diff --git a/internal/kibana/data_view/acc_test.go b/internal/kibana/data_view/acc_test.go
index 3d2c1fed2..658e51583 100644
--- a/internal/kibana/data_view/acc_test.go
+++ b/internal/kibana/data_view/acc_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,39 @@ func TestAccResourceDataView(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+// TestAccResourceDataViewFieldAttrsReproduceIssue reproduces the issue where
+// server-side generated field popularity counts cause forced replacement
+func TestAccResourceDataViewFieldAttrsReproduceIssue(t *testing.T) {
+	indexName := "reproduce-issue-" + sdkacctest.RandStringFromCharSet(4, sdkacctest.CharSetAlphaNum)
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:                 func() { acctest.PreCheck(t) },
+		ProtoV6ProviderFactories: acctest.Providers,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				SkipFunc: versionutils.CheckIfVersionIsUnsupported(minFullDataviewSupport),
+				Config:   testAccResourceDataViewReproduceIssue(indexName),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet("elasticstack_kibana_data_view.reproduce_issue", "id"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_kibana_data_view.reproduce_issue", "data_view.title", indexName+"*"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_kibana_data_view.reproduce_issue", "data_view.name", "Reproduce Issue Data View"),
+				),
+			},
+			// This step verifies that server-side generated field_attrs don't force replacement
+			// In a real scenario, this would happen after Kibana UI interaction generates counts
+			{
+				SkipFunc: versionutils.CheckIfVersionIsUnsupported(minFullDataviewSupport),
+				Config:   testAccResourceDataViewReproduceIssue(indexName),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet("elasticstack_kibana_data_view.reproduce_issue", "id"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_kibana_data_view.reproduce_issue", "data_view.title", indexName+"*"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_kibana_data_view.reproduce_issue", "data_view.name", "Reproduce Issue Data View"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testAccResourceDataViewPre8_8DV(indexName string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 provider "elasticstack" {
@@ -151,3 +184,24 @@ resource "elasticstack_kibana_data_view" "dv" {
 	}
 }`, indexName, indexName, indexName)
 }
+
+func testAccResourceDataViewReproduceIssue(indexName string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+provider "elasticstack" {
+	elasticsearch {}
+	kibana {}
+}
+
+resource "elasticstack_elasticsearch_index" "reproduce_issue_index" {
+	name                = "%s"
+	deletion_protection = false
+}
+
+resource "elasticstack_kibana_data_view" "reproduce_issue" {
+	data_view = {
+		title = "%s*"
+		name  = "Reproduce Issue Data View"
+		id    = "reproduce-issue-data-view-id"
+	}
+}`, indexName, indexName)
+}
diff --git a/internal/kibana/data_view/models_test.go b/internal/kibana/data_view/models_test.go
index 4cec22bd9..1314b5c9e 100644
--- a/internal/kibana/data_view/models_test.go
+++ b/internal/kibana/data_view/models_test.go
@@ -202,6 +202,111 @@ func TestPopulateFromAPI(t *testing.T) {
 				}, getDataViewAttrTypes(), path.Root("data_view"), &diags),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			// Test handling of server-side count updates without existing field_attrs
+			name: "server_side_count_updates_no_existing_attrs",
+			existingModel: dataViewModel{
+				ID:      types.StringValue("default/test-id"),
+				SpaceID: types.StringValue("default"),
+				DataView: utils.ObjectValueFrom(ctx, &innerModel{
+					ID:              types.StringValue("test-id"),
+					Title:           types.StringValue("test-title"),
+					FieldAttributes: types.MapNull(getFieldAttrElemType()),
+					SourceFilters:   types.ListNull(types.StringType),
+					RuntimeFieldMap: types.MapNull(getRuntimeFieldMapElemType()),
+					FieldFormats:    types.MapNull(getFieldFormatElemType()),
+					Namespaces:      utils.ListValueFrom[string](ctx, nil, types.StringType, path.Root("data_view").AtName("namespaces"), &diags),
+				}, getDataViewAttrTypes(), path.Root("data_view"), &diags),
+			},
+			response: kbapi.DataViewsDataViewResponseObject{
+				DataView: &kbapi.DataViewsDataViewResponseObjectInner{
+					Id:    utils.Pointer("test-id"),
+					Title: utils.Pointer("test-title"),
+					FieldAttrs: &map[string]kbapi.DataViewsFieldattrs{
+						"host.hostname": {
+							Count: utils.Pointer(5),
+						},
+						"event.action": {
+							Count: utils.Pointer(12),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedModel: dataViewModel{
+				ID:      types.StringValue("default/test-id"),
+				SpaceID: types.StringValue("default"),
