diff --git a/internal/framework/resources/zone_record_resource.go b/internal/framework/resources/zone_record_resource.go
index 18de2613..1ac73130 100644
--- a/internal/framework/resources/zone_record_resource.go
+++ b/internal/framework/resources/zone_record_resource.go
@@ -39,16 +39,17 @@ type ZoneRecordResource struct {
 
 // ZoneRecordResourceModel describes the resource data model.
 type ZoneRecordResourceModel struct {
-	ZoneName      types.String `tfsdk:"zone_name"`
-	ZoneId        types.String `tfsdk:"zone_id"`
-	Name          types.String `tfsdk:"name"`
-	QualifiedName types.String `tfsdk:"qualified_name"`
-	Type          types.String `tfsdk:"type"`
-	Regions       types.List   `tfsdk:"regions"`
-	Value         types.String `tfsdk:"value"`
-	TTL           types.Int64  `tfsdk:"ttl"`
-	Priority      types.Int64  `tfsdk:"priority"`
-	Id            types.Int64  `tfsdk:"id"`
+	ZoneName        types.String `tfsdk:"zone_name"`
+	ZoneId          types.String `tfsdk:"zone_id"`
+	Name            types.String `tfsdk:"name"`
+	QualifiedName   types.String `tfsdk:"qualified_name"`
+	Type            types.String `tfsdk:"type"`
+	Regions         types.List   `tfsdk:"regions"`
+	Value           types.String `tfsdk:"value"`
+	ValueNormalized types.String `tfsdk:"value_normalized"`
+	TTL             types.Int64  `tfsdk:"ttl"`
+	Priority        types.Int64  `tfsdk:"priority"`
+	Id              types.Int64  `tfsdk:"id"`
 }
 
 func (r *ZoneRecordResource) Metadata(ctx context.Context, req resource.MetadataRequest, resp *resource.MetadataResponse) {
@@ -89,6 +90,9 @@ func (r *ZoneRecordResource) Schema(_ context.Context, _ resource.SchemaRequest,
 			"value": schema.StringAttribute{
 				Required: true,
 			},
+			"value_normalized": schema.StringAttribute{
+				Computed: true,
+			},
 			"ttl": schema.Int64Attribute{
 				Optional: true,
 				Computed: true,
@@ -245,6 +249,12 @@ func (r *ZoneRecordResource) Read(ctx context.Context, req resource.ReadRequest,
 		record = *response.Data
 	}
 
+	if record.Content != data.ValueNormalized.ValueString() {
+		// If the record content has changed, we need to update the record in the remote
+		tflog.Debug(ctx, "DNSimple Zone Record content changed")
+		data.Value = types.StringValue(record.Content)
+	}
+
 	r.updateModelFromAPIResponse(&record, data)
 
 	// Save updated data into Terraform state
@@ -353,7 +363,7 @@ func (r *ZoneRecordResource) updateModelFromAPIResponse(record *dnsimple.ZoneRec
 	data.ZoneId = types.StringValue(record.ZoneID)
 	data.Name = types.StringValue(record.Name)
 	data.Type = types.StringValue(record.Type)
-	data.Value = types.StringValue(record.Content)
+	data.ValueNormalized = types.StringValue(record.Content)
 	data.TTL = types.Int64Value(int64(record.TTL))
 	data.Priority = types.Int64Value(int64(record.Priority))
 
diff --git a/internal/framework/resources/zone_record_resource_test.go b/internal/framework/resources/zone_record_resource_test.go
index 177ce38c..23a7d78f 100644
--- a/internal/framework/resources/zone_record_resource_test.go
+++ b/internal/framework/resources/zone_record_resource_test.go
@@ -93,6 +93,54 @@ func TestAccZoneRecordResourceWithPriority(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccZoneRecordResourceWithTXT(t *testing.T) {
+	domainName := os.Getenv("DNSIMPLE_DOMAIN")
+	resourceName := "dnsimple_zone_record.test"
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:                 func() { test_utils.TestAccPreCheck(t) },
+		ProtoV6ProviderFactories: testAccProtoV6ProviderFactories,
+		CheckDestroy:             testAccCheckZoneRecordResourceDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccZoneRecordResourceTXTConfig(domainName, "test value for TXT record"),
+				Check: resource.ComposeAggregateTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "zone_name", domainName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "qualified_name", "terraform."+domainName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "value", "test value for TXT record"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "ttl", "3600"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resourceName, "id"),
+				),
+			},
+			// Delete testing automatically occurs in TestCase
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAccZoneRecordResourceWithNormalizedTXT(t *testing.T) {
+	domainName := os.Getenv("DNSIMPLE_DOMAIN")
+	resourceName := "dnsimple_zone_record.test"
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:                 func() { test_utils.TestAccPreCheck(t) },
+		ProtoV6ProviderFactories: testAccProtoV6ProviderFactories,
+		CheckDestroy:             testAccCheckZoneRecordResourceDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccZoneRecordResourceTXTConfig(domainName, "\"test value for TXT record\""),
+				Check: resource.ComposeAggregateTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "zone_name", domainName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "qualified_name", "terraform."+domainName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "value", "\"test value for TXT record\""),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "ttl", "3600"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resourceName, "id"),
+				),
+			},
+			// Delete testing automatically occurs in TestCase
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccZoneRecordResourceWithPrefetch(t *testing.T) {
 	domainName := os.Getenv("DNSIMPLE_DOMAIN")
 	resourceName := "dnsimple_zone_record.test"
@@ -241,6 +289,17 @@ func testAccCheckZoneRecordExists(n string, record *dnsimple.ZoneRecord) resourc
 	}
 }
 
+func testAccZoneRecordResourceTXTConfig(domainName string, value string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "dnsimple_zone_record" "test" {
+	zone_name = %[1]q
+
+	name = "terraform"
+	value = %[2]q
+	type = "TXT"
+}`, domainName, value)
+}
+
 func testAccZoneRecordResourcePriorityConfig(domainName string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "dnsimple_zone_record" "test" {