diff --git a/resource_compute_route.go b/resource_compute_route.go
index aec9e8d3..1f52a280 100644
--- a/resource_compute_route.go
+++ b/resource_compute_route.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ func resourceComputeRoute() *schema.Resource {
 			"tags": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeSet,
 				Optional: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
 				Elem:     &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
 				Set: func(v interface{}) int {
 					return hashcode.String(v.(string))