diff --git a/stackit/internal/services/objectstorage/bucket/resource.go b/stackit/internal/services/objectstorage/bucket/resource.go
index 1d11f8d5..d18ab1b0 100644
--- a/stackit/internal/services/objectstorage/bucket/resource.go
+++ b/stackit/internal/services/objectstorage/bucket/resource.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package objectstorage
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
@@ -290,6 +291,13 @@ func (r *bucketResource) Delete(ctx context.Context, req resource.DeleteRequest,
 	// Delete existing bucket
 	_, err := r.client.DeleteBucket(ctx, projectId, region, bucketName).Execute()
 	if err != nil {
+		var oapiErr *oapierror.GenericOpenAPIError
+		if errors.As(err, &oapiErr) {
+			if oapiErr.StatusCode == http.StatusUnprocessableEntity {
+				core.LogAndAddError(ctx, &resp.Diagnostics, "Error deleting bucket", "Bucket isn't empty and cannot be deleted")
+				return
+			}
+		}
 		core.LogAndAddError(ctx, &resp.Diagnostics, "Error deleting bucket", fmt.Sprintf("Calling API: %v", err))
 	}
 	_, err = wait.DeleteBucketWaitHandler(ctx, r.client, projectId, region, bucketName).WaitWithContext(ctx)