diff --git a/src/driver/controller_test.go b/src/driver/controller_test.go
index 8c4aa7d..1f59176 100644
--- a/src/driver/controller_test.go
+++ b/src/driver/controller_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/container-storage-interface/spec/lib/go/csi"
 	mock_quobyte_api "github.com/quobyte/api/mocks"
@@ -78,6 +79,26 @@ func TestDeleteVolume(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(err)
 	assert.NotNil(got)
 	assert.Equal(&csi.DeleteVolumeResponse{}, got)
+
+	// Erase volume failure should send back error to upper layer
+	ctrl = gomock.NewController(t)
+	quoybteClient = mock_quobyte_api.NewMockExtendedQuobyteApi(ctrl)
+	quoybteClient.EXPECT().EraseVolumeByResolvingNamesToUUID(
+		gomock.Eq(volume), gomock.Eq(tenant), gomock.Any()).Return(fmt.Errorf("Erase volume error"))
+	quobyteClientProvider = mocks.NewMockQuobyteApiClientProvider(ctrl)
+	quobyteClientProvider.EXPECT().NewQuobyteApiClient(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).DoAndReturn(
+		func (_ *url.URL, _ map[string]string) (quobyte.ExtendedQuobyteApi, error) {
+			return quoybteClient, nil
+		}).AnyTimes()
+	d.quoybteClientFactory = quobyteClientProvider
+	req = &csi.DeleteVolumeRequest{
+		VolumeId: tenant + SEPARATOR + volume,
+		Secrets: secrets,
+	}
+	got, err = d.DeleteVolume(context.TODO(), req)
+	assert.NotNil(err)
+	assert.Contains(err.Error(), "Erase volume error")
+	assert.Nil(got)
 	// TODO(venkat): add snapshots and subdir (shared volume) tests
 }
 
diff --git a/src/go.mod b/src/go.mod
index 02dd53f..9c8a495 100644
--- a/src/go.mod
+++ b/src/go.mod
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
-replace github.com/quobyte/api => /home/venkat/go/src/github.com/quobyte/api
+// Uncomment only during testing with local version of Quobyte API
+//replace github.com/quobyte/api => /home/venkat/go/src/github.com/quobyte/api
diff --git a/src/go.sum b/src/go.sum
index 68740f3..a85d517 100644
--- a/src/go.sum
+++ b/src/go.sum
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v1.0.2 h1:dV3g9Z/unq5DpblPpw+Oqcv4dU/1omnb4Ok8iP
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v1.0.2/go.mod h1:iADmTwqILo4mZ8BN3D2Q6+9jd8WM5uGBxy+E8yxSoD4=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/quobyte/api v1.3.0 h1:4Qto1m+dgoqSH9o3C8TvwpN+08lmEiOxEBcQOPzmg9s=
+github.com/quobyte/api v1.3.0/go.mod h1:+TJmul6UJXpU0QLE0Rq2lFCYcr7GNyKrVOdMJCnZkY0=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 go.uber.org/mock v0.4.0 h1:VcM4ZOtdbR4f6VXfiOpwpVJDL6lCReaZ6mw31wqh7KU=