diff --git a/examples/cloudfront-lambda-urls/index.ts b/examples/cloudfront-lambda-urls/index.ts
index cef39243..46cc7381 100644
--- a/examples/cloudfront-lambda-urls/index.ts
+++ b/examples/cloudfront-lambda-urls/index.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 import { FunctionUrlOrigin, S3Origin } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudfront-origins';
 import { NodejsFunction } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-lambda-nodejs';
 import { Bucket } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-s3';
+import { RemovalPolicy } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
 
 class CloudFrontAppStack extends pulumicdk.Stack {
     public cloudFrontUrl: pulumi.Output<string>;
@@ -32,7 +33,9 @@ class CloudFrontAppStack extends pulumicdk.Stack {
             authType: FunctionUrlAuthType.NONE,
         });
 
-        const bucket = new Bucket(this, 'Bucket');
+        const bucket = new Bucket(this, 'Bucket', {
+            removalPolicy: RemovalPolicy.DESTROY,
+        });
 
         const distro = new Distribution(this, 'distro', {
             defaultBehavior: {
diff --git a/examples/s3-object-lambda/src/s3-object-lambda-stack.ts b/examples/s3-object-lambda/src/s3-object-lambda-stack.ts
index ccf009be..c4585afb 100644
--- a/examples/s3-object-lambda/src/s3-object-lambda-stack.ts
+++ b/examples/s3-object-lambda/src/s3-object-lambda-stack.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export class S3ObjectLambdaStack extends pulumicdk.Stack {
             accessControl: s3.BucketAccessControl.BUCKET_OWNER_FULL_CONTROL,
             encryption: s3.BucketEncryption.S3_MANAGED,
             blockPublicAccess: s3.BlockPublicAccess.BLOCK_ALL,
+            removalPolicy: cdk.RemovalPolicy.DESTROY,
         });
 
         // Delegating access control to access points
diff --git a/integration/cloudfront/index.ts b/integration/cloudfront/index.ts
index c8b76778..e248402b 100644
--- a/integration/cloudfront/index.ts
+++ b/integration/cloudfront/index.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ import * as s3 from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-s3';
 import * as origins from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudfront-origins';
 import * as pulumicdk from '@pulumi/cdk';
 import * as cloudfront from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudfront';
-import { Duration } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
+import { Duration, RemovalPolicy } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
 
 class CloudFrontStack extends pulumicdk.Stack {
     public readonly bucketName: pulumi.Output<string>;
     constructor(app: pulumicdk.App, id: string, options?: pulumicdk.StackOptions) {
         super(app, id, options);
-        const bucket = new s3.Bucket(this, 'Bucket');
+        const bucket = new s3.Bucket(this, 'Bucket', {
+            removalPolicy: RemovalPolicy.DESTROY,
+        });
         this.bucketName = this.asOutput(bucket.bucketName);
         const cachePolicy = new cloudfront.CachePolicy(this, 'CachePolicy', {
             maxTtl: Duration.days(1),