diff --git a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/hooks/gcs.py b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/hooks/gcs.py
index b35f647438136..1547c41794056 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/hooks/gcs.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/hooks/gcs.py
@@ -1338,7 +1338,15 @@ def _prepare_sync_plan(
         for current_name in names_to_check:
             source_blob = source_names_index[current_name]
             destination_blob = destination_names_index[current_name]
-            # If the objects are different, save it
+            # If either object is CMEK-protected, use the Cloud Storage Objects Get API to retrieve them
+            # so that the crc32c is included
+            if source_blob.kms_key_name:
+                source_blob = source_bucket.get_blob(source_blob.name, generation=source_blob.generation)
+            if destination_blob.kms_key_name:
+                destination_blob = destination_bucket.get_blob(
+                    destination_blob.name, generation=destination_blob.generation
+                )
+            # if the objects are different, save it
             if source_blob.crc32c != destination_blob.crc32c:
                 to_rewrite_blobs.add(source_blob)
 
diff --git a/tests/providers/google/cloud/hooks/test_gcs.py b/tests/providers/google/cloud/hooks/test_gcs.py
index 7759b7de35823..5501b568609a6 100644
--- a/tests/providers/google/cloud/hooks/test_gcs.py
+++ b/tests/providers/google/cloud/hooks/test_gcs.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from io import BytesIO
 from unittest import mock
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 import dateutil
 import pytest
@@ -1279,6 +1280,47 @@ def test_should_overwrite_files(self, mock_get_conn, mock_delete, mock_rewrite,
         )
         mock_copy.assert_not_called()
 
+    @mock.patch(GCS_STRING.format("GCSHook.copy"))
+    @mock.patch(GCS_STRING.format("GCSHook.rewrite"))
+    @mock.patch(GCS_STRING.format("GCSHook.delete"))
+    @mock.patch(GCS_STRING.format("GCSHook.get_conn"))
+    def test_should_overwrite_cmek_files(self, mock_get_conn, mock_delete, mock_rewrite, mock_copy):
+        source_bucket = self._create_bucket(name="SOURCE_BUCKET")
+        source_bucket.list_blobs.return_value = [
+            self._create_blob("FILE_A", "C1", kms_key_name="KMS_KEY_1", generation=1),
+            self._create_blob("FILE_B", "C1"),
+        ]
+        destination_bucket = self._create_bucket(name="DEST_BUCKET")
+        destination_bucket.list_blobs.return_value = [
+            self._create_blob("FILE_A", "C2", kms_key_name="KMS_KEY_2", generation=2),
+            self._create_blob("FILE_B", "C2"),
+        ]
+        mock_get_conn.return_value.bucket.side_effect = [source_bucket, destination_bucket]
+        self.gcs_hook.sync(
+            source_bucket="SOURCE_BUCKET", destination_bucket="DEST_BUCKET", allow_overwrite=True
+        )
+        mock_delete.assert_not_called()
+        source_bucket.get_blob.assert_called_once_with("FILE_A", generation=1)
+        destination_bucket.get_blob.assert_called_once_with("FILE_A", generation=2)
+        mock_rewrite.assert_has_calls(
+            [
+                mock.call(
+                    source_bucket="SOURCE_BUCKET",
+                    source_object="FILE_B",
+                    destination_bucket="DEST_BUCKET",
+                    destination_object="FILE_B",
+                ),
+                mock.call(
+                    source_bucket="SOURCE_BUCKET",
+                    source_object=source_bucket.get_blob.return_value.name,
+                    destination_bucket="DEST_BUCKET",
+                    destination_object=source_bucket.get_blob.return_value.name.__getitem__.return_value,
+                ),
+            ],
+            any_order=True,
+        )
+        mock_copy.assert_not_called()
+
     @mock.patch(GCS_STRING.format("GCSHook.copy"))
     @mock.patch(GCS_STRING.format("GCSHook.rewrite"))
     @mock.patch(GCS_STRING.format("GCSHook.delete"))
@@ -1440,11 +1482,20 @@ def test_should_not_overwrite_when_overwrite_is_disabled(
         mock_rewrite.assert_not_called()
         mock_copy.assert_not_called()
 
-    def _create_blob(self, name: str, crc32: str, bucket=None):
+    def _create_blob(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        crc32: str,
+        bucket: MagicMock | None = None,
+        kms_key_name: str | None = None,
+        generation: int = 0,
+    ):
         blob = mock.MagicMock(name=f"BLOB:{name}")
         blob.name = name
         blob.crc32 = crc32
         blob.bucket = bucket
+        blob.kms_key_name = kms_key_name
+        blob.generation = generation
         return blob
 
     def _create_bucket(self, name: str):