diff --git a/testing/partition-test-aws/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/TestUpdatePartition.java b/testing/partition-test-aws/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/TestUpdatePartition.java
index 3d372cb554ea1896bd87ebc5efb8a572f07d1a6d..29ca4bb046c96248e7132d50c1395ad9f575238e 100644
--- a/testing/partition-test-aws/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/TestUpdatePartition.java
+++ b/testing/partition-test-aws/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/TestUpdatePartition.java
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ public class TestUpdatePartition extends UpdatePartitionTest {
     @After
     @Override
     public void tearDown() {
+        try {
+            this.deleteResource();
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+            
+        }
         this.testUtils = null;
     }