diff --git a/templates/destroy.yml b/templates/destroy.yml
index 97cb73657121471871e355e5b9828c7c87de67dd..8c2661390c8af99198afeea57df894396f06d9b7 100644
--- a/templates/destroy.yml
+++ b/templates/destroy.yml
@@ -78,4 +78,4 @@ spec:
   image:
     name: '$[[ inputs.image_registry_base ]]/$[[ inputs.image_name ]]:$[[ inputs.version ]]-opentofu$[[ inputs.opentofu_version ]]'
   script:
-    - gitlab-tofu destroy
+    - gitlab-tofu apply -destroy