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 29ca4bb046c96248e7132d50c1395ad9f575238e..30cc9e7ae53d9cc6179be3e7bfa4b32878c83d41 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
@@ -39,4 +39,11 @@ public class TestUpdatePartition extends UpdatePartitionTest {
         this.testUtils = null;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void deleteResource() throws Exception {
+        DeletePartitionDescriptor deletePartitionDes = new DeletePartitionDescriptor();
+        deletePartitionDes.setPartitionId(partitionId);
+        ClientResponse response = deletePartitionDes.run(this.getId(), this.testUtils.getAccessToken());        
+    }
+
 }