diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8d02d060..54cf4b2d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ To attach access management tags to resources in this module, you need the follo
 | <a name="requirement_terraform"></a> [terraform](#requirement\_terraform) | >= 1.3.0 |
 | <a name="requirement_ibm"></a> [ibm](#requirement\_ibm) | >= 1.52.0 |
 | <a name="requirement_null"></a> [null](#requirement\_null) | >= 3.2.1 |
+| <a name="requirement_time"></a> [time](#requirement\_time) | >= 0.9.1 |
 
 ### Modules
 
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ To attach access management tags to resources in this module, you need the follo
 | [ibm_is_vpc_routing_table_route.routing_table_routes](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/IBM-Cloud/ibm/latest/docs/resources/is_vpc_routing_table_route) | resource |
 | [null_resource.clean_default_acl](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/null/latest/docs/resources/resource) | resource |
 | [null_resource.clean_default_security_group](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/null/latest/docs/resources/resource) | resource |
+| [time_sleep.wait_for_authorization_policy](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/time/latest/docs/resources/sleep) | resource |
 | [ibm_is_vpc_address_prefixes.get_address_prefixes](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/IBM-Cloud/ibm/latest/docs/data-sources/is_vpc_address_prefixes) | data source |
 
 ### Inputs
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 36734ec2..05fa6c2d 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ data "ibm_is_vpc_address_prefixes" "get_address_prefixes" {
 }
 ##############################################################################
 
+# workaround for https://github.com/IBM-Cloud/terraform-provider-ibm/issues/4478
+resource "time_sleep" "wait_for_authorization_policy" {
+  depends_on = [ibm_iam_authorization_policy.policy]
+
+  create_duration = "30s"
+}
 
 ##############################################################################
 # Create vpc route resource
diff --git a/module-metadata.json b/module-metadata.json
index bd01f962..a38a0279 100644
--- a/module-metadata.json
+++ b/module-metadata.json
@@ -546,6 +546,12 @@
       "version_constraints": [
         "\u003e= 3.2.1"
       ]
+    },
+    "time": {
+      "source": "hashicorp/time",
+      "version_constraints": [
+        "\u003e= 0.9.1"
+      ]
     }
   },
   "managed_resources": {
@@ -562,7 +568,7 @@
       },
       "pos": {
         "filename": "main.tf",
-        "line": 108
+        "line": 114
       }
     },
     "ibm_is_flow_log.flow_logs": {
@@ -583,7 +589,7 @@
       },
       "pos": {
         "filename": "main.tf",
-        "line": 119
+        "line": 125
       }
     },
     "ibm_is_network_acl.network_acl": {
@@ -618,7 +624,7 @@
       },
       "pos": {
         "filename": "main.tf",
-        "line": 86
+        "line": 92
       }
     },
     "ibm_is_security_group_rule.default_vpc_rule": {
@@ -709,7 +715,7 @@
       },
       "pos": {
         "filename": "main.tf",
-        "line": 51
+        "line": 57
       }
     },
     "ibm_is_vpc_routing_table_route.routing_table_routes": {
@@ -724,7 +730,7 @@
       },
       "pos": {
         "filename": "main.tf",
-        "line": 60
+        "line": 66
       }
     },
     "null_resource.clean_default_acl": {
@@ -739,7 +745,7 @@
       },
       "pos": {
         "filename": "main.tf",
-        "line": 153
+        "line": 159
       }
     },
     "null_resource.clean_default_security_group": {
@@ -754,7 +760,19 @@
       },
       "pos": {
         "filename": "main.tf",
-        "line": 137
+        "line": 143
+      }
+    },
+    "time_sleep.wait_for_authorization_policy": {
+      "mode": "managed",
+      "type": "time_sleep",
+      "name": "wait_for_authorization_policy",
+      "provider": {
+        "name": "time"
+      },
+      "pos": {
+        "filename": "main.tf",
+        "line": 47
       }
     }
   },
diff --git a/version.tf b/version.tf
index 08b1a721..8e6ac798 100644
--- a/version.tf
+++ b/version.tf
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ terraform {
       source  = "IBM-Cloud/ibm"
       version = ">= 1.52.0"
     }
+    time = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/time"
+      version = ">= 0.9.1"
+    }
     null = {
       source  = "hashicorp/null"
       version = ">= 3.2.1"