diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-build.yaml
index 5b6ff9d6acc..c9b73bd13c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-build.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ env:
   TURBO_SCM_BASE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
   TURBO_SCM_HEAD: ${{ github.sha }}
 
-concurrency:
-  group: push
-  cancel-in-progress: false
+# uncommment this to enforce only one action can run at a time
+# concurrency:
+#   group: ${{ github.workflow }}
+#   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-test.yaml
index bd640580289..e095b0d0189 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-test.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ env:
   TURBO_SCM_BASE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
   TURBO_SCM_HEAD: ${{ github.sha }}
 
-concurrency:
-  group: push
-  cancel-in-progress: false
+# uncommment this to enforce only one action can run at a time
+# concurrency:
+#   group: ${{ github.workflow }}
+#   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
   test:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 3fdc96945ee..dbeee339083 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ on:
       - 1.2.x
       - release-[0-9].[0-9]*
 
+# enforce only one release action at a time
 concurrency:
-  group: push
-  cancel-in-progress: false
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
   release: