diff --git a/fwprovider/test/resource_container_test.go b/fwprovider/test/resource_container_test.go
index b838fbae..560f24bb 100644
--- a/fwprovider/test/resource_container_test.go
+++ b/fwprovider/test/resource_container_test.go
@@ -111,10 +111,6 @@ func TestAccResourceContainer(t *testing.T) {
 		}}},
 		{"update mount points", []resource.TestStep{
 			{
-				SkipFunc: func() (bool, error) {
-					// mount point deletion: https://github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox/issues/1392
-					return true, nil
-				},
 				Config: te.RenderConfig(`
 				resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_container" "test_container" {
 				    node_name = "{{.NodeName}}"
@@ -128,11 +124,6 @@ func TestAccResourceContainer(t *testing.T) {
 						volume = "local-lvm"
 						size   = "4G"
 						path   = "mnt/local1"
-				    }
-					mount_point {
-						volume = "local"
-						size   = "8G"
-						path   = "mnt/local2"
 				    }
 				    initialization {
 				  		hostname = "test"
@@ -151,14 +142,10 @@ func TestAccResourceContainer(t *testing.T) {
 				    }
 				}`),
 				Check: ResourceAttributes("proxmox_virtual_environment_container.test_container", map[string]string{
-					"mount_point.#": "2",
+					"mount_point.#": "1",
 				}),
 			},
 			{
-				SkipFunc: func() (bool, error) {
-					// mount point deletion: https://github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox/issues/1392
-					return true, nil
-				},
 				Config: te.RenderConfig(`
 				resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_container" "test_container" {
 				    node_name = "{{.NodeName}}"
@@ -171,6 +158,12 @@ func TestAccResourceContainer(t *testing.T) {
 						volume = "local-lvm"
 						size   = "4G"
 						path   = "mnt/local1"
+				    }
+					// add a new mount point
+				    mount_point {
+						volume = "local-lvm"
+						size   = "4G"
+						path   = "mnt/local2"
 				    }
 				    initialization {
 				  		hostname = "test"
diff --git a/proxmoxtf/resource/container/container.go b/proxmoxtf/resource/container/container.go
index aff825f9..6d1404ce 100644
--- a/proxmoxtf/resource/container/container.go
+++ b/proxmoxtf/resource/container/container.go
@@ -2882,6 +2882,7 @@ func containerUpdate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{})
 			readOnly := types.CustomBool(mountPointMap[mkMountPointReadOnly].(bool))
 			replicate := types.CustomBool(mountPointMap[mkMountPointReplicate].(bool))
 			shared := types.CustomBool(mountPointMap[mkMountPointShared].(bool))
+			size := mountPointMap[mkMountPointSize].(string)
 			volume := mountPointMap[mkMountPointVolume].(string)
 
 			mountPointObject.ACL = &acl
@@ -2891,7 +2892,26 @@ func containerUpdate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{})
 			mountPointObject.ReadOnly = &readOnly
 			mountPointObject.Replicate = &replicate
 			mountPointObject.Shared = &shared
-			mountPointObject.Volume = volume
+
+			// this is a totally hackish way to determine if the mount point is new or not during the container update.
+			// an attached storage-backed MP has volume in the format "storage:disk file", i.e. `local-lvm:vm-123-disk-1`
+			// while a new storage-backed MP has just plain volume name, i.e. `local-lvm`
+			// device or directory MPs won't have a colon in the volume name either, and we don't need to do the special
+			// handling for them.
+			createNewMP := !strings.Contains(volume, ":")
+
+			if len(size) > 0 && createNewMP {
+				var ds types.DiskSize
+
+				ds, err := types.ParseDiskSize(size)
+				if err != nil {
+					return diag.Errorf("invalid disk size: %s", err.Error())
+				}
+
+				mountPointObject.Volume = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", volume, ds.InGigabytes())
+			} else {
+				mountPointObject.Volume = volume
+			}
 
 			if len(mountOptions) > 0 {
 				mountOptionsArray := make([]string, 0, len(mountPoints))