diff --git a/airbyte-tests/src/acceptanceTests/java/io/airbyte/test/acceptance/AcceptanceTests.java b/airbyte-tests/src/acceptanceTests/java/io/airbyte/test/acceptance/AcceptanceTests.java
index 4abf9471c1ea..1d52311e0797 100644
--- a/airbyte-tests/src/acceptanceTests/java/io/airbyte/test/acceptance/AcceptanceTests.java
+++ b/airbyte-tests/src/acceptanceTests/java/io/airbyte/test/acceptance/AcceptanceTests.java
@@ -80,8 +80,12 @@
 import io.airbyte.db.Databases;
 import io.airbyte.test.airbyte_test_container.AirbyteTestContainer;
 import io.airbyte.test.utils.PostgreSQLContainerHelper;
+import io.airbyte.workers.temporal.TemporalUtils;
+import io.airbyte.workers.temporal.scheduling.ConnectionManagerWorkflow;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.DefaultKubernetesClient;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
+import io.temporal.client.WorkflowClient;
+import io.temporal.serviceclient.WorkflowServiceStubs;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.Inet4Address;
@@ -783,7 +787,7 @@ public void testCheckpointing() throws Exception {
     // now cancel it so that we freeze state!
     try {
       apiClient.getJobsApi().cancelJob(new JobIdRequestBody().id(connectionSyncRead1.getJob().getId()));
-    } catch (Exception e) {}
+    } catch (final Exception e) {}
 
     final ConnectionState connectionState = waitForConnectionState(apiClient, connectionId);
 
@@ -1146,6 +1150,78 @@ public void testCancelSyncWhenCancelledWhenWorkerIsNotRunning() throws Exception
     assertEquals(JobStatus.CANCELLED, resp.get().getJob().getStatus());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @Order(22)
+  public void testDeleteConnection() throws Exception {
+    final String connectionName = "test-connection";
+    final UUID sourceId = createPostgresSource().getSourceId();
+    final UUID destinationId = createDestination().getDestinationId();
+    final UUID operationId = createOperation().getOperationId();
+    final AirbyteCatalog catalog = discoverSourceSchema(sourceId);
+    final SyncMode syncMode = SyncMode.INCREMENTAL;
+    final DestinationSyncMode destinationSyncMode = DestinationSyncMode.APPEND_DEDUP;
+    catalog.getStreams().forEach(s -> s.getConfig()
+        .syncMode(syncMode)
+        .cursorField(List.of(COLUMN_ID))
+        .destinationSyncMode(destinationSyncMode)
+        .primaryKey(List.of(List.of(COLUMN_NAME))));
+
+    UUID connectionId =
+        createConnection(connectionName, sourceId, destinationId, List.of(operationId), catalog, null).getConnectionId();
+
+    final JobInfoRead connectionSyncRead = apiClient.getConnectionApi().syncConnection(new ConnectionIdRequestBody().connectionId(connectionId));
+    waitWhileJobHasStatus(apiClient.getJobsApi(), connectionSyncRead.getJob(), Set.of(JobStatus.RUNNING));
+
+    // test normal deletion of connection
+    apiClient.getConnectionApi().deleteConnection(new ConnectionIdRequestBody().connectionId(connectionId));
+
+    // remove connection to avoid exception during tear down
+    connectionIds.remove(connectionId);
+
+    LOGGER.info("Waiting for connection to be deleted...");
+    Thread.sleep(500);
+
+    ConnectionStatus connectionStatus =
+        apiClient.getConnectionApi().getConnection(new ConnectionIdRequestBody().connectionId(connectionId)).getStatus();
+    assertEquals(ConnectionStatus.DEPRECATED, connectionStatus);
+
+    // test deletion of connection when temporal workflow is in a bad state, only when using new
+    // scheduler
+    final FeatureFlags featureFlags = new EnvVariableFeatureFlags();
+    if (featureFlags.usesNewScheduler()) {
+      LOGGER.info("Testing connection deletion when temporal is in a terminal state");
+      connectionId = createConnection(connectionName, sourceId, destinationId, List.of(operationId), catalog, null).getConnectionId();
+
+      terminateTemporalWorkflow(connectionId);
+
+      // we should still be able to delete the connection when the temporal workflow is in this state
+      apiClient.getConnectionApi().deleteConnection(new ConnectionIdRequestBody().connectionId(connectionId));
+
+      LOGGER.info("Waiting for connection to be deleted...");
+      Thread.sleep(500);
+
+      connectionStatus = apiClient.getConnectionApi().getConnection(new ConnectionIdRequestBody().connectionId(connectionId)).getStatus();
+      assertEquals(ConnectionStatus.DEPRECATED, connectionStatus);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void terminateTemporalWorkflow(final UUID connectionId) {
+    final WorkflowServiceStubs temporalService = TemporalUtils.createTemporalService("localhost:7233");
+    final WorkflowClient workflowCLient = WorkflowClient.newInstance(temporalService);
+
+    // check if temporal workflow is reachable
+    final ConnectionManagerWorkflow connectionManagerWorkflow =
+        workflowCLient.newWorkflowStub(ConnectionManagerWorkflow.class, "connection_manager_" + connectionId);
+    connectionManagerWorkflow.getState();
+
+    // Terminate workflow
+    LOGGER.info("Terminating temporal workflow...");
+    workflowCLient.newUntypedWorkflowStub("connection_manager_" + connectionId).terminate("");
+
+    // remove connection to avoid exception during tear down
+    connectionIds.remove(connectionId);
+  }
+
   private AirbyteCatalog discoverSourceSchema(final UUID sourceId) throws ApiException {
     return apiClient.getSourceApi().discoverSchemaForSource(new SourceDiscoverSchemaRequestBody().sourceId(sourceId)).getCatalog();
   }