diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_bigquery_table.tf.erb b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_bigquery_table.tf.erb
index fe6b1e285553..b4c15cfa7dd1 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_bigquery_table.tf.erb
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_bigquery_table.tf.erb
@@ -1,53 +1,54 @@
 resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "test" {
-	dataset_id = "<%= ctx[:vars]['dataset_id'] %>"
+  dataset_id = "<%= ctx[:vars]['dataset_id'] %>"
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
-	table_id   = "<%= ctx[:vars]['table_id'] %>"
-	dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
-	time_partitioning {
-		type = "DAY"
-	}
-	schema = <<EOH
+  deletion_protection = false
+  table_id   = "<%= ctx[:vars]['table_id'] %>"
+  dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
+  time_partitioning {
+    type = "DAY"
+  }
+  schema = <<EOH
 [
-	{
-		"name": "city",
-		"type": "RECORD",
-		"fields": [
-	{
-		"name": "id",
-		"type": "INTEGER"
-	},
-	{
-		"name": "coord",
-		"type": "RECORD",
-		"fields": [
-		{
-			"name": "lon",
-			"type": "FLOAT"
-		},
-		{
-			"name": "lat",
-			"type": "FLOAT"
-		}
-		]
-	}
-		]
-	},
-	{
-		"name": "country",
-		"type": "RECORD",
-		"fields": [
-	{
-		"name": "id",
-		"type": "INTEGER"
-	},
-	{
-		"name": "name",
-		"type": "STRING"
-	}
-		]
-	}
+  {
+    "name": "city",
+    "type": "RECORD",
+    "fields": [
+  {
+    "name": "id",
+    "type": "INTEGER"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "coord",
+    "type": "RECORD",
+    "fields": [
+    {
+      "name": "lon",
+      "type": "FLOAT"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "lat",
+      "type": "FLOAT"
+    }
+    ]
+  }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "country",
+    "type": "RECORD",
+    "fields": [
+  {
+    "name": "id",
+    "type": "INTEGER"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "name",
+    "type": "STRING"
+  }
+    ]
+  }
 ]
 EOH
 }
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_dataset_access_view.tf.erb b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_dataset_access_view.tf.erb
index 9fc1c9c91516..269868387183 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_dataset_access_view.tf.erb
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_dataset_access_view.tf.erb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "public" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "public" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.public.dataset_id
   table_id   = "<%= ctx[:vars]['table_id'] %>"
 
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_copy.tf.erb b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_copy.tf.erb
index a827a1bf6c36..1c348e6c9143 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_copy.tf.erb
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_copy.tf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "source" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   count = length(google_bigquery_dataset.source)
 
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.source[count.index].dataset_id
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "source" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "dest" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.dest.dataset_id
   table_id   = "<%= ctx[:vars]['job_id'] %>_dest_table"
 
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_copy_table_reference.tf.erb b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_copy_table_reference.tf.erb
index 3083a5b87505..c732547d2d67 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_copy_table_reference.tf.erb
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_copy_table_reference.tf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "source" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   count = length(google_bigquery_dataset.source)
 
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.source[count.index].dataset_id
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "source" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "dest" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.dest.dataset_id
   table_id   = "<%= ctx[:vars]['job_id'] %>_dest_table"
 
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_extract.tf.erb b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_extract.tf.erb
index 58f008dd384d..761f862b39c1 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_extract.tf.erb
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_extract.tf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "source-one" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.source-one.dataset_id
   table_id   = "<%= ctx[:vars]['job_id'] %>_table"
 
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_extract_table_reference.tf.erb b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_extract_table_reference.tf.erb
index 0a2ce51ea1b0..2b01e8b5bb30 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_extract_table_reference.tf.erb
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_extract_table_reference.tf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "source-one" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.source-one.dataset_id
   table_id   = "<%= ctx[:vars]['job_id'] %>_table"
 
