diff --git a/codefresh/resource_project.go b/codefresh/resource_project.go
index 2212094..2ad4d42 100644
--- a/codefresh/resource_project.go
+++ b/codefresh/resource_project.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package codefresh
 
 import (
+	"log"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff"
 	cfClient "github.com/codefresh-io/terraform-provider-codefresh/client"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
 )
@@ -90,8 +94,17 @@ func resourceProjectUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 
 func resourceProjectDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	client := meta.(*cfClient.Client)
-
-	err := client.DeleteProject(d.Id())
+	// Adding a Retry backoff to address eventual consistency for the API
+	expBackoff := backoff.NewExponentialBackOff()
+	expBackoff.MaxElapsedTime = 2 * time.Second
+	err := backoff.Retry(
+		func() error {
+			err := client.DeleteProject(d.Id())
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("Unable to destroy Project due to error %v", err)
+			}
+			return err
+		}, expBackoff)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d3f90f2..330ef7b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.30.12 // indirect
 	github.com/bflad/tfproviderdocs v0.6.0
 	github.com/bflad/tfproviderlint v0.14.0
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.0
 	github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.27.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 030134c..7e713f9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar v1.2.1 h1:eetYiv8DDYOZcBADY+pRvRytf3Dlz1FhnpvL2FsC
 github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar v1.2.1/go.mod h1:wiQtGV+rzVYxB7WIlirSN++5HPtPlXEo9MEoZQC/PmE=
 github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v3 v3.0.0 h1:w9f49xQatuaeTJFaNP4SpiWSR5vfT6IstPtM62JjcqA=
 github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:st10JtZYLE4D5sC7b8xV4zTKZwAQjCH/Hy2Pm1FNZIc=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff v1.1.0 h1:QnvVp8ikKCDWOsFheytRCoYWYPO/ObCTBGxT19Hc+yE=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible h1:tNowT99t7UNflLxfYYSlKYsBpXdEet03Pg2g16Swow4=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QHaoyV4aDUVVkXQJJJ3NXXM=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.0 h1:c8LkOFQTzuO0WBM/ae5HdGQuZPfPxp7lqBRwQRm4fSc=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.0/go.mod h1:scbssz8iZGpm3xbr14ovlUdkxfGXNInqkPWOWmG2CLw=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XrSqR1VqqWfGrhpAt58auRo0WTKS1nRRg3ghfAqPWnc=
 github.com/cheggaaa/pb v1.0.27/go.mod h1:pQciLPpbU0oxA0h+VJYYLxO+XeDQb5pZijXscXHm81s=