diff --git a/doc/cloud-platform_pipeline_delete-cluster.md b/doc/cloud-platform_pipeline_delete-cluster.md
index 062bbfb0..ab0119cb 100644
--- a/doc/cloud-platform_pipeline_delete-cluster.md
+++ b/doc/cloud-platform_pipeline_delete-cluster.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ It will delete the components, then the cluster, the VPC, terraform workspace an
 You must have the following environment variables set, or passed via arguments:
 	- a cluster name
 
+Optionally you can pass a branch name to use for the pipeline run, default is "main"
+
    ** You _must_ have the fly cli installed **
    --> https://concourse-ci.org/fly.html
 
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ cloud-platform pipeline delete-cluster [flags]
 ### Options
 
 ```
+  -b, --branch-name string    branch name to use for pipeline run (default: main) (default "main")
       --cluster-name string   cluster to delete
   -h, --help                  help for delete-cluster
 ```
diff --git a/pkg/commands/pipeline.go b/pkg/commands/pipeline.go
index 9d00c1f1..70a36c9c 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/pipeline.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/pipeline.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type pipelineOptions struct {
 	Name          string
 	NodeGroupName string
 	MaxNameLength int8
+	BranchName    string
 }
 
 var cliOpt pipelineOptions
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ func addPipelineCordonAndDrainClusterCmd(toplevel *cobra.Command) {
 
 func (opt *pipelineOptions) addPipelineDeleteClusterFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cliOpt.Name, "cluster-name", "", "cluster to delete")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cliOpt.BranchName, "branch-name", "b", "main", "branch name to use for pipeline run (default: main)")
 }
 
 func addPipelineDeleteClusterCmd(toplevel *cobra.Command) {
@@ -85,6 +87,8 @@ func addPipelineDeleteClusterCmd(toplevel *cobra.Command) {
 			You must have the following environment variables set, or passed via arguments:
 				- a cluster name
 
+			Optionally you can pass a branch name to use for the pipeline run, default is "main"
+
       ** You _must_ have the fly cli installed **
       --> https://concourse-ci.org/fly.html
 
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ func addPipelineDeleteClusterCmd(toplevel *cobra.Command) {
 				contextLogger.Fatal(err)
 			}
 
-			pipeline.DeletePipelineShellCmds(cliOpt.Name)
+			pipeline.DeletePipelineShellCmds(cliOpt.Name, cliOpt.BranchName)
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/pipeline/pipeline.go b/pkg/pipeline/pipeline.go
index 8218f96e..9ec6cfee 100644
--- a/pkg/pipeline/pipeline.go
+++ b/pkg/pipeline/pipeline.go
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ func runCmd(cliCmd string, args []string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func DeletePipelineShellCmds(clusterName string) {
+func DeletePipelineShellCmds(clusterName string, branchName string) {
 	runCmd("fly", []string{"--target", "manager", "login", "--team-name", "main", "--concourse-url", "https://concourse.cloud-platform.service.justice.gov.uk/"})
-	runCmd("bash", []string{"-c", "wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-terraform-concourse/main/pipelines/manager/main/delete-cluster.yaml | fly --target manager set-pipeline -p delete-cluster -c - -v cluster_name=" + clusterName})
+	runCmd("bash", []string{"-c", "wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-terraform-concourse/main/pipelines/manager/main/delete-cluster.yaml | fly --target manager set-pipeline -p delete-cluster -c - -v cluster_name=" + clusterName + " -v branch_name=" + branchName})
 	runCmd("fly", []string{"--target", "manager", "trigger-job", "-j", "delete-cluster/delete"})
 	fmt.Println("Deleting... https://concourse.cloud-platform.service.justice.gov.uk/teams/main/pipelines/delete-cluster/jobs/delete/builds/latest")
 }