diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bfe36c19..6a7036bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ Canonical reference for changes, improvements, and bugfixes for the Boundary Ter
   `password_auth_method_login_name` & `password_auth_method_password` fields have been set to deprecated 
   with a recommendation to use `auth_method_login_name` & `auth_method_password` fields instead.
   ([PR](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-boundary/pull/392))
+* Deprecate type field for `boundary_account_password`
+  ([PR](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-boundary/pull/396))
+* Deprecate type field for `boundary_account_ldap`
+  ([PR](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-boundary/pull/400))  
 
 ## 1.1.4 (February 15, 2023)
 
diff --git a/internal/provider/resource_account_ldap.go b/internal/provider/resource_account_ldap.go
index 22653094..acb8ba39 100644
--- a/internal/provider/resource_account_ldap.go
+++ b/internal/provider/resource_account_ldap.go
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ func resourceAccountLdap() *schema.Resource {
 			TypeKey: {
 				Description: "The resource type.",
 				Type:        schema.TypeString,
-				Required:    true,
+				Deprecated:  "The value for this field will be infered since 'ldap' is the only possible value.",
+				Default:     accountTypeLdap,
+				Optional:    true,
 				ForceNew:    true,
 			},
 			accountLoginNameKey: {
diff --git a/internal/provider/resource_account_ldap_test.go b/internal/provider/resource_account_ldap_test.go
index 306c0513..f7f0d34d 100644
--- a/internal/provider/resource_account_ldap_test.go
+++ b/internal/provider/resource_account_ldap_test.go
@@ -57,6 +57,23 @@ resource "boundary_account_ldap" "foo" {
 	auth_method_id = boundary_auth_method_ldap.foo.id
 }`, testAccountLdapNameUpdate, testAccountLdapDescUpdate)
 
+	testAccountLdapWithoutTypeField = fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "boundary_auth_method_ldap" "foo" {
+	name        = "test"
+	description = "test account"
+	type        = "ldap"
+	scope_id    = boundary_scope.org1.id
+	depends_on = [boundary_role.org1_admin]
+	urls         	  = ["ldaps://ldap1", "ldaps://ldap2"]
+}
+
+resource "boundary_account_ldap" "foo" {
+	name           = "%s"
+	description    = "%s"
+	login_name     = "foo"
+	auth_method_id = boundary_auth_method_ldap.foo.id
+}`, testAccountLdapNameUpdate, testAccountLdapDescUpdate)
+
 	testProviderLdapAccountConfig = `
 resource "boundary_account_ldap" "test-ldap" {
 	name           = "alice"
@@ -116,6 +133,18 @@ func TestAccLdapAccount(t *testing.T) {
 				),
 			},
 			importStep("boundary_account_ldap.foo", "ldap"),
+			{
+				// update without passing type field
+				Config: testConfig(url, fooOrg, testAccountLdapWithoutTypeField),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("boundary_account_ldap.foo", "description", testAccountLdapDescUpdate),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("boundary_account_ldap.foo", "name", testAccountLdapNameUpdate),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("boundary_account_ldap.foo", "type", "ldap"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("boundary_account_ldap.foo", "login_name", "foo"),
+					testAccCheckAccountResourceExists(provider, "boundary_account_ldap.foo"),
+				),
+			},
+			importStep("boundary_account_ldap.foo", "ldap"),
 		},
 	})
 }