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_load.tf.erb b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_load.tf.erb
index 3643a86492f8..80d430ac56e7 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_load.tf.erb
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_load.tf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "foo" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.bar.dataset_id
   table_id   = "<%= ctx[:vars]['job_id'] %>_table"
 }
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_load_table_reference.tf.erb b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_load_table_reference.tf.erb
index c9a07cb92962..24eeb7fc6347 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_load_table_reference.tf.erb
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_load_table_reference.tf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "foo" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.bar.dataset_id
   table_id   = "<%= ctx[:vars]['job_id'] %>_table"
 }
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_query.tf.erb b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_query.tf.erb
index c848701ef448..e1ed891b8371 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_query.tf.erb
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_query.tf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "foo" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.bar.dataset_id
   table_id   = "<%= ctx[:vars]['job_id'] %>_table"
 }
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_query_table_reference.tf.erb b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_query_table_reference.tf.erb
index 52e34e0b79dc..46de94c81ef7 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_query_table_reference.tf.erb
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_query_table_reference.tf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "foo" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.bar.dataset_id
   table_id   = "<%= ctx[:vars]['job_id'] %>_table"
 }
diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_bigquery_table.go b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_bigquery_table.go
index 3b5a5b0a285e..b6a484a475f4 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_bigquery_table.go
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_bigquery_table.go
@@ -857,6 +857,13 @@ func resourceBigQueryTable() *schema.Resource {
 				Computed:    true,
 				Description: `Describes the table type.`,
 			},
+
+			"deletion_protection": {
+				Type:        schema.TypeBool,
+				Optional:    true,
+				Default:     true,
+				Description: `Whether or not to allow Terraform to destroy the instance. Unless this field is set to false in Terraform state, a terraform destroy or terraform apply that would delete the instance will fail.`,
+			},
 		},
 		UseJSONNumber: true,
 	}
@@ -1167,6 +1174,9 @@ func resourceBigQueryTableUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 }
 
 func resourceBigQueryTableDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	if d.Get("deletion_protection").(bool) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot destroy instance without setting deletion_protection=false and running `terraform apply`")
+	}
 	config := meta.(*Config)
 	userAgent, err := generateUserAgentString(d, config.userAgent)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1575,6 +1585,11 @@ func resourceBigQueryTableImport(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) ([]*s
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// Explicitly set virtual fields to default values on import
+	if err := d.Set("deletion_protection", true); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error setting deletion_protection: %s", err)
+	}
+
 	// Replace import id for the resource id
 	id, err := replaceVars(d, config, "projects/{{project}}/datasets/{{dataset_id}}/tables/{{table_id}}")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_sql_ssl_cert_test.go b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_sql_ssl_cert_test.go
index cfc370ccbb24..f4a6a421787e 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_sql_ssl_cert_test.go
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_sql_ssl_cert_test.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func testGoogleSqlClientCert_mysql(instance string) string {
 	resource "google_sql_database_instance" "instance" {
 		name = "%s"
 		region = "us-central1"
-		deletion_protection = false
+	  deletion_protection = false
 		settings {
 			tier = "db-f1-micro"
 		}
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func testGoogleSqlClientCert_postgres(instance string) string {
 		name = "%s"
 		region = "us-central1"
 		database_version = "POSTGRES_9_6"
-		deletion_protection = false
+	  deletion_protection = false
 		settings {
 			tier = "db-f1-micro"
 		}
diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_big_query_dataset_test.go b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_big_query_dataset_test.go
index a41a7d87f7fe..bdaacf0d2af0 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_big_query_dataset_test.go
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_big_query_dataset_test.go
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "other_dataset" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "table_with_view" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.other_dataset.dataset_id
 
diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_bigquery_dataset_access_test.go b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_bigquery_dataset_access_test.go
index b71115cd62fb..608c86549b94 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_bigquery_dataset_access_test.go
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_bigquery_dataset_access_test.go
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "public" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "public" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.public.dataset_id
   table_id   = "%s"
 
diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_bigquery_job_test.go b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_bigquery_job_test.go
index 8bd98bd1a15a..f532a320d009 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_bigquery_job_test.go
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_bigquery_job_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func TestAccBigQueryJob_withLocation(t *testing.T) {
 func testAccBigQueryJob_withLocation(context map[string]interface{}) string {
 	return Nprintf(`
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "foo" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.bar.dataset_id
   table_id   = "tf_test_job_query%{random_suffix}_table"
 }
diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_bigquery_table_test.go b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_bigquery_table_test.go
index 044df3bbf51e..cc221ee9168c 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_bigquery_table_test.go
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_bigquery_table_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package google
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/resource"
@@ -24,17 +25,19 @@ func TestAccBigQueryTable_Basic(t *testing.T) {
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTableTimePartitioning(datasetID, tableID, "DAY"),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      "google_bigquery_table.test",
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection"},
 			},
 			{
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTableUpdated(datasetID, tableID),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      "google_bigquery_table.test",
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection"},
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -57,9 +60,10 @@ func TestAccBigQueryTable_Kms(t *testing.T) {
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTableKms(cryptoKeyName, datasetID, tableID),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      resourceName,
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            resourceName,
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection"},
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -80,17 +84,19 @@ func TestAccBigQueryTable_HourlyTimePartitioning(t *testing.T) {
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTableTimePartitioning(datasetID, tableID, "HOUR"),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      "google_bigquery_table.test",
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection"},
 			},
 			{
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTableUpdated(datasetID, tableID),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      "google_bigquery_table.test",
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection"},
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -111,17 +117,19 @@ func TestAccBigQueryTable_MonthlyTimePartitioning(t *testing.T) {
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTableTimePartitioning(datasetID, tableID, "MONTH"),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      "google_bigquery_table.test",
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection"},
 			},
 			{
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTableUpdated(datasetID, tableID),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      "google_bigquery_table.test",
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection"},
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -142,17 +150,19 @@ func TestAccBigQueryTable_YearlyTimePartitioning(t *testing.T) {
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTableTimePartitioning(datasetID, tableID, "YEAR"),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      "google_bigquery_table.test",
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection"},
 			},
 			{
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTableUpdated(datasetID, tableID),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      "google_bigquery_table.test",
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection"},
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -174,9 +184,10 @@ func TestAccBigQueryTable_HivePartitioning(t *testing.T) {
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTableHivePartitioning(bucketName, datasetID, tableID),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      resourceName,
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            resourceName,
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection"},
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -201,7 +212,7 @@ func TestAccBigQueryTable_HivePartitioningCustomSchema(t *testing.T) {
 				ResourceName:            resourceName,
 				ImportState:             true,
 				ImportStateVerify:       true,
-				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"external_data_configuration.0.schema"},
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"external_data_configuration.0.schema", "deletion_protection"},
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -222,9 +233,10 @@ func TestAccBigQueryTable_RangePartitioning(t *testing.T) {
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTableRangePartitioning(datasetID, tableID),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      resourceName,
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            resourceName,
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection"},
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -245,9 +257,10 @@ func TestAccBigQueryTable_View(t *testing.T) {
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTableWithView(datasetID, tableID),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      "google_bigquery_table.test",
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection"},
