diff --git a/panel/src/panel/views.py b/panel/src/panel/views.py
index 45358e46..9bbe20bb 100644
--- a/panel/src/panel/views.py
+++ b/panel/src/panel/views.py
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ class DeploymentStatus(ConfigurationForm):
             "apply",
             f"-state={cwd}/terraform.tfstate", # FIXME: separate users' state
             "--auto-approve",
+            "-lock=false",
         ]
         deployment_result = subprocess.run(cmd, cwd=cwd, env=env)
         print(deployment_result)