diff --git a/pkg/rewriter/generated.go b/pkg/rewriter/generated.go
index e6f817c..4adb162 100644
--- a/pkg/rewriter/generated.go
+++ b/pkg/rewriter/generated.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ func GeneratedValues() ResourceRewriter {
 		RemoveField("metadata", "generateName"),
 		RemoveField("metadata", "creationTimestamp"),
 		RemoveField("metadata", "deletionTimestamp"),
+		RemoveField("metadata", "deletionGracePeriodSeconds"),
 		RemoveField("metadata", "uid"),
 		RemoveField("metadata", "resourceVersion"),
 	)
diff --git a/pkg/rewriter/generated_test.go b/pkg/rewriter/generated_test.go
index 973ac15..c35f070 100644
--- a/pkg/rewriter/generated_test.go
+++ b/pkg/rewriter/generated_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
 func TestGeneratedValues(t *testing.T) {
@@ -17,26 +18,29 @@ func TestGeneratedValues(t *testing.T) {
 	timestamp := metav1.NewTime(time.Date(2023, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
 	pod := &corev1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			GenerateName:      "generated-",
-			CreationTimestamp: timestamp,
-			DeletionTimestamp: &timestamp,
-			UID:               types.UID("1000"),
-			ResourceVersion:   "2000",
+			GenerateName:               "generated-",
+			CreationTimestamp:          timestamp,
+			DeletionTimestamp:          &timestamp,
+			DeletionGracePeriodSeconds: ptr.To(int64(30)),
+			UID:                        types.UID("1000"),
+			ResourceVersion:            "2000",
 		},
 	}
 	pod = testRewriterBeforeImport(t, r, pod)
 	assert.Empty(t, pod.GetGenerateName())
 	assert.Empty(t, pod.GetCreationTimestamp())
 	assert.Empty(t, pod.GetDeletionTimestamp())
+	assert.Empty(t, pod.GetDeletionGracePeriodSeconds())
 	assert.Empty(t, pod.GetUID())
 	assert.Empty(t, pod.GetResourceVersion())
 
-	expectedFields := map[string]string{
-		"generateName":      "generated-",
-		"creationTimestamp": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
-		"deletionTimestamp": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
-		"uid":               "1000",
-		"resourceVersion":   "2000",
+	expectedFields := map[string]any{
+		"generateName":               "generated-",
+		"creationTimestamp":          "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+		"deletionTimestamp":          "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+		"deletionGracePeriodSeconds": 30,
+		"uid":                        "1000",
+		"resourceVersion":            "2000",
 	}
 	for k, v := range expectedFields {
 		fieldName := fmt.Sprintf("metadata.%s", k)
@@ -44,13 +48,14 @@ func TestGeneratedValues(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Contains(t, pod.GetAnnotations(), annotation, "annotation %q missing", fieldName)
 		var unserialized any
 		assert.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal([]byte(pod.GetAnnotations()[annotation]), &unserialized))
-		assert.Equal(t, v, unserialized, "wrong value stored in %q", fieldName)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, v, unserialized, "wrong value stored in %q metadata %q", fieldName, pod.GetAnnotations()[annotation])
 	}
 
 	pod = testRewriterBeforeServing(t, r, pod)
 	assert.Equal(t, "generated-", pod.GetGenerateName())
 	assert.Equal(t, timestamp.Format(time.RFC3339), pod.GetCreationTimestamp().In(time.UTC).Format(time.RFC3339))
 	assert.Equal(t, timestamp.Format(time.RFC3339), pod.GetDeletionTimestamp().In(time.UTC).Format(time.RFC3339))
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(30), ptr.Deref(pod.GetDeletionGracePeriodSeconds(), 0))
 	assert.Equal(t, types.UID("1000"), pod.GetUID())
 	assert.Equal(t, "2000", pod.GetResourceVersion())
 }