diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index 43410107c81..c97125386ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ### Improvements
 
 
-### Bug Fixes
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+### Bug Fixes
+ - Fix emitting `PANIC` in generated programs when we don't have access to the schema of resource properties
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diff --git a/pkg/codegen/java/gen_program.go b/pkg/codegen/java/gen_program.go
index 271a0c77cf3..058b80df2bf 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/java/gen_program.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/java/gen_program.go
@@ -184,8 +184,9 @@ func GenerateProgram(program *pcl.Program) (map[string][]byte, hcl.Diagnostics,
 	}
 
 	g := &generator{
-		program:         program,
-		functionInvokes: map[string]*schema.Function{},
+		program:                     program,
+		functionInvokes:             map[string]*schema.Function{},
+		currentResourcePropertyType: schema.AnyType,
 	}
 
 	g.Formatter = format.NewFormatter(g)