diff --git a/terraform/hydrocron-apigw.tf b/terraform/hydrocron-apigw.tf
index e0536a2d..b7e9297e 100644
--- a/terraform/hydrocron-apigw.tf
+++ b/terraform/hydrocron-apigw.tf
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ resource "aws_api_gateway_rest_api" "hydrocron-api-gateway" {
 resource "aws_api_gateway_rest_api_policy" "hydrocron-api-gateway-policy" {
   rest_api_id = aws_api_gateway_rest_api.hydrocron-api-gateway.id
   policy      = data.aws_iam_policy_document.apigw-resource-policy.json
+    lifecycle {
+    ignore_changes = [ policy ]
+  }
 }