diff --git a/kubernetes-itests/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/ResourceIT.java b/kubernetes-itests/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/ResourceIT.java
index 6f4243114c6..bc0a65523fc 100644
--- a/kubernetes-itests/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/ResourceIT.java
+++ b/kubernetes-itests/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/ResourceIT.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public void testDeleteExistingWithOrphanDeletion() {
     String replicaSetCreationTimestamp = replicaSetList.getItems().get(0).getMetadata().getCreationTimestamp();
 
     // Recreate deployment with deleteExisting
-    client.resource(deployment).inNamespace(session.getNamespace()).withPropagationPolicy(DeletionPropagation.BACKGROUND).deletingExisting().createOrReplace();
+    client.resource(deployment).inNamespace(session.getNamespace()).withPropagationPolicy(DeletionPropagation.FOREGROUND).deletingExisting().createOrReplace();
     await().atMost(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS).until(resourceIsReady(deployment));
 
     // check that creationTimestamp DOES NOT MATCH original, meaning the orphan WAS deleted