diff --git a/internal/provider/gocd_provider_schemas.go b/internal/provider/gocd_provider_schemas.go
index e8aeaff..d0f81fe 100644
--- a/internal/provider/gocd_provider_schemas.go
+++ b/internal/provider/gocd_provider_schemas.go
@@ -227,21 +227,21 @@ func propertiesSchemaResource() *schema.Schema {
 					Type:        schema.TypeString,
 					Optional:    true,
 					Computed:    false,
-					ForceNew:    true,
+					ForceNew:    false,
 					Description: "The value of the property",
 				},
 				"encrypted_value": {
 					Type:        schema.TypeString,
 					Optional:    true,
 					Computed:    false,
-					ForceNew:    true,
+					ForceNew:    false,
 					Description: "The encrypted value of the property",
 				},
 				"is_secure": {
 					Type:     schema.TypeBool,
 					Optional: true,
 					Computed: false,
-					ForceNew: true,
+					ForceNew: false,
 					Description: "Specify whether the given property is secure or not. If true and encrypted_value is not specified, " +
 						"GoCD will store the value in encrypted format.",
 				},
diff --git a/internal/provider/provider.go b/internal/provider/provider.go
index c443a36..75602bb 100755
--- a/internal/provider/provider.go
+++ b/internal/provider/provider.go
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ func Provider() *schema.Provider {
 			},
 			"ca_file": {
 				Type:        schema.TypeString,
-				Required:    true,
+				Optional:    true,
 				ForceNew:    true,
 				Computed:    false,
-				DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("GOCD_CAFILE_CONTENT", "some_ca_context"),
+				DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("GOCD_CAFILE_CONTENT", nil),
 				Description: "CA file contents, to be used while connecting to GoCD server when CA based auth is enabled",
 			},
 			"username": {
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func Provider() *schema.Provider {
 				Required:    true,
 				ForceNew:    true,
 				Computed:    false,
-				DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("GOCD_PASSWORD", "password"),
+				DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("GOCD_LOGLEVEL", "info"),
 				Description: "loglevel to be set for the api calls made to GoCD",
 			},
 		},