+				DataView: utils.ObjectValueFrom(ctx, &innerModel{
+					ID:    types.StringValue("test-id"),
+					Title: types.StringValue("test-title"),
+					FieldAttributes: utils.MapValueFrom(ctx, map[string]fieldAttrModel{
+						"host.hostname": {
+							CustomLabel: types.StringNull(),
+							Count:       types.Int64Value(5),
+						},
+						"event.action": {
+							CustomLabel: types.StringNull(),
+							Count:       types.Int64Value(12),
+						},
+					}, getFieldAttrElemType(), path.Root("data_view").AtName("field_attrs"), &diags),
+					SourceFilters:   types.ListNull(types.StringType),
+					RuntimeFieldMap: types.MapNull(getRuntimeFieldMapElemType()),
+					FieldFormats:    types.MapNull(getFieldFormatElemType()),
+					Namespaces:      utils.ListValueFrom[string](ctx, nil, types.StringType, path.Root("data_view").AtName("namespaces"), &diags),
+				}, getDataViewAttrTypes(), path.Root("data_view"), &diags),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// Test handling of server-side count updates with existing field_attrs
+			name: "server_side_count_updates_with_existing_attrs",
+			existingModel: dataViewModel{
+				ID:      types.StringValue("default/test-id"),
+				SpaceID: types.StringValue("default"),
+				DataView: utils.ObjectValueFrom(ctx, &innerModel{
+					ID:    types.StringValue("test-id"),
+					Title: types.StringValue("test-title"),
+					FieldAttributes: utils.MapValueFrom(ctx, map[string]fieldAttrModel{
+						"host.hostname": {
+							CustomLabel: types.StringValue("Host Name"),
+							Count:       types.Int64Null(), // Null count in state
+						},
+					}, getFieldAttrElemType(), path.Root("data_view").AtName("field_attrs"), &diags),
+					SourceFilters:   types.ListNull(types.StringType),
+					RuntimeFieldMap: types.MapNull(getRuntimeFieldMapElemType()),
+					FieldFormats:    types.MapNull(getFieldFormatElemType()),
+					Namespaces:      utils.ListValueFrom[string](ctx, nil, types.StringType, path.Root("data_view").AtName("namespaces"), &diags),
+				}, getDataViewAttrTypes(), path.Root("data_view"), &diags),
+			},
+			response: kbapi.DataViewsDataViewResponseObject{
+				DataView: &kbapi.DataViewsDataViewResponseObjectInner{
+					Id:    utils.Pointer("test-id"),
+					Title: utils.Pointer("test-title"),
+					FieldAttrs: &map[string]kbapi.DataViewsFieldattrs{
+						"host.hostname": {
+							CustomLabel: utils.Pointer("Host Name"),
+							Count:       utils.Pointer(15), // Server-side count
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedModel: dataViewModel{
+				ID:      types.StringValue("default/test-id"),
+				SpaceID: types.StringValue("default"),
+				DataView: utils.ObjectValueFrom(ctx, &innerModel{
+					ID:    types.StringValue("test-id"),
+					Title: types.StringValue("test-title"),
+					FieldAttributes: utils.MapValueFrom(ctx, map[string]fieldAttrModel{
+						"host.hostname": {
+							CustomLabel: types.StringValue("Host Name"),
+							Count:       types.Int64Value(15), // Should accept server-side value
+						},
+					}, getFieldAttrElemType(), path.Root("data_view").AtName("field_attrs"), &diags),
+					SourceFilters:   types.ListNull(types.StringType),
+					RuntimeFieldMap: types.MapNull(getRuntimeFieldMapElemType()),
+					FieldFormats:    types.MapNull(getFieldFormatElemType()),
+					Namespaces:      utils.ListValueFrom[string](ctx, nil, types.StringType, path.Root("data_view").AtName("namespaces"), &diags),
+				}, getDataViewAttrTypes(), path.Root("data_view"), &diags),
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	require.Empty(t, diags)
diff --git a/internal/kibana/data_view/schema.go b/internal/kibana/data_view/schema.go
index 32b100f92..d78211770 100644
--- a/internal/kibana/data_view/schema.go
+++ b/internal/kibana/data_view/schema.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/resource/schema"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/resource/schema/booldefault"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/resource/schema/boolplanmodifier"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/resource/schema/int64planmodifier"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/resource/schema/listplanmodifier"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/resource/schema/mapplanmodifier"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/resource/schema/planmodifier"
@@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ func getSchema() schema.Schema {
 								"count": schema.Int64Attribute{
 									Description: "Popularity count for the field.",
 									Optional:    true,
+									Computed:    true,
+									PlanModifiers: []planmodifier.Int64{
+										int64planmodifier.UseStateForUnknown(),
+									},
 								},
 							},
 						},