diff --git a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
index 0e4d6de08f..6f8559cfc1 100644
--- a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 * Added `--limit` flag to all paginated list commands for client-side result capping ([#4984](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4984)).
 
 ### Bundles
+* Fix false duplicate source code path error for git-sourced apps ([#4996](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4996))
 
 ### Dependency updates
 
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/apps/git_source_no_duplicate/databricks.yml b/acceptance/bundle/apps/git_source_no_duplicate/databricks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c06ac8a46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/apps/git_source_no_duplicate/databricks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+bundle:
+  name: test-bundle
+
+resources:
+  apps:
+    app1:
+      name: app1
+      git_source:
+        branch: main
+    app2:
+      name: app2
+      git_source:
+        branch: dev
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/apps/git_source_no_duplicate/out.test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/apps/git_source_no_duplicate/out.test.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d560f1de04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/apps/git_source_no_duplicate/out.test.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Local = true
+Cloud = false
+
+[EnvMatrix]
+  DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE = ["terraform", "direct"]
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/apps/git_source_no_duplicate/output.txt b/acceptance/bundle/apps/git_source_no_duplicate/output.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d44a21b582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/apps/git_source_no_duplicate/output.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+>>> [CLI] bundle validate
+Name: test-bundle
+Target: default
+Workspace:
+  User: [USERNAME]
+  Path: /Workspace/Users/[USERNAME]/.bundle/test-bundle/default
+
+Validation OK!
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/apps/git_source_no_duplicate/script b/acceptance/bundle/apps/git_source_no_duplicate/script
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5350876150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/apps/git_source_no_duplicate/script
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+trace $CLI bundle validate
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/apps/git_source_no_duplicate/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/apps/git_source_no_duplicate/test.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5b2fe2819
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/apps/git_source_no_duplicate/test.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+RecordRequests = false
+
+Ignore = [
+    '.databricks',
+]
diff --git a/bundle/apps/validate.go b/bundle/apps/validate.go
index 6c6403e06f..fdcb121e13 100644
--- a/bundle/apps/validate.go
+++ b/bundle/apps/validate.go
@@ -42,15 +42,17 @@ func (v *validate) Apply(ctx context.Context, b *bundle.Bundle) diag.Diagnostics
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if _, ok := usedSourceCodePaths[app.SourceCodePath]; ok {
-			diags = append(diags, diag.Diagnostic{
-				Severity:  diag.Error,
-				Summary:   "Duplicate app source code path",
-				Detail:    fmt.Sprintf("app resource '%s' has the same source code path as app resource '%s', this will lead to the app configuration being overriden by each other", key, usedSourceCodePaths[app.SourceCodePath]),
-				Locations: b.Config.GetLocations(fmt.Sprintf("resources.apps.%s.source_code_path", key)),
-			})
+		if app.SourceCodePath != "" {
+			if _, ok := usedSourceCodePaths[app.SourceCodePath]; ok {
+				diags = append(diags, diag.Diagnostic{
+					Severity:  diag.Error,
+					Summary:   "Duplicate app source code path",
+					Detail:    fmt.Sprintf("app resource '%s' has the same source code path as app resource '%s', this will lead to the app configuration being overriden by each other", key, usedSourceCodePaths[app.SourceCodePath]),
+					Locations: b.Config.GetLocations(fmt.Sprintf("resources.apps.%s.source_code_path", key)),
+				})
+			}
+			usedSourceCodePaths[app.SourceCodePath] = key
 		}
-		usedSourceCodePaths[app.SourceCodePath] = key
 
 		diags = diags.Extend(warnForAppResourcePermissions(b, key, app))
 	}