diff --git a/blueprints/data-solutions/cloudsql-multiregion/variables.tf b/blueprints/data-solutions/cloudsql-multiregion/variables.tf
index 5ed906ddbe..3abae5efda 100644
--- a/blueprints/data-solutions/cloudsql-multiregion/variables.tf
+++ b/blueprints/data-solutions/cloudsql-multiregion/variables.tf
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variable "data_eng_principal" {
 
 variable "deletion_protection" {
   description = "Prevent Terraform from destroying data storage resources (storage buckets, GKE clusters, CloudSQL instances) in this blueprint. When this field is set in Terraform state, a terraform destroy or terraform apply that would delete data storage resources will fail."
-  type        = true
+  type        = bool
   default     = false
   nullable    = false
 }
diff --git a/blueprints/data-solutions/cmek-via-centralized-kms/main.tf b/blueprints/data-solutions/cmek-via-centralized-kms/main.tf
index 78dbbfff61..54f3a5758c 100644
--- a/blueprints/data-solutions/cmek-via-centralized-kms/main.tf
+++ b/blueprints/data-solutions/cmek-via-centralized-kms/main.tf
@@ -163,5 +163,5 @@ module "kms-gcs" {
   location       = var.region
   storage_class  = "REGIONAL"
   encryption_key = local.kms_keys.gcs
-  force_delete   = !var.deletion_protection
+  force_destroy  = !var.deletion_protection
 }
diff --git a/blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/02-load.tf b/blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/02-load.tf
index fd37a57328..e262e960f5 100644
--- a/blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/02-load.tf
+++ b/blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/02-load.tf
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ module "load-cs-df-0" {
   location       = var.location
   storage_class  = "MULTI_REGIONAL"
   encryption_key = try(local.service_encryption_keys.storage, null)
-  force_delete   = !var.deletion_protection
+  force_destroy  = !var.deletion_protection
 }
 
 module "load-vpc" {
diff --git a/blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/03-orchestration.tf b/blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/03-orchestration.tf
index 28505ac555..3412ab6bcd 100644
--- a/blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/03-orchestration.tf
+++ b/blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/03-orchestration.tf
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ module "orch-cs-0" {
   location       = var.location
   storage_class  = "MULTI_REGIONAL"
   encryption_key = try(local.service_encryption_keys.storage, null)
-  force_delete   = !var.deletion_protection
+  force_destroy  = !var.deletion_protection
 }
 
 module "orch-vpc" {
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ module "orch-cs-df-template" {
   location       = var.region
   storage_class  = "REGIONAL"
   encryption_key = try(local.service_encryption_keys.storage, null)
-  force_delete   = !var.deletion_protection
+  force_destroy  = !var.deletion_protection
 }
 
 module "orch-cs-build-staging" {
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ module "orch-cs-build-staging" {
   location       = var.region
   storage_class  = "REGIONAL"
   encryption_key = try(local.service_encryption_keys.storage, null)
-  force_delete   = !var.deletion_protection
+  force_destroy  = !var.deletion_protection
 }
 
 module "orch-sa-df-build" {
diff --git a/blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/04-transformation.tf b/blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/04-transformation.tf
index 5086a81a5f..164bc8630c 100644
--- a/blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/04-transformation.tf
+++ b/blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/04-transformation.tf
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ module "transf-cs-df-0" {
   location       = var.location
   storage_class  = "MULTI_REGIONAL"
   encryption_key = try(local.service_encryption_keys.storage, null)
-  force_delete   = !var.deletion_protection
+  force_destroy  = !var.deletion_protection
 }
 
 module "transf-sa-bq-0" {
diff --git a/blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/variables.tf b/blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/variables.tf
index aa8e75db0c..e3e72950cb 100644
--- a/blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/variables.tf
+++ b/blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/variables.tf
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ variable "data_catalog_tags" {
 
 variable "deletion_protection" {
   description = "Prevent Terraform from destroying data storage resources (storage buckets, GKE clusters, CloudSQL instances) in this blueprint. When this field is set in Terraform state, a terraform destroy or terraform apply that would delete data storage resources will fail."
-  type        = true
+  type        = bool
   default     = false
   nullable    = false
 }
diff --git a/blueprints/data-solutions/data-playground/main.tf b/blueprints/data-solutions/data-playground/main.tf
index 4a68c60609..a0f7e43593 100644
--- a/blueprints/data-solutions/data-playground/main.tf
+++ b/blueprints/data-solutions/data-playground/main.tf
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ module "bucket" {
   location       = var.location
   name           = "data"
   encryption_key = try(local.service_encryption_keys.storage, null) # Example assignment of an encryption key
-  force_delete   = !var.deletion_protection
+  force_destroy  = !var.deletion_protection
 }
 
