diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee643ae8e..de4b8cb3c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ nav_order: 1
 - Add `external_aws_cloudwatch_logs`, `external_elasticsearch_logs_user_config`, `external_opensearch_logs_user_config`,
   `prometheus_user_config` service integration configs
 - Fix `aiven_kafka_schema` Protobuf normalization
+- Add `AIVEN_ALLOW_IP_FILTER_PURGE` environment variable to allow purging of IP filters. This is a safety feature to
+  prevent accidental purging of IP filters, which can lead to loss of access to services. To enable purging, set the
+  environment variable to any value before running Terraform commands.
 
 ## [4.14.0] - 2024-02-20
 
diff --git a/internal/sdkprovider/userconfig/converters/converters.go b/internal/sdkprovider/userconfig/converters/converters.go
index c32e1d36f..9bf5786c7 100644
--- a/internal/sdkprovider/userconfig/converters/converters.go
+++ b/internal/sdkprovider/userconfig/converters/converters.go
@@ -50,10 +50,14 @@ func Expand(kind string, s *schema.Schema, d *schema.ResourceData) (map[string]a
 
 	renameAliases(dto)
 
-	if v, ok := dto["ip_filter"]; ok {
-		list, ok := v.([]any)
-		if ok && len(list) == 0 && os.Getenv("AIVEN_FORCE_IP_FILTER_PURGE") != "1" {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("ip_filter list will be purged. If this is not expected, then please create an issue on GitHub. Otherwise provide AIVEN_FORCE_IP_FILTER_PURGE=1")
+	// TODO: Move to a validation part of the schema.
+	if v, ok := dto["ip_filter"].([]any); ok && len(v) == 0 {
+		if _, ok := os.LookupEnv("AIVEN_ALLOW_IP_FILTER_PURGE"); ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+				"ip_filter list is empty, but AIVEN_ALLOW_IP_FILTER_PURGE is not set. Please set " +
+					"AIVEN_ALLOW_IP_FILTER_PURGE to confirm that you want to remove all IP filters, which is going " +
+					"to block all traffic to the service",
+			)
 		}
 	}
 	return dto, nil