diff --git a/auth0/resource_auth0_user.go b/auth0/resource_auth0_user.go
index ae85ea726..42eeb562b 100644
--- a/auth0/resource_auth0_user.go
+++ b/auth0/resource_auth0_user.go
@@ -145,15 +145,21 @@ func readUser(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) diag.D
 		d.Set("picture", user.Picture),
 	)
 
-	userMeta, err := structure.FlattenJsonToString(user.UserMetadata)
-	if err != nil {
-		return diag.FromErr(err)
+	var userMeta string
+	if user.UserMetadata != nil {
+		userMeta, err = structure.FlattenJsonToString(*user.UserMetadata)
+		if err != nil {
+			return diag.FromErr(err)
+		}
 	}
 	result = multierror.Append(result, d.Set("user_metadata", userMeta))
 
-	appMeta, err := structure.FlattenJsonToString(user.AppMetadata)
-	if err != nil {
-		return diag.FromErr(err)
+	var appMeta string
+	if user.AppMetadata != nil {
+		appMeta, err = structure.FlattenJsonToString(*user.AppMetadata)
+		if err != nil {
+			return diag.FromErr(err)
+		}
 	}
 	result = multierror.Append(result, d.Set("app_metadata", appMeta))
 
@@ -255,16 +261,17 @@ func buildUser(d *schema.ResourceData) (*management.User, error) {
 		Blocked:       Bool(d, "blocked"),
 	}
 
-	var err error
-	user.UserMetadata, err = JSON(d, "user_metadata")
+	userMeta, err := JSON(d, "user_metadata")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	user.UserMetadata = &userMeta
 
-	user.AppMetadata, err = JSON(d, "app_metadata")
+	appMeta, err := JSON(d, "app_metadata")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	user.AppMetadata = &appMeta
 
 	return user, nil
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c60f5a3bd..9a13eb914 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/auth0/terraform-provider-auth0
 go 1.18
 
 require (
-	github.com/auth0/go-auth0 v0.9.1
+	github.com/auth0/go-auth0 v0.9.2
 	github.com/dnaeon/go-vcr/v2 v2.0.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cty v1.4.1-0.20200414143053-d3edf31b6320
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ee13c08c4..787d39666 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v12 v12.0.0/go.mod h1:S/4uRK2UtaQttw1GenVJE
 github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v13 v13.0.0 h1:Y+KvPE1NYz0xl601PVImeQfFyEy6iT90AvPUL1NNfNw=
 github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v13 v13.0.0/go.mod h1:ZK2fH7c4NqDTLtiYLvIkEghdlcqw7yxLeM89kiTRPUo=
 github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5/go.mod h1:wHh0iHkYZB8zMSxRWpUBQtwG5a7fFgvEO+odwuTv2gs=
-github.com/auth0/go-auth0 v0.9.1 h1:sc9w+Znl53KXdgYFCLbFz93mW9aJlNK49u/KBsfbmUc=
-github.com/auth0/go-auth0 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:kxxGNgF592VPvWSNPVWNbmWHs+R9c0MZCTuW+T3NgZw=
+github.com/auth0/go-auth0 v0.9.2 h1:HKG2fchD92qSOOgjg4SDkvUMgUzXHoqcOON5Qfuo1QY=
+github.com/auth0/go-auth0 v0.9.2/go.mod h1:kxxGNgF592VPvWSNPVWNbmWHs+R9c0MZCTuW+T3NgZw=
 github.com/aybabtme/iocontrol v0.0.0-20150809002002-ad15bcfc95a0 h1:0NmehRCgyk5rljDQLKUO+cRJCnduDyn11+zGZIc9Z48=
 github.com/aybabtme/iocontrol v0.0.0-20150809002002-ad15bcfc95a0/go.mod h1:6L7zgvqo0idzI7IO8de6ZC051AfXb5ipkIJ7bIA2tGA=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0 h1:Q92kusRqC1XV2MjkWETPvjJVqKetz1OzxZB7mHJLju8=