 module "dataset" {
diff --git a/blueprints/gke/multitenant-fleet/variables.tf b/blueprints/gke/multitenant-fleet/variables.tf
index 4bd266e7bc..a5a16485e0 100644
--- a/blueprints/gke/multitenant-fleet/variables.tf
+++ b/blueprints/gke/multitenant-fleet/variables.tf
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ variable "clusters" {
 
 variable "deletion_protection" {
   description = "Prevent Terraform from destroying data storage resources (storage buckets, GKE clusters, CloudSQL instances) in this blueprint. When this field is set in Terraform state, a terraform destroy or terraform apply that would delete data storage resources will fail."
-  type        = true
+  type        = bool
   default     = false
   nullable    = false
 }
diff --git a/fast/stages/3-data-platform/dev/main.tf b/fast/stages/3-data-platform/dev/main.tf
index 25dfe24aa2..f536070ed1 100644
--- a/fast/stages/3-data-platform/dev/main.tf
+++ b/fast/stages/3-data-platform/dev/main.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+ * Copyright 2023 Google LLC
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 # tfdoc:file:description Data Platform.
 
 module "data-platform" {
-  source             = "../../../../blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations"
-  composer_config    = var.composer_config
-  data_force_destroy = var.data_force_destroy
-  data_catalog_tags  = var.data_catalog_tags
+  source              = "../../../../blueprints/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations"
+  composer_config     = var.composer_config
+  deletion_protection = var.deletion_protection
+  data_catalog_tags   = var.data_catalog_tags
   project_config = {
     billing_account_id = var.billing_account.id
     parent             = var.folder_ids.data-platform-dev
diff --git a/fast/stages/3-data-platform/dev/variables.tf b/fast/stages/3-data-platform/dev/variables.tf
index ef28fb27fc..ac5ee4b356 100644
--- a/fast/stages/3-data-platform/dev/variables.tf
+++ b/fast/stages/3-data-platform/dev/variables.tf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -98,10 +98,11 @@ variable "data_catalog_tags" {
   }
 }
 
-variable "data_force_destroy" {
-  description = "Flag to set 'force_destroy' on data services like BigQery or Cloud Storage."
+variable "deletion_protection" {
+  description = "Prevent Terraform from destroying data storage resources (storage buckets, GKE clusters, CloudSQL instances) in this blueprint. When this field is set in Terraform state, a terraform destroy or terraform apply that would delete data storage resources will fail."
   type        = bool
-  default     = false
+  default     = true
+  nullable    = false
 }
 
 variable "folder_ids" {
diff --git a/tests/modules/cloudsql_instance/examples/insights.yaml b/tests/modules/cloudsql_instance/examples/insights.yaml
index eecb1461a1..1c54188352 100644
--- a/tests/modules/cloudsql_instance/examples/insights.yaml
+++ b/tests/modules/cloudsql_instance/examples/insights.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ values:
       collation: null
       data_cache_config: []
       database_flags: []
-      deletion_protection_enabled: false
+      deletion_protection_enabled: true
       deny_maintenance_period: []
       disk_autoresize: true
       disk_autoresize_limit: 0
diff --git a/tests/modules/cloudsql_instance/examples/public-ip.yaml b/tests/modules/cloudsql_instance/examples/public-ip.yaml
index 0865d44a04..9ba4622033 100644
--- a/tests/modules/cloudsql_instance/examples/public-ip.yaml
+++ b/tests/modules/cloudsql_instance/examples/public-ip.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ values:
       collation: null
       data_cache_config: []
       database_flags: []
-      deletion_protection_enabled: false
+      deletion_protection_enabled: true
       deny_maintenance_period: []
       disk_autoresize: true
       disk_autoresize_limit: 0
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ values:
       collation: null
       data_cache_config: []
       database_flags: []
-      deletion_protection_enabled: false
+      deletion_protection_enabled: true
       deny_maintenance_period: []
       disk_autoresize: true
       disk_autoresize_limit: 0
diff --git a/tests/modules/cloudsql_instance/examples/simple.yaml b/tests/modules/cloudsql_instance/examples/simple.yaml
index 3cedbf7833..d4c0558d9c 100644
--- a/tests/modules/cloudsql_instance/examples/simple.yaml
+++ b/tests/modules/cloudsql_instance/examples/simple.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ values:
       collation: null
       data_cache_config: []
       database_flags: []
-      deletion_protection_enabled: false
+      deletion_protection_enabled: true
       deny_maintenance_period: []
       disk_autoresize: true
       disk_autoresize_limit: 0