diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 378968208e107b5e695ebf315f787a4e8617eabf..2a5025320fb5c471a4db4b5083009bb1492d0500 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ review_destroy:
     - terraform/environments/scripts/destroy-env.sh $CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG
   # can't use rules here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/34077
   when: manual
-  allow_failure: false
+  allow_failure: true
   except:
     - main
     - production