diff --git a/src/automation/.gitlab-ci.yml b/src/automation/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7f16d0e3e562eb84a87297e59db5eba8f0000a53..c296f01328c3139043ca17ac8c9c28beb6bd999b 100644
--- a/src/automation/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/automation/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ deploy automation:
   script:
     - kubectl version
     - kubectl get all
-    - kubectl delete -f "manifests/automationservice.yaml"
+    - kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=true -f "manifests/automationservice.yaml"
     - kubectl apply -f "manifests/automationservice.yaml"
     - kubectl delete pods --selector app=automationservice
     - kubectl get all