diff --git a/src/terraform/structure/terraform_block.go b/src/terraform/structure/terraform_block.go
index 40b120fb..4b69e653 100644
--- a/src/terraform/structure/terraform_block.go
+++ b/src/terraform/structure/terraform_block.go
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ type TerraformBlock struct {
 
 var ProviderToTagAttribute = map[string]string{"aws": "tags", "azurerm": "tags", "google": "labels", "oci": "freeform_tags", "alicloud": "tags"}
 
+// ResourceTypeToTagAttribute overrides ProviderToTagAttribute for specific resource types
+// whose tag attribute differs from their provider's default.
+var ResourceTypeToTagAttribute = map[string]string{
+	"google_container_cluster": "resource_labels",
+}
+
 const ResourceBlockType = "resource"
 const ModuleBlockType = "module"
 const DataBlockType = "data"
diff --git a/src/terraform/structure/terraform_block_test.go b/src/terraform/structure/terraform_block_test.go
index f719c49f..72b7ec23 100644
--- a/src/terraform/structure/terraform_block_test.go
+++ b/src/terraform/structure/terraform_block_test.go
@@ -214,4 +214,23 @@ func TestTerraformBlock(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.True(t, gcpBlock.IsGCPBlock())
 	})
+
+	t.Run("is_gcp_block_google_container_cluster", func(t *testing.T) {
+		gkeBlock := &TerraformBlock{
+			HclSyntaxBlock: &hclsyntax.Block{Labels: []string{"google_container_cluster", "primary"}},
+			Block:          structure.Block{TagsAttributeName: "resource_labels"},
+		}
+
+		assert.True(t, gkeBlock.IsGCPBlock(), "google_container_cluster should be identified as a GCP block")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("resource_type_to_tag_attribute_override", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Verify that google_container_cluster maps to resource_labels, not labels
+		attr, ok := ResourceTypeToTagAttribute["google_container_cluster"]
+		assert.True(t, ok, "google_container_cluster should have an entry in ResourceTypeToTagAttribute")
+		assert.Equal(t, "resource_labels", attr)
+
+		// Verify that the provider-level default for google is still labels
+		assert.Equal(t, "labels", ProviderToTagAttribute["google"])
+	})
 }
diff --git a/src/terraform/structure/terraform_parser.go b/src/terraform/structure/terraform_parser.go
index 135c46e2..b9ed0ad4 100644
--- a/src/terraform/structure/terraform_parser.go
+++ b/src/terraform/structure/terraform_parser.go
@@ -648,6 +648,11 @@ func getProviderFromResourceType(resourceType string) string {
 }
 
 func getTagAttributeByResourceType(resourceType string) (string, error) {
+	// Check for resource-type-specific override first
+	if attr, ok := ResourceTypeToTagAttribute[resourceType]; ok {
+		return attr, nil
+	}
+	// Fall back to provider-level default
 	prefix := ProviderToTagAttribute[getProviderFromResourceType(resourceType)]
 	if prefix == "" {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to find tags attribute name for resource type %s", resourceType)
diff --git a/src/terraform/structure/terraform_parser_test.go b/src/terraform/structure/terraform_parser_test.go
index 4c1fcf75..3d5bcd6f 100644
--- a/src/terraform/structure/terraform_parser_test.go
+++ b/src/terraform/structure/terraform_parser_test.go
@@ -169,6 +169,46 @@ func TestTerraformParser_ParseFile(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NotNil(t, err)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("parse gcp gke file with resource_labels", func(t *testing.T) {
+		p := &TerraformParser{}
+		p.Init("../../../tests/terraform/resources/gke", nil)
+		defer p.Close()
+		filePath := "../../../tests/terraform/resources/gke/main.tf"
+		parsedBlocks, err := p.ParseFile(filePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("failed to read hcl file because %s", err)
+		}
+		assert.Equal(t, 2, len(parsedBlocks))
+
+		for _, block := range parsedBlocks {
+			hclBlock := block.GetRawBlock().(*hclwrite.Block)
+			assert.Equal(t, ResourceBlockType, hclBlock.Type())
+			assert.Equal(t, "google_container_cluster", hclBlock.Labels()[0])
+			assert.True(t, block.IsBlockTaggable(), fmt.Sprintf("expected block %s to be taggable", hclBlock.Labels()))
+
+			tfBlock := block.(*TerraformBlock)
+			assert.Equal(t, "resource_labels", tfBlock.TagsAttributeName,
+				"google_container_cluster should use resource_labels, not labels")
+			assert.True(t, tfBlock.IsGCPBlock(), "google_container_cluster should be identified as a GCP block")
+
+			resourceName := hclBlock.Labels()[1]
+			if resourceName == "primary" {
+				// The tagged resource should have existing tags
+				existingTags := block.GetExistingTags()
+				assert.Equal(t, 2, len(existingTags))
+				tagMap := make(map[string]string)
+				for _, tag := range existingTags {
+					tagMap[tag.GetKey()] = tag.GetValue()
+				}
+				assert.Equal(t, "test", tagMap["env"])
+				assert.Equal(t, "devops", tagMap["team"])
+			} else if resourceName == "untagged" {
+				// The untagged resource should have no existing tags
+				assert.Equal(t, 0, len(block.GetExistingTags()))
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
 	t.Run("Do not crash if getting malformed file", func(t *testing.T) {
 		p := &TerraformParser{}
 		p.Init("../../../tests/terraform/malformed_file_in_dir", nil)
diff --git a/src/terraform/structure/tf_taggable.go b/src/terraform/structure/tf_taggable.go
index bb2a8f15..9a149d65 100644
--- a/src/terraform/structure/tf_taggable.go
+++ b/src/terraform/structure/tf_taggable.go
@@ -630,6 +630,7 @@ var TfTaggableResourceTypes = []string{
 	"google_cloud_identity_group",
 	"google_cloudfunctions_function",
 	"google_composer_environment",
+	"google_container_cluster",
 	"google_compute_disk",
 	"google_compute_image",
 	"google_compute_instance",
diff --git a/tests/terraform/resources/gke/main.tf b/tests/terraform/resources/gke/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0af59613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/terraform/resources/gke/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+resource "google_container_cluster" "primary" {
+  name     = "my-gke-cluster"
+  location = "us-central1"
+
+  resource_labels = {
+    env  = "test"
+    team = "devops"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "google_container_cluster" "untagged" {
+  name     = "my-gke-cluster-untagged"
+  location = "us-central1"
+}