diff --git a/src/main/resources/swagger.api/publications.yaml b/src/main/resources/swagger.api/publications.yaml
index ab92c0cc..24a1168f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/swagger.api/publications.yaml
+++ b/src/main/resources/swagger.api/publications.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,19 @@ paths:
           $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
         '500':
           $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
+    delete:
+      summary: Delete publication by Id
+      operationId: deletePublicationById
+      parameters:
+        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/consortiumId"
+        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/publicationId"
+      responses:
+        "204":
+          $ref: "#/components/responses/NoContent"
+        "404":
+          $ref: "#/components/responses/NotFound"
+        "500":
+          $ref: "#/components/responses/InternalServerError"
   /publications/{publicationId}/results:
     get:
       summary: Get publication results
@@ -53,19 +66,6 @@ paths:
           $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
         '500':
           $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
-    delete:
-      summary: Delete publication by Id
-      operationId: deletePublicationById
-      parameters:
-        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/consortiumId"
-        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/publicationId"
-      responses:
-        "204":
-          $ref: "#/components/responses/NoContent"
-        "404":
-          $ref: "#/components/responses/NotFound"
-        "500":
-          $ref: "#/components/responses/InternalServerError"
 components:
   requestBodies:
     Publication:
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/folio/consortia/controller/PublicationControllerTest.java b/src/test/java/org/folio/consortia/controller/PublicationControllerTest.java
index a8370e00..65bc00a0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/folio/consortia/controller/PublicationControllerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/folio/consortia/controller/PublicationControllerTest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doNothing;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.delete;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.post;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.jsonPath;
@@ -162,4 +163,17 @@ void getPublicationResultsSuccessful() throws Exception {
       );
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void deletePublicationByIdSuccessful() throws Exception {
+    var headers = defaultHeaders();
+    var consortiumId = UUID.randomUUID();
+    var publicationId = UUID.randomUUID();
+
+    doNothing().when(consortiumService).checkConsortiumExistsOrThrow(any(UUID.class));
+    when(publicationStatusRepository.existsById(publicationId)).thenReturn(true);
+    String url = String.format("/consortia/%s/publications/%s", consortiumId, publicationId);
+
+    this.mockMvc.perform(delete(url).headers(headers))
+      .andExpect(status().isNoContent());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/folio/consortia/service/impl/PublicationServiceImplTest.java b/src/test/java/org/folio/consortia/service/impl/PublicationServiceImplTest.java
index d271bdef..3e50cc7c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/folio/consortia/service/impl/PublicationServiceImplTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/folio/consortia/service/impl/PublicationServiceImplTest.java
@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
 package org.folio.consortia.service.impl;
 
 import static org.folio.consortia.utils.InputOutputTestUtils.getMockDataObject;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.atLeast;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doNothing;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletionException;
 
 import org.folio.consortia.domain.dto.PublicationRequest;
 import org.folio.consortia.domain.dto.PublicationStatus;
 import org.folio.consortia.domain.entity.PublicationStatusEntity;
 import org.folio.consortia.domain.entity.PublicationTenantRequestEntity;
+import org.folio.consortia.exception.ResourceNotFoundException;
 import org.folio.consortia.repository.PublicationStatusRepository;
 import org.folio.consortia.repository.PublicationTenantRequestRepository;
+import org.folio.consortia.service.ConsortiumService;
 import org.folio.consortia.service.HttpRequestService;
 import org.folio.consortia.support.BaseUnitTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
@@ -25,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.mockito.Captor;
 import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatusCode;
@@ -48,6 +54,8 @@ class PublicationServiceImplTest extends BaseUnitTest {
   HttpRequestService httpRequestService;
   @Mock
   ObjectMapper objectMapper;
+  @Mock
+  ConsortiumService consortiumService;
   @Captor
   ArgumentCaptor<PublicationTenantRequestEntity> ptreCaptor;
 
@@ -151,4 +159,30 @@ void updatePublicationTenantRequestOnFailure() {
     Assertions.assertEquals(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST.value(), capturedPtre.getResponseStatusCode());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void deletePublicationByIdSuccessful() {
+    var consortiumId = UUID.randomUUID();
+    var publicationId = UUID.randomUUID();
+
+    doNothing().when(consortiumService).checkConsortiumExistsOrThrow(consortiumId);
+    when(publicationStatusRepository.existsById(publicationId)).thenReturn(true);
+
+    publicationService.deletePublicationById(consortiumId, publicationId);
+
+    Mockito.verify(publicationStatusRepository).deleteById(publicationId);
+    Mockito.verify(publicationTenantRequestRepository).deleteByPcStateId(publicationId);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void deletePublicationByIdThrowsExceptionIfResourceDoesNotExist() {
+    var consortiumId = UUID.randomUUID();
+    var publicationId = UUID.randomUUID();
+
+    doNothing().when(consortiumService).checkConsortiumExistsOrThrow(consortiumId);
+    when(publicationStatusRepository.existsById(publicationId)).thenReturn(false);
+
+    assertThrows(ResourceNotFoundException.class, () ->
+      publicationService.deletePublicationById(consortiumId, publicationId));
+  }
+
 }