diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-artifacts.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-artifacts.yaml
index 7f023ac..39b80c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-artifacts.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-artifacts.yaml
@@ -85,4 +85,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish charts
         run: ./scripts/publish-charts.py
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/charts/openstack-cluster/templates/secret-cloud-config.yaml b/charts/openstack-cluster/templates/secret-cloud-config.yaml
index aa17977..2c61c54 100644
--- a/charts/openstack-cluster/templates/secret-cloud-config.yaml
+++ b/charts/openstack-cluster/templates/secret-cloud-config.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "openstack-cluster.componentName" (list . "cloud-config") }}
   labels: {{ include "openstack-cluster.componentLabels" (list . "cloud-config") | nindent 4 }}
+  # If the cloud-config is deleted before the cluster has finished deleting, then the cluster
+  # deletion cannot proceed any further. So prevent Helm from deleting it.
+  annotations:
+    "helm.sh/resource-policy": keep
 stringData:
   # Just include the data for the cloud we will be using
   clouds.yaml: |