diff --git a/castai/resource_node_template_test.go b/castai/resource_node_template_test.go
index bed4208f..bc9da11a 100644
--- a/castai/resource_node_template_test.go
+++ b/castai/resource_node_template_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
 
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
 	"github.com/golang/mock/gomock"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-cty/cty"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/diag"
@@ -581,19 +582,24 @@ func testAccCheckNodeTemplateDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 
 		id := rs.Primary.ID
 		clusterID := rs.Primary.Attributes["cluster_id"]
-		response, err := client.NodeTemplatesAPIListNodeTemplatesWithResponse(ctx, clusterID, &sdk.NodeTemplatesAPIListNodeTemplatesParams{IncludeDefault: lo.ToPtr(false)})
-		if err != nil {
+
+		if err := backoff.Retry(func() error {
+			response, err := client.NodeTemplatesAPIListNodeTemplatesWithResponse(ctx, clusterID, &sdk.NodeTemplatesAPIListNodeTemplatesParams{IncludeDefault: lo.ToPtr(false)})
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if response.StatusCode() == http.StatusNotFound {
+				return nil
+			}
+			if len(*response.JSON200.Items) == 0 {
+				// Should be no templates
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return fmt.Errorf("node template %q still exists; %v", id, string(response.GetBody()))
+		}, backoff.NewExponentialBackOff()); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if response.StatusCode() == http.StatusNotFound {
-			return nil
-		}
-		if len(*response.JSON200.Items) == 0 {
-			// Should be no templates
-			return nil
-		}
-
-		return fmt.Errorf("node template %q still exists; %v", id, string(response.GetBody()))
 	}
 
 	return nil