@opensource.qa.venafi.io","resource-owner@opensource.qa.venafi.io"});
+		connector.setPolicy(policyName, policySpecification);
+		PolicySpecification psReturned = connector.getPolicy(policyName);
+
+		Assertions.assertEquals(2, psReturned.users().length);
+		Assertions.assertEquals("pki-admin@opensource.qa.venafi.io", psReturned.users()[0]);
+		Assertions.assertEquals("resource-owner@opensource.qa.venafi.io", psReturned.users()[1]);
+
+		//Updating the Policy Specification to include the duplicated contacts
+
+		PolicySpecification ps2 = CloudTestUtils.getPolicySpecification();
+		ps2.users(new String[]{"pki-admin@opensource.qa.venafi.io"});
+		connector.setPolicy(policyName, policySpecification);
+		PolicySpecification psReturned2 = connector.getPolicy(policyName);
+
+		Assertions.assertEquals(2, psReturned2.users().length);
+		Assertions.assertEquals("pki-admin@opensource.qa.venafi.io", psReturned.users()[0]);
+		Assertions.assertEquals("resource-owner@opensource.qa.venafi.io", psReturned.users()[1]);
+	}
 }