diff --git a/mmv1/products/vertexai/terraform.yaml b/mmv1/products/vertexai/terraform.yaml
index 1bc90f894376..ef41c230667d 100644
--- a/mmv1/products/vertexai/terraform.yaml
+++ b/mmv1/products/vertexai/terraform.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ overrides: !ruby/object:Overrides::ResourceOverrides
         primary_resource_id: "featurestore"
         vars:
           name: "terraform"
+        ignore_read_extra:
+          - "force_destroy"
     properties:
       region: !ruby/object:Overrides::Terraform::PropertyOverride
         default_from_api: true
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/vertex_ai_featurestore.tf.erb b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/vertex_ai_featurestore.tf.erb
index 60a1fdad2051..816cbc2db021 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/vertex_ai_featurestore.tf.erb
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/vertex_ai_featurestore.tf.erb
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ resource "google_vertex_ai_featurestore" "featurestore" {
   online_serving_config {
     fixed_node_count = 2
   }
+  force_destroy = true
 }
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/pre_delete/vertex_ai_force_delete.go.erb b/mmv1/templates/terraform/pre_delete/vertex_ai_force_delete.go.erb
index adef3161c851..331e3be785eb 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/pre_delete/vertex_ai_force_delete.go.erb
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/pre_delete/vertex_ai_force_delete.go.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 if v, ok := d.GetOk("force_destroy"); ok {
-    url, err = addQueryParams(url, map[string]string{"force": v.(string)})
+    url, err = addQueryParams(url, map[string]string{"force": fmt.Sprintf("%v", v)})
     if err != nil {
         return err
     }