diff --git a/kits/delete-user-data/README.md b/kits/delete-user-data/README.md
index 3cc0ec9e3..256b5d9ca 100644
--- a/kits/delete-user-data/README.md
+++ b/kits/delete-user-data/README.md
@@ -182,12 +182,14 @@ The extension deployed to the location you picked at install time. This kit
 sets no region, so its functions deploy to your codebase's default
 (`us-central1` unless you have changed it).
 
-### Pub/Sub handlers are 2nd gen
-
-`handleSearch` and `handleDeletion` are now 2nd gen functions. `clearData`
-stays 1st gen, because the Firebase Auth `user.delete` trigger has no 2nd gen
-equivalent. This mainly matters if you have infrastructure or alerting keyed to
-function generation.
+### All functions are 2nd gen
+
+`clearData`, `handleSearch` and `handleDeletion` are all 2nd gen functions. Kits
+do not support 1st gen endpoints, so `clearData` listens on the 2nd gen Firebase
+Auth event `google.firebase.auth.user.v2.deleted` instead of the 1st gen
+`user.delete` trigger. That event type is still beta in `firebase-functions`.
+This mainly matters if you have infrastructure or alerting keyed to function
+generation.
 
 ### Empty search fields no longer error
 
diff --git a/kits/delete-user-data/src/identity-shim.d.ts b/kits/delete-user-data/src/identity-shim.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25217d9b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kits/delete-user-data/src/identity-shim.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import type { UserRecord } from "firebase-functions/v1/auth";
+import type { CloudEvent, CloudFunction } from "firebase-functions/v2";
+
+/**
+ * `onUserDeleted` ships in firebase-functions 7.3.2 and emits a `gcfv2`
+ * endpoint, but is marked `@beta @internal` upstream and so is stripped from
+ * the published type declarations. It is the only 2nd gen Firebase Auth
+ * deletion trigger, and kits reject 1st gen endpoints. Keep `firebase-functions`
+ * pinned exactly: this signature carries no stability guarantee. Delete this
+ * file once the export is public.
+ */
+declare module "firebase-functions/v2/identity" {
+  export function onUserDeleted(
+    handler: (event: CloudEvent<UserRecord>) => unknown
+  ): CloudFunction<CloudEvent<UserRecord>>;
+}
diff --git a/kits/delete-user-data/src/index.ts b/kits/delete-user-data/src/index.ts
index bd6012502..5c39e70ff 100644
--- a/kits/delete-user-data/src/index.ts
+++ b/kits/delete-user-data/src/index.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 import { PubSub } from "@google-cloud/pubsub";
 import * as admin from "firebase-admin";
 import { getFirestore } from "firebase-admin/firestore";
-import * as functionsV1 from "firebase-functions/v1";
 import type { Role } from "firebase-functions/v2";
 import { requiresRole } from "firebase-functions/v2";
+import { onUserDeleted } from "firebase-functions/v2/identity";
 import { onMessagePublished } from "firebase-functions/v2/pubsub";
 import { CONFIG_EXPRESSIONS, configFromEnv } from "./config";
 import * as events from "./events";
@@ -81,8 +81,15 @@ function getContext(): HandlerContext {
   return ctx;
 }
 
-export const clearData = functionsV1.auth.user().onDelete((user) => {
-  return handleClear(user.uid, getContext());
+export const clearData = onUserDeleted((event) => {
+  // The Auth event delivers no user record when the payload envelope is empty,
+  // so bail before getContext() rather than initialising the SDKs for nothing.
+  const uid = event.data?.uid;
+  if (!uid) {
+    logs.deletionEventMissingUid(event.id);
+    return;
+  }
+  return handleClear(uid, getContext());
 });
 
 export const handleSearch = onMessagePublished(
diff --git a/kits/delete-user-data/src/logs.ts b/kits/delete-user-data/src/logs.ts
index 4145c8ac0..cbacbc8dd 100644
--- a/kits/delete-user-data/src/logs.ts
+++ b/kits/delete-user-data/src/logs.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ export const customFunctionError = (err: Error) => {
   logger.error(`Call to custom hook function threw an error`, err);
 };
 
+export const deletionEventMissingUid = (eventId: string) => {
+  logger.error(
+    `Auth deletion event ${eventId} carried no user id, so no data was deleted`
+  );
+};
+
 export function warnInvalidPaths(invalidPathCount: number, uid: string) {
   logger.warn(
     `Attempted to delete ${invalidPathCount} invalid paths for deleted user ${uid}`
diff --git a/kits/delete-user-data/tests/index.test.ts b/kits/delete-user-data/tests/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b031ab638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kits/delete-user-data/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
+
+vi.mock("../src/logs");
+vi.mock("../src/handlers", async (importOriginal) => ({
+  ...(await importOriginal<typeof import("../src/handlers")>()),
+  handleClear: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+import { handleClear } from "../src/handlers";
+import { clearData } from "../src/index";
+import * as logs from "../src/logs";
+
+function deletionEvent(data: unknown) {
+  return {
+    specversion: "1.0",
+    id: "event-id",
+    type: "google.firebase.auth.user.v2.deleted",
+    source: "//identitytoolkit.googleapis.com/projects/test-project",
+    time: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+    data,
+  } as any;
+}
+
+describe("clearData", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  // Kits reject gen1 endpoints, so the deploy fails if this regresses.
+  test("registers a gen2 Firebase Auth deletion trigger", () => {
+    const endpoint = (clearData as any).__endpoint;
+
+    expect(endpoint.platform).toBe("gcfv2");
+    expect(endpoint.eventTrigger.eventType).toBe(
+      "google.firebase.auth.user.v2.deleted"
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("logs and skips deletion when the event carries no user record", () => {
+    expect(() => clearData(deletionEvent(undefined))).not.toThrow();
+
+    expect(handleClear).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(logs.deletionEventMissingUid).toHaveBeenCalledWith("event-id");
+  });
+
+  test("logs and skips deletion when the user record has no uid", () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      clearData(deletionEvent({ email: "user@example.com" }))
+    ).not.toThrow();
+
+    expect(handleClear).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(logs.deletionEventMissingUid).toHaveBeenCalledWith("event-id");
+  });
+});