diff --git a/sqlmesh/core/snapshot/evaluator.py b/sqlmesh/core/snapshot/evaluator.py
index 45dd7d3f3a..6baa440ba6 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/core/snapshot/evaluator.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/core/snapshot/evaluator.py
@@ -2378,14 +2378,19 @@ def migrate(
     def delete(self, name: str, **kwargs: t.Any) -> None:
         cascade = kwargs.pop("cascade", False)
         try:
-            self.adapter.drop_view(name, cascade=cascade)
+            # Some engines (e.g., RisingWave) don’t fail when dropping a materialized view with a DROP VIEW statement,
+            # because views and materialized views don’t share the same namespace. Therefore, we should not ignore if the
+            # view doesn't exist and let the exception handler attempt to drop the materialized view.
+            self.adapter.drop_view(name, cascade=cascade, ignore_if_not_exists=False)
         except Exception:
             logger.debug(
                 "Failed to drop view '%s'. Trying to drop the materialized view instead",
                 name,
                 exc_info=True,
             )
-            self.adapter.drop_view(name, materialized=True, cascade=cascade)
+            self.adapter.drop_view(
+                name, materialized=True, cascade=cascade, ignore_if_not_exists=True
+            )
         logger.info("Dropped view '%s'", name)
 
     def _is_materialized_view(self, model: Model) -> bool:
diff --git a/tests/core/test_snapshot_evaluator.py b/tests/core/test_snapshot_evaluator.py
index 4ff2c3893a..53f9bd425a 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_snapshot_evaluator.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_snapshot_evaluator.py
@@ -470,6 +470,64 @@ def create_and_cleanup(name: str, dev_table_only: bool):
     )
 
 
+def test_cleanup_view(adapter_mock, make_snapshot):
+    evaluator = SnapshotEvaluator(adapter_mock)
+
+    model = SqlModel(
+        name="catalog.test_schema.test_model",
+        kind=ViewKind(materialized=False),
+        query=parse_one("SELECT a FROM tbl"),
+    )
+
+    snapshot = make_snapshot(model)
+    snapshot.categorize_as(SnapshotChangeCategory.BREAKING, forward_only=True)
+
+    evaluator.promote([snapshot], EnvironmentNamingInfo(name="test_env"))
+    evaluator.cleanup([SnapshotTableCleanupTask(snapshot=snapshot.table_info, dev_table_only=True)])
+
+    adapter_mock.get_data_object.assert_not_called()
+    adapter_mock.drop_view.assert_called_once_with(
+        f"catalog.sqlmesh__test_schema.test_schema__test_model__{snapshot.fingerprint.to_version()}__dev",
+        cascade=True,
+        ignore_if_not_exists=False,
+    )
+
+
+def test_cleanup_materialized_view(adapter_mock, make_snapshot):
+    evaluator = SnapshotEvaluator(adapter_mock)
+
+    model = SqlModel(
+        name="catalog.test_schema.test_model",
+        kind=ViewKind(materialized=True),
+        query=parse_one("SELECT a FROM tbl"),
+    )
+
+    snapshot = make_snapshot(model)
+    snapshot.categorize_as(SnapshotChangeCategory.BREAKING, forward_only=True)
+
+    adapter_mock.drop_view.side_effect = [RuntimeError("failed to drop view"), None]
+
+    evaluator.promote([snapshot], EnvironmentNamingInfo(name="test_env"))
+    evaluator.cleanup([SnapshotTableCleanupTask(snapshot=snapshot.table_info, dev_table_only=True)])
+
+    adapter_mock.get_data_object.assert_not_called()
+    adapter_mock.drop_view.assert_has_calls(
+        [
+            call(
+                f"catalog.sqlmesh__test_schema.test_schema__test_model__{snapshot.fingerprint.to_version()}__dev",
+                cascade=True,
+                ignore_if_not_exists=False,
+            ),
+            call(
+                f"catalog.sqlmesh__test_schema.test_schema__test_model__{snapshot.fingerprint.to_version()}__dev",
+                materialized=True,
+                cascade=True,
+                ignore_if_not_exists=True,
+            ),
+        ]
+    )
+
+
 def test_cleanup_fails(adapter_mock, make_snapshot):
     adapter_mock.drop_table.side_effect = RuntimeError("test_error")