diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/lib/updateStack.js b/lib/plugins/aws/lib/updateStack.js
index 0677d2d63..9944587b1 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/lib/updateStack.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/lib/updateStack.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
     const params = {
       StackName: stackName,
-      OnFailure: 'ROLLBACK',
+      OnFailure: 'DELETE',
       Capabilities: ['CAPABILITY_IAM', 'CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM'],
       Parameters: [],
       TemplateURL: templateUrl,
diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/lib/updateStack.test.js b/lib/plugins/aws/lib/updateStack.test.js
index 6398d15ee..a91465c88 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/lib/updateStack.test.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/lib/updateStack.test.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe('updateStack', () => {
         expect(
           createStackStub.calledWithExactly('CloudFormation', 'createStack', {
             StackName: awsDeploy.provider.naming.getStackName(),
-            OnFailure: 'ROLLBACK',
+            OnFailure: 'DELETE',
             Capabilities: ['CAPABILITY_IAM', 'CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM'],
             Parameters: [],
             TemplateURL: `https://s3.amazonaws.com/${awsDeploy.bucketName}/${awsDeploy.serverless.service.package.artifactDirectoryName}/${compiledTemplateFileName}`,