diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 47ccf9584..da32e0bc4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk
 
+// As described in https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/issues/187
+replace github.com/zclconf/go-cty => github.com/nywilken/go-cty v1.12.1
+
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go v0.105.0 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.27.0 // indirect
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.6
 	github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.10 // indirect
-	github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.10.0
+	github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.12.1
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220517005047-85d78b3ac167
 	golang.org/x/mobile v0.0.0-20210901025245-1fde1d6c3ca1
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 648876534..5ae1c50e7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ github.com/morikuni/aec v1.0.0/go.mod h1:BbKIizmSmc5MMPqRYbxO4ZU0S0+P200+tUnFx7P
 github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20161129095857-cc309e4a2223/go.mod h1:qRWi+5nqEBWmkhHvq77mSJWrCKwh8bxhgT7d/eI7P4U=
 github.com/nu7hatch/gouuid v0.0.0-20131221200532-179d4d0c4d8d h1:VhgPp6v9qf9Agr/56bj7Y/xa04UccTW04VP0Qed4vnQ=
 github.com/nu7hatch/gouuid v0.0.0-20131221200532-179d4d0c4d8d/go.mod h1:YUTz3bUH2ZwIWBy3CJBeOBEugqcmXREj14T+iG/4k4U=
+github.com/nywilken/go-cty v1.12.1 h1:4dEeVqhsX1RVfdLgu3CIMeft4ELm9qygMk7/kcpnfCs=
+github.com/nywilken/go-cty v1.12.1/go.mod h1:jQhMnBcOB2DrBaV2awY4z+oSZTPc2dnnwGqYqFo86G0=
 github.com/oklog/run v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dlhp/R75TPv97u0XWUtDeV/lRKWPKSdTuV0TZvrmrQA=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.10.1/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
@@ -435,8 +437,6 @@ github.com/urfave/cli v0.0.0-20171014202726-7bc6a0acffa5/go.mod h1:70zkFmudgCuE/
 github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v4 v4.3.12/go.mod h1:gborTTJjAo/GWTqqRjrLCn9pgNN+NXzzngzBKDPIqw4=
 github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser v0.1.1/go.mod h1:OeAg3pn3UbLjkWt+rN9oFYB6u/cQgqMEUPoW2WPyhdI=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.3.5/go.mod h1:mwnBkeHKe2W/ZEtQ+71ViKU8L12m81fl3OWwC1Zlc8k=
-github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.10.0 h1:mp9ZXQeIcN8kAwuqorjH+Q+njbJKjLrvB2yIh4q7U+0=
-github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.10.0/go.mod h1:vVKLxnk3puL4qRAv72AO+W99LUD4da90g3uUAzyuvAk=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.0/go.mod h1:+kGneAE2xo2IficOXnaByMWTGM9T73dGwxeWcUqIpI8=
 go.opencensus.io v0.23.0 h1:gqCw0LfLxScz8irSi8exQc7fyQ0fKQU/qnC/X8+V/1M=
 go.opencensus.io v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XItmlyltB5F7CS4xOC1DcqMoFqwtC6OG2xF7mCv7P7E=
@@ -549,7 +549,6 @@ golang.org/x/term v0.6.0/go.mod h1:m6U89DPEgQRMq3DNkDClhWw02AUbt2daBVO4cn4Hv9U=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.5/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.8.0 h1:57P1ETyNKtuIjB4SRd15iJxuhj8Gc416Y78H3qgMh68=
 golang.org/x/text v0.8.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=