diff --git a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/util/gcsx/gcs.go b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/util/gcsx/gcs.go
index 83eeb823f4a2..1dd85924447f 100644
--- a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/util/gcsx/gcs.go
+++ b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/util/gcsx/gcs.go
@@ -63,9 +63,20 @@ func Upload(ctx context.Context, client *storage.Client, project, bucket, object
 
 }
 
-// CreateBucket creates a bucket in GCS.
+// Get BucketAttrs with RetentionDuration of SoftDeletePolicy set to zero for disabling SoftDeletePolicy.
+func getDisableSoftDeletePolicyBucketAttrs() *storage.BucketAttrs {
+	attrs := &storage.BucketAttrs{
+		SoftDeletePolicy: &storage.SoftDeletePolicy{
+			RetentionDuration: 0,
+		},
+	}
+	return attrs
+}
+
+// CreateBucket creates a bucket in GCS with RetentionDuration of zero to disable SoftDeletePolicy.
 func CreateBucket(ctx context.Context, client *storage.Client, project, bucket string) error {
-	return client.Bucket(bucket).Create(ctx, project, nil)
+	disableSoftDeletePolicyBucketAttrs := getDisableSoftDeletePolicyBucketAttrs()
+	return client.Bucket(bucket).Create(ctx, project, disableSoftDeletePolicyBucketAttrs)
 }
 
 // BucketExists returns true iff the given bucket exists.
diff --git a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/util/gcsx/gcs_test.go b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/util/gcsx/gcs_test.go
index 90fb4b59f2fe..463ba3ea1833 100644
--- a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/util/gcsx/gcs_test.go
+++ b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/util/gcsx/gcs_test.go
@@ -96,3 +96,13 @@ func TestJoin(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGetDisableSoftDeletePolicyBucketAttrs(t *testing.T) {
+	attrs := getDisableSoftDeletePolicyBucketAttrs()
+	if attrs == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Fail to getDisableSoftDeletePolicyBucketAttrs.")
+	}
+	if attrs != nil && attrs.SoftDeletePolicy.RetentionDuration != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("attrs has RetentionDuration %v which is not correct", attrs.SoftDeletePolicy.RetentionDuration)
+	}
+}