diff --git a/kubernetes/test-infra/gke/main.tf b/kubernetes/test-infra/gke/main.tf
index 0e876ef05d..6e789ebeed 100644
--- a/kubernetes/test-infra/gke/main.tf
+++ b/kubernetes/test-infra/gke/main.tf
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ resource "google_container_cluster" "primary" {
       ]
     }
   }
+
+  deletion_protection = false
 }
 
 locals {
diff --git a/kubernetes/test-infra/gke/versions.tf b/kubernetes/test-infra/gke/versions.tf
index 83878d7b56..39bf7f0d68 100644
--- a/kubernetes/test-infra/gke/versions.tf
+++ b/kubernetes/test-infra/gke/versions.tf
@@ -3,5 +3,12 @@
 
 
 terraform {
-  required_version = ">= 0.12"
+  required_version = ">= 1.0"
+
+  required_providers {
+    google = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/google"
+      version = ">= 5.0.0, < 6.0.0"
+    }
+  }
 }