diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration_basic_cluster_create.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration_basic_cluster_create.yaml
index 660ad7639..1ae81a439 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration_basic_cluster_create.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration_basic_cluster_create.yaml
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ jobs:
             - name: Wait for workload completion and confirm it succeeded
               run: xpk workload list --cluster ${DWS_FLEX_CLUSTER_NAME} --zone=us-east5-a --wait-for-job-completion xpktest-build-${{ github.run_attempt }}-dws --timeout 1000
             - name: Delete the DWS flex queued cluster
+              if: always()
               run: xpk cluster delete --cluster ${DWS_FLEX_CLUSTER_NAME} --zone=us-east5-a --force
             - name: Upload cluster nodepool creation log
               if: always()