diff --git a/cmd/uptest/main.go b/cmd/uptest/main.go
index bc6c578..d31da67 100644
--- a/cmd/uptest/main.go
+++ b/cmd/uptest/main.go
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ var (
 	defaultConditions = e2e.Flag("default-conditions", "Comma separated list of default conditions to wait for a successful test.\n"+
 		"Conditions could be overridden per resource using \"uptest.upbound.io/conditions\" annotation.").Default("Ready").String()
 
-	testDir = e2e.Flag("test-directory", "Directory where kuttl test case will be generated and executed.").Envar("UPTEST_TEST_DIR").Default(filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "uptest-e2e")).String()
+	skipDelete = e2e.Flag("skip-delete", "Skip the delete step of the test.").Default("false").Bool()
+	testDir    = e2e.Flag("test-directory", "Directory where kuttl test case will be generated and executed.").Envar("UPTEST_TEST_DIR").Default(filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "uptest-e2e")).String()
 )
 
 var (
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ func e2eTests() {
 		DefaultConditions:  strings.Split(*defaultConditions, ","),
 		DefaultTimeout:     *defaultTimeout,
 		Directory:          *testDir,
+		SkipDelete:         *skipDelete,
 	}
 
 	kingpin.FatalIfError(internal.RunTest(o), "cannot run e2e tests successfully")
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 05e9ede..77101b2 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ type AutomatedTest struct {
 
 	DefaultTimeout    int
 	DefaultConditions []string
+
+	SkipDelete bool
 }
 
 // Manifest represents a resource loaded from an example resource manifest file.
diff --git a/internal/templates/renderer.go b/internal/templates/renderer.go
index 37371bd..7333dc4 100644
--- a/internal/templates/renderer.go
+++ b/internal/templates/renderer.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var fileTemplates = map[string]string{
 
 // Render renders the specified list of resources as a test case
 // with the specified configuration.
-func Render(tc *config.TestCase, resources []config.Resource) (map[string]string, error) {
+func Render(tc *config.TestCase, resources []config.Resource, skipDelete bool) (map[string]string, error) {
 	data := struct {
 		Resources []config.Resource
 		TestCase  config.TestCase
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ func Render(tc *config.TestCase, resources []config.Resource) (map[string]string
 
