diff --git a/internal/meta/base_meta.go b/internal/meta/base_meta.go
index bd973b3..fb04d1f 100644
--- a/internal/meta/base_meta.go
+++ b/internal/meta/base_meta.go
@@ -512,6 +512,22 @@ func (meta baseMeta) generateCfg(ctx context.Context, l ImportList, cfgTrans ...
 	return meta.generateConfig(cfginfos)
 }
 
+func (meta *baseMeta) buildTerraformConfigForImportDir() string {
+	if meta.devProvider {
+		return "terraform {}"
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`terraform {
+  required_providers {
+    azurerm = {
+      source = "hashicorp/azurerm"
+      version = "%s"
+    }
+  }
+}
+`, azurerm.ProviderSchemaInfo.Version)
+}
+
 func (meta *baseMeta) buildTerraformConfig(backendType string) string {
 	if meta.devProvider {
 		return fmt.Sprintf(`terraform {
@@ -634,12 +650,16 @@ func (meta *baseMeta) initProvider(ctx context.Context) error {
 			}
 			terraformFile := filepath.Join(meta.importBaseDirs[i], "terraform.tf")
 			// #nosec G306
-			if err := os.WriteFile(terraformFile, []byte(meta.buildTerraformConfig("local")), 0644); err != nil {
+			if err := os.WriteFile(terraformFile, []byte(meta.buildTerraformConfigForImportDir()), 0644); err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating terraform config: %w", err)
 			}
-			log.Printf(`[DEBUG] Run "terraform init" for the import directory %s`, meta.importBaseDirs[i])
-			if err := meta.importTFs[i].Init(ctx); err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error running terraform init: %s", err)
+			if meta.devProvider {
+				log.Printf(`[DEBUG] Skip running "terraform init" for the import directory (dev provider): %s`, meta.importBaseDirs[i])
+			} else {
+				log.Printf(`[DEBUG] Run "terraform init" for the import directory %s`, meta.importBaseDirs[i])
+				if err := meta.importTFs[i].Init(ctx); err != nil {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("error running terraform init: %s", err)
+				}
 			}
 			return nil, nil
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 82d5953..7de133c 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ type CommonConfig struct {
 	OutputDir string
 	// OutputFileNames specifies the output terraform filenames
 	OutputFileNames OutputFileNames
-	// DevProvider specifies whether to use a development provider built locally rather than using a version pinned provider from official Terraform registry.
+	// DevProvider specifies whether users have configured the `dev_overrides` for the provider, which then uses a development provider built locally rather than using a version pinned provider from official Terraform registry.
+	// Meanwhile, it will also avoid running `terraform init` during `Init()` for the import directories to avoid caculating the provider hash and populating the lock file (See: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/files/dependency-lock). Though the init for the output directory is still needed for initializing the backend.
 	DevProvider bool
 	// ContinueOnError specifies whether continue the progress even hit an import error.
 	ContinueOnError bool