diff --git a/.github/workflows/node-github-release.yml b/.github/workflows/node-github-release.yml
index d8552b35..d176ce6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node-github-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node-github-release.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ permissions:
 
 concurrency:
   group: node-github-release
-  queue: max
+  cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
   release:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/node-release-cut.yml b/.github/workflows/node-release-cut.yml
index 6edec563..2b96ffb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node-release-cut.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node-release-cut.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ permissions:
 
 concurrency:
   group: node-release-cut
-  queue: max
+  cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
   cut:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/node-release.yml b/.github/workflows/node-release.yml
index 84ef6889..0f5ce6e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node-release.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}
-  queue: max
+  cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
   verify:
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/release-automation.test.ts b/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/release-automation.test.ts
index 7c4a4b6a..b354f996 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/release-automation.test.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/release-automation.test.ts
@@ -2046,13 +2046,15 @@ describe("GitHub release workflow safeguards", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  test("durably queues every release-cut and protected publishing run", () => {
+  test("serializes release-cut and protected publishing without canceling active runs", () => {
     expect(releaseCutWorkflow).toMatch(
-      /concurrency:\s*\n\s+group: node-release-cut\s*\n\s+queue: max/u,
+      /concurrency:\s*\n\s+group: node-release-cut\s*\n\s+cancel-in-progress: false/u,
     );
     expect(protectedReleaseWorkflow).toMatch(
-      /concurrency:\s*\n\s+group: \$\{\{ github\.workflow \}\}\s*\n\s+queue: max/u,
+      /concurrency:\s*\n\s+group: \$\{\{ github\.workflow \}\}\s*\n\s+cancel-in-progress: false/u,
     );
+    expect(releaseCutWorkflow).not.toMatch(/^\s+queue:/mu);
+    expect(protectedReleaseWorkflow).not.toMatch(/^\s+queue:/mu);
   });
 
   test("dispatches GitHub releases after publishing with isolated permissions", () => {
@@ -2111,8 +2113,9 @@ describe("GitHub release workflow safeguards", () => {
 
   test("serializes every GitHub release and historical backfill", () => {
     expect(githubReleaseWorkflow).toMatch(
-      /concurrency:\s*\n\s+group: node-github-release\s*\n\s+queue: max/u,
+      /concurrency:\s*\n\s+group: node-github-release\s*\n\s+cancel-in-progress: false/u,
     );
+    expect(githubReleaseWorkflow).not.toMatch(/^\s+queue:/mu);
     expect(githubReleaseWorkflow).not.toContain(
       "group: node-github-release-${{",
     );