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -268,17 +281,19 @@ func TestAccBigQueryTable_updateView(t *testing.T) {
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTableWithView(datasetID, tableID),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      "google_bigquery_table.test",
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection"},
 			},
 			{
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTableWithNewSqlView(datasetID, tableID),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      "google_bigquery_table.test",
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection"},
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -304,13 +319,13 @@ func TestAccBigQueryTable_MaterializedView_DailyTimePartioning_Basic(t *testing.
 				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
 				ImportState:             true,
 				ImportStateVerify:       true,
-				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"etag", "last_modified_time"},
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"etag", "last_modified_time", "deletion_protection"},
 			},
 			{
 				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.mv_test",
 				ImportState:             true,
 				ImportStateVerify:       true,
-				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"etag", "last_modified_time"},
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"etag", "last_modified_time", "deletion_protection"},
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -340,13 +355,13 @@ func TestAccBigQueryTable_MaterializedView_DailyTimePartioning_Update(t *testing
 				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
 				ImportState:             true,
 				ImportStateVerify:       true,
-				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"etag", "last_modified_time"},
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"etag", "last_modified_time", "deletion_protection"},
 			},
 			{
 				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.mv_test",
 				ImportState:             true,
 				ImportStateVerify:       true,
-				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"etag", "last_modified_time"},
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"etag", "last_modified_time", "deletion_protection"},
 			},
 			{
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTableWithMatViewDailyTimePartitioning(datasetID, tableID, materialized_viewID, enable_refresh, refresh_interval_ms, query),
@@ -355,13 +370,13 @@ func TestAccBigQueryTable_MaterializedView_DailyTimePartioning_Update(t *testing
 				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
 				ImportState:             true,
 				ImportStateVerify:       true,
-				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"etag", "last_modified_time"},
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"etag", "last_modified_time", "deletion_protection"},
 			},
 			{
 				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.mv_test",
 				ImportState:             true,
 				ImportStateVerify:       true,
-				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"etag", "last_modified_time"},
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"etag", "last_modified_time", "deletion_protection"},
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -409,9 +424,10 @@ func TestAccBigQueryDataTable_sheet(t *testing.T) {
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTableFromSheet(context),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      "google_bigquery_table.table",
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.table",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection"},
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -435,7 +451,7 @@ func TestAccBigQueryDataTable_jsonEquivalency(t *testing.T) {
 				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
 				ImportState:             true,
 				ImportStateVerify:       true,
-				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"etag", "last_modified_time"},
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"etag", "last_modified_time", "deletion_protection"},
 			},
 			{
 				Config: testAccBigQueryTable_jsonEqModeRemoved(datasetID, tableID),
@@ -444,7 +460,7 @@ func TestAccBigQueryDataTable_jsonEquivalency(t *testing.T) {
 				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
 				ImportState:             true,
 				ImportStateVerify:       true,
-				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"etag", "last_modified_time"},
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"etag", "last_modified_time", "deletion_protection"},
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -511,6 +527,38 @@ func TestUnitBigQueryDataTable_schemaIsChangable(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAccBigQueryTable_allowDestroy(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	datasetID := fmt.Sprintf("tf_test_%s", randString(t, 10))
+	tableID := fmt.Sprintf("tf_test_%s", randString(t, 10))
+
+	vcrTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckBigQueryTableDestroyProducer(t),
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccBigQueryTable_noAllowDestroy(datasetID, tableID),
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:            "google_bigquery_table.test",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection"},
+			},
+			{
+				Config:      testAccBigQueryTable_noAllowDestroy(datasetID, tableID),
+				Destroy:     true,
+				ExpectError: regexp.MustCompile("deletion_protection"),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccBigQueryTable_noAllowDestroyUpdated(datasetID, tableID),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 type testUnitBigQueryDataTableJSONEquivalencyTestCase struct {
 	jsonA      string
 	jsonB      string
@@ -766,6 +814,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "test" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
 
