diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index cbb38f1f..1de747e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ jobs:
           CI: true
           PINECONE_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.PINECONE_API_KEY }}
         run: npm run test:integration:cleanup
-
   typescript-compilation-tests:
     name: TS compile
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/utils/cleanupResources.ts b/utils/cleanupResources.ts
index a76a9f4b..a419c1a0 100644
--- a/utils/cleanupResources.ts
+++ b/utils/cleanupResources.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-var dotenv = require('dotenv');
+const dotenv = require('dotenv');
+
+const pinecone = require('../dist');
+
 dotenv.config();
 
 for (const envVar of ['PINECONE_API_KEY']) {
@@ -8,23 +11,33 @@ for (const envVar of ['PINECONE_API_KEY']) {
     console.log(`INFO Found environment variable ${envVar} in .env file`);
   }
 }
-
-var pinecone = require('../dist');
-
 (async () => {
   const p = new pinecone.Pinecone();
 
   const collectionList = await p.listCollections();
-  for (const collection of collectionList.collections) {
-    console.log(`Deleting collection ${collection.name}`);
-    await p.deleteCollection(collection.name);
+  if (collectionList.collections) {
+    for (const collection of collectionList.collections) {
+      console.log(`Deleting collection ${collection.name}`);
+      await p.deleteCollection(collection.name);
+    }
   }
 
   const response = await p.listIndexes();
-  for (const index of response.indexes) {
-    console.log(`Deleting index ${index.name}`);
-    await p.deleteIndex(index.name);
+  if (response.indexes) {
+    for (const index of response.indexes) {
+      if (index.deletionProtection === 'enabled') {
+        console.log(
+          'Changing deletionProtection status for index...',
+          index.name
+        );
+        await p.configureIndex(index.name, { deletionProtection: 'disabled' });
+        console.log(`Deleting index ${index.name}...`);
+        await p.deleteIndex(index.name);
+      } else {
+        console.log(`Deleting index ${index.name}`);
+        await p.deleteIndex(index.name);
+      }
+    }
+    process.exit();
   }
-
-  process.exit();
 })();
diff --git a/utils/replInit.ts b/utils/replInit.ts
index 350b1e40..169ebf0f 100644
--- a/utils/replInit.ts
+++ b/utils/replInit.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // and import top level exports of the built version of the library so it can be easily used for
 // manual testing. It will typically be invoked via `npm run repl`.
 
-var dotenv = require('dotenv');
+const dotenv = require('dotenv');
 dotenv.config();
 
 const expectedVars = ['PINECONE_API_KEY'];
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ for (const envVar of expectedVars) {
   }
 }
 
-var myrepl = require('repl').start();
-var pinecone = require('../dist');
+const myrepl = require('repl').start();
+const pinecone = require('../dist');
 
 // Automatically import all top-level exports from the built version of the library.
 for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(pinecone)) {