diff --git a/manifests/gke/main.tf b/manifests/gke/main.tf
index 0ec6386515d35a16f7515b75e61f3902a89cdf5a..1cca9dff32fbe0817607939283ce9cd6b03642a5 100644
--- a/manifests/gke/main.tf
+++ b/manifests/gke/main.tf
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ resource "google_sql_database_instance" "cloud_sql" {
   name                = var.cloud_sql_name
   region              = var.region
   database_version    = "MYSQL_8_0"
-  deletion_protection = true
+  deletion_protection = false
 
   settings {
     tier              = "db-custom-2-3840" # 2vCPU - 3.75 Go