diff --git a/terraform/clouds/gcp/variables.tf b/terraform/clouds/gcp/variables.tf
index 349e33f..a0d9cf3 100644
--- a/terraform/clouds/gcp/variables.tf
+++ b/terraform/clouds/gcp/variables.tf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ variable "create_db" {
 
 variable "deletion_protection" {
   type = bool
-  default = true
+  default = false
 }
 
 variable "kubernetes_version" {