@@ -832,6 +881,7 @@ resource "google_kms_crypto_key_iam_member" "allow" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
   dataset_id = "${google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id}"
 
@@ -894,6 +944,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "test" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
 
@@ -931,6 +982,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "test" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
 
@@ -969,6 +1021,7 @@ func testAccBigQueryTableRangePartitioning(datasetID, tableID string) string {
   }
 
   resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+	  deletion_protection = false
     table_id   = "%s"
     dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
 
@@ -1004,6 +1057,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "test" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
 
@@ -1026,6 +1080,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "test" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
 
@@ -1048,6 +1103,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "test" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
 
@@ -1097,6 +1153,7 @@ EOH
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "mv_test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
 
@@ -1123,6 +1180,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "test" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
 
@@ -1172,6 +1230,7 @@ EOH
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "mv_test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
 
@@ -1200,6 +1259,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "test" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
 
@@ -1275,6 +1335,7 @@ EOF
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
   external_data_configuration {
@@ -1296,6 +1357,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
 func testAccBigQueryTableFromSheet(context map[string]interface{}) string {
 	return Nprintf(`
   resource "google_bigquery_table" "table" {
+	  deletion_protection = false
     dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.dataset.dataset_id
     table_id   = "tf_test_sheet_%{random_suffix}"
 
@@ -1352,6 +1414,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "test" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
 
@@ -1385,6 +1448,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "test" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
 
@@ -1417,6 +1481,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "test" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
 	dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
 	lifecycle {
@@ -1453,6 +1518,7 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "test" {
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
   table_id   = "%s"
 	dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
 	lifecycle {
@@ -1482,6 +1548,71 @@ resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
 `, datasetID, tableID)
 }
 
+func testAccBigQueryTable_noAllowDestroy(datasetID, tableID string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "test" {
+  dataset_id = "%s"
+}
+
+resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+  table_id   = "%s"
+	dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
+  friendly_name = "bigquerytest"
+  labels = {
+    "terrafrom_managed" = "true"
+  }
+
+  schema = jsonencode(
+    [
+      {
+        description = "Time snapshot was taken, in Epoch milliseconds. Same across all rows and all tables in the snapshot, and uniquely defines a particular snapshot."
+        name        = "snapshot_timestamp"
+        mode        = "NULLABLE"
+        type        = "INTEGER"
+      },
+      {
+        description = "Timestamp of dataset creation"
+        name        = "creation_time"
+        type        = "TIMESTAMP"
+      },
+    ])
+}
+`, datasetID, tableID)
+}
+
+func testAccBigQueryTable_noAllowDestroyUpdated(datasetID, tableID string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "test" {
+  dataset_id = "%s"
+}
+
+resource "google_bigquery_table" "test" {
+  deletion_protection = false
+  table_id   = "%s"
+	dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.test.dataset_id
+  friendly_name = "bigquerytest"
+  labels = {
+    "terrafrom_managed" = "true"
+  }
+
+  schema = jsonencode(
+    [
+      {
+        description = "Time snapshot was taken, in Epoch milliseconds. Same across all rows and all tables in the snapshot, and uniquely defines a particular snapshot."
+        name        = "snapshot_timestamp"
+        mode        = "NULLABLE"
+        type        = "INTEGER"
+      },
+      {
+        description = "Timestamp of dataset creation"
+        name        = "creation_time"
+        type        = "TIMESTAMP"
+      },
+    ])
+}
+`, datasetID, tableID)
+}
+
 var TEST_CSV = `lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b
 lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-Oct-06,6000000,USD,a
 lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-Jan-08,25000000,USD,c
diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/website/docs/r/bigquery_table.html.markdown b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/website/docs/r/bigquery_table.html.markdown
index 8ea824628d7a..fadcc883d288 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/website/docs/r/bigquery_table.html.markdown
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/website/docs/r/bigquery_table.html.markdown
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ Creates a table resource in a dataset for Google BigQuery. For more information
 [the official documentation](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/) and
 [API](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables).
 
+-> **Note**: On newer versions of the provider, you must explicitly set `deletion_protection=false`
+(and run `terraform apply` to write the field to state) in order to destroy an instance.
+It is recommended to not set this field (or set it to true) until you're ready to destroy.
+
 
 ## Example Usage
 
@@ -136,6 +140,9 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 * `materialized_view` - (Optional) If specified, configures this table as a materialized view.
     Structure is documented below.
 
+* `deletion_protection` - (Optional) Whether or not to allow Terraform to destroy the instance. Unless this field is set to false
+in Terraform state, a `terraform destroy` or `terraform apply` that would delete the instance will fail.
+
 The `external_data_configuration` block supports:
 
 * `autodetect` - (Required) - Let BigQuery try to autodetect the schema