diff --git a/.changelog/17387.txt b/.changelog/17387.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad02895c6e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/17387.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+resource/aws_ecs_service: Re-create service when `service_registries` changes
+```
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_ecs_service_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_ecs_service_test.go
index 1ba8a542e20..8d57b8627f3 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_ecs_service_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_ecs_service_test.go
@@ -1165,6 +1165,40 @@ func TestAccAWSEcsService_withServiceRegistries_container(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAWSEcsService_withServiceRegistriesChanges(t *testing.T) {
+	var service ecs.Service
+	rString := acctest.RandString(8)
+
+	serviceDiscoveryName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-acc-sd-%s", rString)
+	updatedServiceDiscoveryName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-acc-sd-%s-updated", rString)
+	clusterName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-acc-cluster-svc-w-ups-%s", rString)
+	tdName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-acc-td-svc-w-ups-%s", rString)
+	svcName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-acc-svc-w-ups-%s", rString)
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t); testAccPartitionHasServicePreCheck(servicediscovery.EndpointsID, t) },
+		ErrorCheck:   testAccErrorCheck(t, ecs.EndpointsID),
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSEcsServiceDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSEcsService_withServiceRegistriesChanges(rString, serviceDiscoveryName, clusterName, tdName, svcName),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckAWSEcsServiceExists("aws_ecs_service.test", &service),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_ecs_service.test", "service_registries.#", "1"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSEcsService_withServiceRegistriesChanges(rString, updatedServiceDiscoveryName, clusterName, tdName, svcName),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckAWSEcsServiceExists("aws_ecs_service.test", &service),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("aws_ecs_service.test", "service_registries.#", "1"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccAWSEcsService_Tags(t *testing.T) {
 	var service ecs.Service
 	rName := acctest.RandomWithPrefix("tf-acc-test")
@@ -3491,6 +3525,107 @@ resource "aws_ecs_service" "test" {
 `, rName, rName, rName, clusterName, tdName, svcName)
 }
 
+func testAccAWSEcsService_withServiceRegistriesChanges(rName, discoveryName, clusterName, tdName, svcName string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+data "aws_availability_zones" "test" {
+  state = "available"
+
+  filter {
+    name   = "opt-in-status"
+    values = ["opt-in-not-required"]
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_vpc" "test" {
+  cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
+
+  tags = {
+    Name = "tf-acc-with-svc-reg"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_subnet" "test" {
+  count             = 2
+  cidr_block        = cidrsubnet(aws_vpc.test.cidr_block, 8, count.index)
+  availability_zone = data.aws_availability_zones.test.names[count.index]
+  vpc_id            = aws_vpc.test.id
+
+  tags = {
+    Name = "tf-acc-with-svc-reg"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_security_group" "test" {
+  name   = "tf-acc-sg-%s"
+  vpc_id = aws_vpc.test.id
+
+  ingress {
+    protocol    = "-1"
+    from_port   = 0
+    to_port     = 0
+    cidr_blocks = [aws_vpc.test.cidr_block]
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_service_discovery_private_dns_namespace" "test" {
+  name        = "%s.terraform.local"
+  description = "test"
+  vpc         = aws_vpc.test.id
+}
+
+resource "aws_service_discovery_service" "test" {
+  name = "%s"
+
+  dns_config {
+    namespace_id = aws_service_discovery_private_dns_namespace.test.id
+
+    dns_records {
+      ttl  = 5
+      type = "SRV"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_ecs_cluster" "test" {
+  name = "%s"
+}
+
+resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "test" {
+  family       = "%s"
+  network_mode = "awsvpc"
+
+  container_definitions = <<DEFINITION
+[
+  {
+    "cpu": 128,
+    "essential": true,
+    "image": "mongo:latest",
+    "memory": 128,
+    "name": "mongodb"
+  }
+]
+DEFINITION
+}
+
+resource "aws_ecs_service" "test" {
+  name            = "%s"
+  cluster         = aws_ecs_cluster.test.id
+  task_definition = aws_ecs_task_definition.test.arn
+  desired_count   = 1
+
+  service_registries {
+    port         = 34567
+    registry_arn = aws_service_discovery_service.test.arn
+  }
+
+  network_configuration {
+    security_groups = [aws_security_group.test.id]
+    subnets         = aws_subnet.test[*].id
+  }
+}
+`, rName, discoveryName, discoveryName, clusterName, tdName, svcName)
+}
+
 func testAccAWSEcsServiceWithDaemonSchedulingStrategy(clusterName, tdName, svcName string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "aws_ecs_cluster" "default" {