diff --git a/example/basic/main.tf b/example/basic/main.tf
index bffa93f..7385f87 100644
--- a/example/basic/main.tf
+++ b/example/basic/main.tf
@@ -42,4 +42,5 @@ module "documentdb" {
   master_password       = var.master_password
   instance_class        = var.instance_class
   cluster_size          = var.cluster_size
+  deletion_protection   = true
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/secured/.terraform.lock.hcl b/example/secured/.terraform.lock.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..085eefb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/secured/.terraform.lock.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# This file is maintained automatically by "terraform init".
+# Manual edits may be lost in future updates.
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws" {
+  version     = "4.48.0"
+  constraints = ">= 3.1.15"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:Fz26mWZmM9syrY91aPeTdd3hXG4DvMR81ylWC9xE2uA=",
+    "zh:08f5e3c5256a4fbd5c988863d10e5279172b2470fec6d4fb13c372663e7f7cac",
+    "zh:2a04376b7fa84681bd2938973c7d0822c8c0f0656a4e7661a2f50ac4d852d4a3",
+    "zh:30d6cdf321aaba874934cbde505333d89d172d8d5ffcf40b6e66626c57bc6ab2",
+    "zh:364639ee19cf4cfaa65de84a2a71d32725d5b728b71dd88d01ccb639c006c1cf",
+    "zh:4e02252cd88b6f59f556f49c5ce46a358046c98f069230358ac15f4030ae1e76",
+    "zh:611717320f20b3512ceb90abddd5198a85e1093965ce59e3ef8183188c84f8c3",
+    "zh:630be3b9ba5b3a95ecb2ce2f3523714ab37cd8bcd7479c879a769e6a446ab5ed",
+    "zh:6701f9d3ae1ffadb3ebefbe75c9d82668cc5495b8f826e498adb8530e202b652",
+    "zh:6dc6fdfa7469c9de7b405c68b2f6a09a3438db1ef09d348e49c7ceff4300b01a",
+    "zh:84c8140d8af6965fa9cd80e52eb2ee3d273e3ab7762719a8d1af665c08fab748",
+    "zh:9b12af85486a96aedd8d7984b0ff811a4b42e3d88dad1a3fb4c0b580d04fa425",
+    "zh:9b6b4f7d4cea37ba7a42a47d506115498858bcd6440ad97dfb214c13a688ba90",
+    "zh:a7f876af20f5c5dae8e333ec0dfc901e26aa801137e7df65fb365565637bbfe2",
+    "zh:ad107b8e11dd0609b856584ce70ae6621aa4f1f946da51f7c792f1259e3f9c27",
+    "zh:d5dc1683693a5fe2652952f50dbbeccd02716799c26c6d1a1378b226cf845e9b",
+  ]
+}
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/random" {
+  version = "3.4.3"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:xZGZf18JjMS06pFa4NErzANI98qi59SEcBsOcS2P2yQ=",
+    "zh:41c53ba47085d8261590990f8633c8906696fa0a3c4b384ff6a7ecbf84339752",
+    "zh:59d98081c4475f2ad77d881c4412c5129c56214892f490adf11c7e7a5a47de9b",
+    "zh:686ad1ee40b812b9e016317e7f34c0d63ef837e084dea4a1f578f64a6314ad53",
+    "zh:78d5eefdd9e494defcb3c68d282b8f96630502cac21d1ea161f53cfe9bb483b3",
+    "zh:84103eae7251384c0d995f5a257c72b0096605048f757b749b7b62107a5dccb3",
+    "zh:8ee974b110adb78c7cd18aae82b2729e5124d8f115d484215fd5199451053de5",
+    "zh:9dd4561e3c847e45de603f17fa0c01ae14cae8c4b7b4e6423c9ef3904b308dda",
+    "zh:bb07bb3c2c0296beba0beec629ebc6474c70732387477a65966483b5efabdbc6",
+    "zh:e891339e96c9e5a888727b45b2e1bb3fcbdfe0fd7c5b4396e4695459b38c8cb1",
+    "zh:ea4739860c24dfeaac6c100b2a2e357106a89d18751f7693f3c31ecf6a996f8d",
+    "zh:f0c76ac303fd0ab59146c39bc121c5d7d86f878e9a69294e29444d4c653786f8",
+    "zh:f143a9a5af42b38fed328a161279906759ff39ac428ebcfe55606e05e1518b93",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index f54b27e..767a571 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -160,4 +160,10 @@ variable "attributes" {
 #   type        = map(string)
 #   default     = {}
 #   description = "Additional tags (e.g. map(`BusinessUnit`,`XYZ`)."
-# }
\ No newline at end of file
+# }
+
+variable "deletion_protection" {
+  type = bool
+  default = null
+  description = "(optional) describe your variable"
+}
\ No newline at end of file