diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 48021b120..8e809e4be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 - Switch to Terraform [protocol version 6](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/plugin/terraform-plugin-protocol#protocol-version-6) that is compatible with Terraform CLI version 1.0 and later.
 - Add 'elasticstack_fleet_package' data source ([#469](https://github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/pull/469))
 - Add `tags` option to Kibana's SLOs ([#495](https://github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/pull/495))
-- Add support for Authorization header - Bearer Token and ES-Client-Authentication fields added.([#500]()https://github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/pull/500)
-
+- Add support for Authorization header - Bearer Token and ES-Client-Authentication fields added.([#500](https://github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/pull/500))
 ### Fixed
 - Rename fleet package objects to `elasticstack_fleet_integration` and `elasticstack_fleet_integration_policy` ([#476](https://github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/pull/476))
 - Fix a provider crash when managing SLOs outside of the default Kibana space. ([#485](https://github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/pull/485))
 - Make input optional for `elasticstack_fleet_integration_policy` ([#493](https://github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/pull/493))
 - Sort Fleet integration policy inputs to ensure consistency ([#494](https://github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/pull/494))
+- Updated Elasticsearch role_mapping.go to enforce the replacement/updates of role mapping resources when the name field is altered. ([#503](https://github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/pull/503))
 
 ## [0.10.0] - 2023-11-02
 
diff --git a/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_mapping.go b/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_mapping.go
index 811b61c85..fa1f7c780 100644
--- a/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_mapping.go
+++ b/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_mapping.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ func ResourceRoleMapping() *schema.Resource {
 			Type:        schema.TypeString,
 			Required:    true,
 			Description: "The distinct name that identifies the role mapping, used solely as an identifier.",
+			ForceNew:    true,
 		},
 		"enabled": {
 			Type:        schema.TypeBool,