diff --git a/.changelog/1089.txt b/.changelog/1089.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..395f3e8bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/1089.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+helper/resource: Fixed `TestStep` type `ImportStateCheck` field so that it only matches against resources following a change in behaviour in Terraform 1.3 that imports both resources and data sources into state
+```
diff --git a/helper/resource/testing.go b/helper/resource/testing.go
index c77f0629ac..caadc3ddc5 100644
--- a/helper/resource/testing.go
+++ b/helper/resource/testing.go
@@ -551,6 +551,16 @@ type TestStep struct {
 	// ImportStateCheck checks the results of ImportState. It should be
 	// used to verify that the resulting value of ImportState has the
 	// proper resources, IDs, and attributes.
+	//
+	// Prefer ImportStateVerify over ImportStateCheck, unless the resource
+	// import explicitly is expected to create multiple resources (not a
+	// recommended resource implementation) or if attributes are imported with
+	// syntactically different but semantically/functionally equivalent values
+	// where special logic is needed.
+	//
+	// Terraform versions 1.3 and later can include data source states during
+	// import, which the testing framework will skip to prevent the need for
+	// Terraform version specific logic in provider testing.
 	ImportStateCheck ImportStateCheckFunc
 
 	// ImportStateVerify, if true, will also check that the state values
diff --git a/helper/resource/testing_new_import_state.go b/helper/resource/testing_new_import_state.go
index 17b4c2add4..0ec007168b 100644
--- a/helper/resource/testing_new_import_state.go
+++ b/helper/resource/testing_new_import_state.go
@@ -137,12 +137,18 @@ func testStepNewImportState(ctx context.Context, t testing.T, helper *plugintest
 		logging.HelperResourceTrace(ctx, "Using TestStep ImportStateCheck")
 
 		var states []*terraform.InstanceState
-		for _, r := range importState.RootModule().Resources {
-			if r.Primary != nil {
-				is := r.Primary.DeepCopy()
-				is.Ephemeral.Type = r.Type // otherwise the check function cannot see the type
-				states = append(states, is)
+		for address, r := range importState.RootModule().Resources {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(address, "data.") {
+				continue
 			}
+
+			if r.Primary == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			is := r.Primary.DeepCopy()
+			is.Ephemeral.Type = r.Type // otherwise the check function cannot see the type
+			states = append(states, is)
 		}
 
 		logging.HelperResourceDebug(ctx, "Calling TestStep ImportStateCheck")
diff --git a/helper/resource/testing_new_import_state_test.go b/helper/resource/testing_new_import_state_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad4774e460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/resource/testing_new_import_state_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package resource
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/diag"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/terraform"
+)
+
+func TestTest_TestStep_ImportStateCheck_SkipDataSourceState(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	UnitTest(t, TestCase{
+		ProviderFactories: map[string]func() (*schema.Provider, error){
+			"examplecloud": func() (*schema.Provider, error) { //nolint:unparam // required signature
+				return &schema.Provider{
+					DataSourcesMap: map[string]*schema.Resource{
+						"examplecloud_thing": {
+							ReadContext: func(_ context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, _ interface{}) diag.Diagnostics {
+								d.SetId("datasource-test")
+
+								return nil
+							},
+							Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+								"id": {
+									Type:     schema.TypeString,
+									Computed: true,
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					ResourcesMap: map[string]*schema.Resource{
+						"examplecloud_thing": {
+							CreateContext: func(_ context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, _ interface{}) diag.Diagnostics {
+								d.SetId("resource-test")
+
+								return nil
+							},
+							DeleteContext: func(_ context.Context, _ *schema.ResourceData, _ interface{}) diag.Diagnostics {
+								return nil
+							},
+							ReadContext: func(_ context.Context, _ *schema.ResourceData, _ interface{}) diag.Diagnostics {
+								return nil
+							},
+							Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+								"id": {
+									Computed: true,
+									Type:     schema.TypeString,
+								},
+							},
+							Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
+								StateContext: schema.ImportStatePassthroughContext,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				}, nil
+			},
+		},
+		Steps: []TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: `
+					data "examplecloud_thing" "test" {}
+					resource "examplecloud_thing" "test" {}
+				`,
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName: "examplecloud_thing.test",
+				ImportState:  true,
+				ImportStateCheck: func(is []*terraform.InstanceState) error {
+					if len(is) > 1 {
+						return fmt.Errorf("expected 1 state, got: %d", len(is))
+					}
+
+					return nil
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}