diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5b5f0bbd9bbe4b863d52b5d0ff03b20ca8845c26..ecf386dbb4a2e72d1e8af5c4000afdf549ffee28 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>de.landsh.opendata</groupId>
     <artifactId>dcat-uploader</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.2</version>
+    <version>1.0.3</version>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/landsh/opendata/ckan/CkanAPI.java b/src/main/java/de/landsh/opendata/ckan/CkanAPI.java
index 657be12dfd11d8cf06968590d54dd409e507b7cd..c7f66289b11b30a70b7a3602deea98a7979f6b48 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/landsh/opendata/ckan/CkanAPI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/landsh/opendata/ckan/CkanAPI.java
@@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ public class CkanAPI {
     }
 
     boolean doesDatasetExist(String packageId) throws IOException {
-        HttpGet requestPackageShow = new HttpGet(baseURL + "/api/3/action/package_show?id=" + packageId);
-        JSONObject response = restClient.executeHttpRequest(requestPackageShow);
+        final HttpGet requestPackageShow = new HttpGet(baseURL + "/api/3/action/package_show?id=" + packageId);
+        final JSONObject response = restClient.executeHttpRequest(requestPackageShow);
 
         return isResponseSuccess(response);
     }
@@ -419,4 +419,18 @@ public class CkanAPI {
         return updatePackage(packageObject);
     }
 
+    public boolean deleteResource(String resourceId) throws IOException {
+        final JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
+        json.put("id", resourceId);
+
+        final HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(baseURL + "/api/action/resource_delete");
+        httpPost.addHeader("Authorization", apiKey.toString());
+        httpPost.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
+        httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(json.toString(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+
+        final JSONObject responseJSON = restClient.executeHttpRequest(httpPost);
+
+        return responseJSON.getBoolean("success");
+    }
+
 }