 	res := make(map[string]string, len(fileTemplates))
 	for name, tmpl := range fileTemplates {
+		// Skip templates with names starting with "03-" if skipDelete is true
+		if skipDelete && strings.HasPrefix(name, "03-") {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		t, err := template.New(name).Parse(tmpl)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot parse template %q", name)
diff --git a/internal/templates/renderer_test.go b/internal/templates/renderer_test.go
index 6208734..6878aeb 100644
--- a/internal/templates/renderer_test.go
+++ b/internal/templates/renderer_test.go
@@ -261,7 +261,186 @@ commands:
 	}
 	for name, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, err := Render(tc.args.tc, tc.args.resources)
+			got, err := Render(tc.args.tc, tc.args.resources, false)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.want.err, err, test.EquateErrors()); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Render(...): -want error, +got error:\n%s", diff)
+			}
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.want.out, got); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Render(...): -want, +got:\n%s", diff)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRenderWithSkipDelete(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		tc        *config.TestCase
+		resources []config.Resource
+	}
+	type want struct {
+		out map[string]string
+		err error
+	}
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		args args
+		want want
+	}{
+		"SuccessSingleResource": {
+			args: args{
+				tc: &config.TestCase{
+					Timeout: 10,
+				},
+				resources: []config.Resource{
+					{
+						Name:       "example-bucket",
+						KindGroup:  "s3.aws.upbound.io",
+						YAML:       bucketManifest,
+						Conditions: []string{"Test"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: want{
+				out: map[string]string{
+					"00-apply.yaml": "# This file belongs to the resource apply step.\n---\n" + bucketManifest,
+					"00-assert.yaml": `# This assert file belongs to the resource apply step.
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+timeout: 10
+commands:
+- command: ${KUBECTL} annotate managed --all upjet.upbound.io/test=true --overwrite
+- script: echo "Dump MR manifests for the apply assertion step:"; ${KUBECTL} get managed -o yaml
+- script: echo "Dump Claim manifests for the apply assertion step:" || ${KUBECTL} get claim --all-namespaces -o yaml
+- command: ${KUBECTL} wait s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket --for=condition=Test --timeout 10s
+`,
+					"01-update.yaml": `# This file belongs to the resource update step.
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+`,
+					"01-assert.yaml": `# This assert file belongs to the resource update step.
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+timeout: 10
+commands:
+- script: echo "Dump MR manifests for the update assertion step:"; ${KUBECTL} get managed -o yaml
+`,
+					"02-assert.yaml": `# This assert file belongs to the resource import step.
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+timeout: 10
+commands:
+- script: echo "Dump MR manifests for the import assertion step:"; ${KUBECTL} get managed -o yaml
+- command: ${KUBECTL} wait s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket --for=condition=Test --timeout 10s
+- script: new_id="$(${KUBECTL} get s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket -o=jsonpath='{.status.atProvider.id}')" && old_id="$(${KUBECTL} get s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket -o=jsonpath='{.metadata.annotations.uptest-old-id}')" && [ "$new_id" = "$old_id" ]
+`,
+					"02-import.yaml": `# This file belongs to the resource import step.
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+- command: ${KUBECTL} scale deployment crossplane -n upbound-system --replicas=0
+- script: ${KUBECTL} -n upbound-system get deploy --no-headers -o custom-columns=":metadata.name" | grep "provider-" | xargs ${KUBECTL} -n upbound-system scale deploy --replicas=0
+- command: ${KUBECTL} --subresource=status patch s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket --type=merge -p '{"status":{"conditions":[]}}'
+- script: ${KUBECTL} annotate s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket uptest-old-id=$(${KUBECTL} get s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket -o=jsonpath='{.status.atProvider.id}') --overwrite
+- command: ${KUBECTL} scale deployment crossplane -n upbound-system --replicas=1
+- script: ${KUBECTL} -n upbound-system get deploy --no-headers -o custom-columns=":metadata.name" | grep "provider-" | xargs ${KUBECTL} -n upbound-system scale deploy --replicas=1
+`,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		"SuccessMultipleResource": {
+			args: args{
+				tc: &config.TestCase{
+					Timeout:            10,
+					SetupScriptPath:    "/tmp/setup.sh",
+					TeardownScriptPath: "/tmp/teardown.sh",
+				},
+				resources: []config.Resource{
+					{
+						YAML:                 bucketManifest,
+						Name:                 "example-bucket",
+						KindGroup:            "s3.aws.upbound.io",
+						PreAssertScriptPath:  "/tmp/bucket/pre-assert.sh",
+						PostDeleteScriptPath: "/tmp/bucket/post-delete.sh",
+						Conditions:           []string{"Test"},
+					},
+					{
+						YAML:                 claimManifest,
+						Name:                 "test-cluster-claim",
+						KindGroup:            "cluster.gcp.platformref.upbound.io",
+						Namespace:            "upbound-system",
+						PostAssertScriptPath: "/tmp/claim/post-assert.sh",
+						PreDeleteScriptPath:  "/tmp/claim/pre-delete.sh",
+						Conditions:           []string{"Ready", "Synced"},
+					},
+					{
+						YAML:      secretManifest,
+						Name:      "test-secret",
+						KindGroup: "secret.",
+						Namespace: "upbound-system",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: want{
+				out: map[string]string{
+					"00-apply.yaml": `# This file belongs to the resource apply step.
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+- command: /tmp/setup.sh
+` + "---\n" + bucketManifest + "---\n" + claimManifest + "---\n" + secretManifest,
+					"00-assert.yaml": `# This assert file belongs to the resource apply step.
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+timeout: 10
+commands:
+- command: ${KUBECTL} annotate managed --all upjet.upbound.io/test=true --overwrite
+- script: echo "Dump MR manifests for the apply assertion step:"; ${KUBECTL} get managed -o yaml
+- script: echo "Dump Claim manifests for the apply assertion step:" || ${KUBECTL} get claim --all-namespaces -o yaml
+- command: /tmp/bucket/pre-assert.sh
+- command: ${KUBECTL} wait s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket --for=condition=Test --timeout 10s
+- command: ${KUBECTL} wait cluster.gcp.platformref.upbound.io/test-cluster-claim --for=condition=Ready --timeout 10s --namespace upbound-system
+- command: ${KUBECTL} wait cluster.gcp.platformref.upbound.io/test-cluster-claim --for=condition=Synced --timeout 10s --namespace upbound-system
+- command: /tmp/claim/post-assert.sh
+`,
+					"01-update.yaml": `# This file belongs to the resource update step.
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+`,
+					"01-assert.yaml": `# This assert file belongs to the resource update step.
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+timeout: 10
+commands:
+- script: echo "Dump MR manifests for the update assertion step:"; ${KUBECTL} get managed -o yaml
+`,
+					"02-assert.yaml": `# This assert file belongs to the resource import step.
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+timeout: 10
+commands:
+- script: echo "Dump MR manifests for the import assertion step:"; ${KUBECTL} get managed -o yaml
+- command: ${KUBECTL} wait s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket --for=condition=Test --timeout 10s
+- script: new_id="$(${KUBECTL} get s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket -o=jsonpath='{.status.atProvider.id}')" && old_id="$(${KUBECTL} get s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket -o=jsonpath='{.metadata.annotations.uptest-old-id}')" && [ "$new_id" = "$old_id" ]
+`,
+					"02-import.yaml": `# This file belongs to the resource import step.
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+- command: ${KUBECTL} scale deployment crossplane -n upbound-system --replicas=0
+- script: ${KUBECTL} -n upbound-system get deploy --no-headers -o custom-columns=":metadata.name" | grep "provider-" | xargs ${KUBECTL} -n upbound-system scale deploy --replicas=0
+- command: ${KUBECTL} --subresource=status patch s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket --type=merge -p '{"status":{"conditions":[]}}'
+- script: ${KUBECTL} annotate s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket uptest-old-id=$(${KUBECTL} get s3.aws.upbound.io/example-bucket -o=jsonpath='{.status.atProvider.id}') --overwrite
+- command: ${KUBECTL} scale deployment crossplane -n upbound-system --replicas=1
+- script: ${KUBECTL} -n upbound-system get deploy --no-headers -o custom-columns=":metadata.name" | grep "provider-" | xargs ${KUBECTL} -n upbound-system scale deploy --replicas=1
+`,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for name, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := Render(tc.args.tc, tc.args.resources, true)
 			if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.want.err, err, test.EquateErrors()); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("Render(...): -want error, +got error:\n%s", diff)
 			}
diff --git a/internal/tester.go b/internal/tester.go
index 7d89525..b8e5c9a 100644
--- a/internal/tester.go
+++ b/internal/tester.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (t *tester) writeKuttlFiles() error {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "cannot build examples config")
 	}
 
-	files, err := templates.Render(tc, examples)
+	files, err := templates.Render(tc, examples, t.options.SkipDelete)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "cannot render kuttl templates")
 	}