diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-lock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/lock/KubernetesLock.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-lock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/lock/KubernetesLock.java
index d6b78759..0119f247 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-lock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/lock/KubernetesLock.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-lock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/lock/KubernetesLock.java
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ public class KubernetesLock implements Lock {
 
 	@Override
 	public void unlock() {
-		// TODO delete configmap for this lock
-		// TODO consider only allowing lock release only from the same application and/or thread
+		repository.delete(name);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-lock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/lock/KubernetesLockTest.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-lock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/lock/KubernetesLockTest.java
index 7cb623ee..2e6f6da0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-lock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/lock/KubernetesLockTest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-lock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/lock/KubernetesLockTest.java
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ public class KubernetesLockTest {
 
 	@Test
 	public void shouldUnlock() {
+		lock.unlock();
 
+		verify(repository).delete(NAME);
 	}
 
 	@Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)