diff --git a/pkg/client/fake/client.go b/pkg/client/fake/client.go
index 911f1a7b05..5d751a6b81 100644
--- a/pkg/client/fake/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/fake/client.go
@@ -763,6 +763,8 @@ func (c *fakeClient) Delete(ctx context.Context, obj client.Object, opts ...clie
 	}
 	delOptions := client.DeleteOptions{}
 	delOptions.ApplyOptions(opts)
+	now := metav1.Now()
+	obj.SetDeletionTimestamp(&now)
 
 	for _, dryRunOpt := range delOptions.DryRun {
 		if dryRunOpt == metav1.DryRunAll {
diff --git a/pkg/client/metadata_client.go b/pkg/client/metadata_client.go
index d0c6b8e13a..4b9daeb301 100644
--- a/pkg/client/metadata_client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/metadata_client.go
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ func (mc *metadataClient) Delete(ctx context.Context, obj Object, opts ...Delete
 
 	deleteOpts := DeleteOptions{}
 	deleteOpts.ApplyOptions(opts)
+	now := metav1.Now()
+	metadata.SetDeletionTimestamp(&now)
 
 	return resInt.Delete(ctx, metadata.Name, *deleteOpts.AsDeleteOptions())
 }
diff --git a/pkg/client/typed_client.go b/pkg/client/typed_client.go
index 92afd9a9c2..59970ea2e9 100644
--- a/pkg/client/typed_client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/typed_client.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package client
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )
 
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@ func (c *typedClient) Delete(ctx context.Context, obj Object, opts ...DeleteOpti
 
 	deleteOpts := DeleteOptions{}
 	deleteOpts.ApplyOptions(opts)
+	now := metav1.Now()
+	o.SetDeletionTimestamp(&now)
 
 	return o.Delete().
 		NamespaceIfScoped(o.GetNamespace(), o.isNamespaced()).
diff --git a/pkg/client/unstructured_client.go b/pkg/client/unstructured_client.go
index 0d96951780..f9c986fd67 100644
--- a/pkg/client/unstructured_client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/unstructured_client.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )
 
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ func (uc *unstructuredClient) Delete(ctx context.Context, obj Object, opts ...De
 
 	deleteOpts := DeleteOptions{}
 	deleteOpts.ApplyOptions(opts)
+	now := metav1.Now()
+	o.SetDeletionTimestamp(&now)
 
 	return o.Delete().
 		NamespaceIfScoped(o.GetNamespace(), o.isNamespaced()).