diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba8a009f4..0a5c3c017 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 * Migrate from legacy Rails secrets to credentials (#1326)
   * Rails secrets were [deprecated in Rails 7.1](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/48472)
   * [Guide on credentials](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/security.html#custom-credentials)
+* For deployments, `allow_concurrency` defaults to the same value as `force`. If wanted, it can be set separately by passing the intended value for `allow_concurrency` to `build_deploy` method
+
 
 # 0.39.0
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e8a6f17f1..a48fa65e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -357,6 +357,11 @@ For example:
 fetch:
   curl --silent https://app.example.com/services/ping/version
 ```
+
+**Note:** Currently, deployments in emergency mode are configured to occur concurrently via [the `build_deploy` method](https://github.com/Shopify/shipit-engine/blob/main/app/models/shipit/stack.rb),
+whose `allow_concurrency` keyword argument defaults to `force`, where `force` is true when emergency mode is enabled. 
+If you'd like to separate these two from one another, override this method as desired in your service.
+
 <h3 id="kubernetes">Kubernetes</h3>
 
 **<code>kubernetes</code>** allows to specify a Kubernetes namespace and context to deploy to.
diff --git a/app/controllers/shipit/deploys_controller.rb b/app/controllers/shipit/deploys_controller.rb
index 730c5d6c3..6665043b0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/shipit/deploys_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/shipit/deploys_controller.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def create
         current_user,
         env: deploy_params[:env],
         force: params[:force].present?,
+        allow_concurrency: params[:allow_concurrency].present?,
       )
       respond_with(@deploy.stack, @deploy)
     rescue Task::ConcurrentTaskRunning
diff --git a/app/models/shipit/stack.rb b/app/models/shipit/stack.rb
index 4f2642f89..23767f254 100644
--- a/app/models/shipit/stack.rb
+++ b/app/models/shipit/stack.rb
@@ -150,14 +150,14 @@ def trigger_task(definition_id, user, env: nil, force: false)
       task
     end
 
-    def build_deploy(until_commit, user, env: nil, force: false)
+    def build_deploy(until_commit, user, env: nil, force: false, allow_concurrency: force)
       since_commit = last_deployed_commit.presence || commits.first
       deploys.build(
         user_id: user.id,
         until_commit: until_commit,
         since_commit: since_commit,
         env: filter_deploy_envs(env&.to_h || {}),
-        allow_concurrency: force,
+        allow_concurrency: allow_concurrency,
         ignored_safeties: force || !until_commit.deployable?,
         max_retries: retries_on_deploy,
       )
diff --git a/test/models/deploys_test.rb b/test/models/deploys_test.rb
index 51e120cf6..670f28d9b 100644
--- a/test/models/deploys_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/deploys_test.rb
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ def generate_commits(amount:, stack_id:, user_id:, validate:)
 
       assert_difference -> { ReleaseStatus.count }, +1 do
         assert_equal 'unknown', @commit.last_release_status.state
-        @deploy = @stack.trigger_deploy(@commit, AnonymousUser.new, force: true)
+        @deploy = @stack.trigger_deploy(@commit, AnonymousUser.new, force: true, allow_concurrency: true)
         assert_equal 'pending', @commit.last_release_status.state
       end
     end
diff --git a/test/models/shipit/stack_test.rb b/test/models/shipit/stack_test.rb
index a65e82efe..740746258 100644
--- a/test/models/shipit/stack_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/shipit/stack_test.rb
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ def self.deliver(event, stack, payload)
     end
 
     test "#active_task? is false if stack has a concurrent deploy in active state" do
-      @stack.trigger_deploy(shipit_commits(:third), AnonymousUser.new, force: true)
+      @stack.trigger_deploy(shipit_commits(:third), AnonymousUser.new, force: true, allow_concurrency: true)
       refute @stack.active_task?
     end