diff --git a/pkg/background/generate/cleanup.go b/pkg/background/generate/cleanup.go
index 489806c761..10bf58d0fc 100644
--- a/pkg/background/generate/cleanup.go
+++ b/pkg/background/generate/cleanup.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	kubeutils "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/utils/kube"
 	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 )
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ func (c *GenerateController) deleteDownstream(policy kyvernov1.PolicyInterface,
 		var errs []error
 		failedDownstreams := []kyvernov1.ResourceSpec{}
 		for _, e := range ur.Status.GeneratedResources {
-			if err := c.client.DeleteResource(context.TODO(), e.GetAPIVersion(), e.GetKind(), e.GetNamespace(), e.GetName(), false); err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			if err := c.client.DeleteResource(context.TODO(), e.GetAPIVersion(), e.GetKind(), e.GetNamespace(), e.GetName(), false, metav1.DeleteOptions{}); err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 				failedDownstreams = append(failedDownstreams, e)
 				errs = append(errs, err)
 			}
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ func (c *GenerateController) handleNonPolicyChanges(policy kyvernov1.PolicyInter
 		failedDownstreams := []kyvernov1.ResourceSpec{}
 		for _, downstream := range downstreams {
 			spec := common.ResourceSpecFromUnstructured(downstream)
-			if err := c.client.DeleteResource(context.TODO(), downstream.GetAPIVersion(), downstream.GetKind(), downstream.GetNamespace(), downstream.GetName(), false); err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			if err := c.client.DeleteResource(context.TODO(), downstream.GetAPIVersion(), downstream.GetKind(), downstream.GetNamespace(), downstream.GetName(), false, metav1.DeleteOptions{}); err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 				failedDownstreams = append(failedDownstreams, spec)
 				errs = append(errs, err)
 			} else {
diff --git a/pkg/clients/dclient/client.go b/pkg/clients/dclient/client.go
index 818bb8000d..f823db91ef 100644
--- a/pkg/clients/dclient/client.go
+++ b/pkg/clients/dclient/client.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type Interface interface {
 	// Access items using []Items
 	ListResource(ctx context.Context, apiVersion string, kind string, namespace string, lselector *metav1.LabelSelector) (*unstructured.UnstructuredList, error)
 	// DeleteResource deletes the specified resource
-	DeleteResource(ctx context.Context, apiVersion string, kind string, namespace string, name string, dryRun bool) error
+	DeleteResource(ctx context.Context, apiVersion string, kind string, namespace string, name string, dryRun bool, options metav1.DeleteOptions) error
 	// CreateResource creates object for the specified resource/namespace
 	CreateResource(ctx context.Context, apiVersion string, kind string, namespace string, obj interface{}, dryRun bool) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error)
 	// UpdateResource updates object for the specified resource/namespace
@@ -183,8 +183,7 @@ func (c *client) ListResource(ctx context.Context, apiVersion string, kind strin
 }
 
 // DeleteResource deletes the specified resource
-func (c *client) DeleteResource(ctx context.Context, apiVersion string, kind string, namespace string, name string, dryRun bool) error {
-	options := metav1.DeleteOptions{}
+func (c *client) DeleteResource(ctx context.Context, apiVersion string, kind string, namespace string, name string, dryRun bool, options metav1.DeleteOptions) error {
 	if dryRun {
 		options = metav1.DeleteOptions{DryRun: []string{metav1.DryRunAll}}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/clients/dclient/client_test.go b/pkg/clients/dclient/client_test.go
index e988cfc734..9e320e8d25 100644
--- a/pkg/clients/dclient/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/clients/dclient/client_test.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func TestCRUDResource(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("ListResource not working: %s", err)
 	}
 	// DeleteResouce
-	err = f.client.DeleteResource(context.TODO(), "", "thekind", "ns-foo", "name-bar", false)
+	err = f.client.DeleteResource(context.TODO(), "", "thekind", "ns-foo", "name-bar", false, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("DeleteResouce not working: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/cleanup/controller.go b/pkg/controllers/cleanup/controller.go
index f0b88a7c2f..165c3273d8 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/cleanup/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/cleanup/controller.go
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ func (c *controller) cleanup(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger, policy kyv
 					labels = append(labels, attribute.String("deletion_policy", string(*deleteOptions.PropagationPolicy)))
 				}
 				logger.WithValues("name", name, "namespace", namespace).Info("resource matched, it will be deleted...")
-				if err := c.client.DeleteResource(ctx, resource.GetAPIVersion(), resource.GetKind(), namespace, name, false); err != nil {
+				if err := c.client.DeleteResource(ctx, resource.GetAPIVersion(), resource.GetKind(), namespace, name, false, metav1.DeleteOptions{}); err != nil {
 					if c.metrics.cleanupFailuresTotal != nil {
 						c.metrics.cleanupFailuresTotal.Add(ctx, 1, metric.WithAttributes(labels...))
 					}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/fuzz/fuzz_interface.go b/pkg/utils/fuzz/fuzz_interface.go
index f2abdc84e3..181cbb6bc6 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/fuzz/fuzz_interface.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/fuzz/fuzz_interface.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (fi FuzzInterface) ListResource(ctx context.Context, apiVersion string, kin
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
 }
 
-func (fi FuzzInterface) DeleteResource(ctx context.Context, apiVersion string, kind string, namespace string, name string, dryRun bool) error {
+func (fi FuzzInterface) DeleteResource(ctx context.Context, apiVersion string, kind string, namespace string, name string, dryRun bool, options metav1.DeleteOptions) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
 }