diff --git a/src/adapter/basic.ts b/src/adapter/basic.ts
index 2cfe01bd..ca41356c 100644
--- a/src/adapter/basic.ts
+++ b/src/adapter/basic.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,11 @@ export class Adapter<
 
     this.dependencies = this.initializeDependencies(dependencies)
 
-    if (this.config.settings.EA_MODE !== 'reader' && this.dependencies.cache.lock) {
+    if (
+      this.config.settings.EA_MODE !== 'reader' &&
+      this.config.settings.CACHE_LOCK_ENABLED &&
+      this.dependencies.cache.lock
+    ) {
       const [lockAcquiredPromise, lockAcquiredResolve, lockAcquiredReject] =
         deferredPromise<boolean>()
       this.lockAcquiredPromise = lockAcquiredPromise
diff --git a/src/config/index.ts b/src/config/index.ts
index 17a93d92..0d868256 100644
--- a/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/src/config/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ export const BaseSettingsDefinition = {
     default: '/',
     sensitive: false,
   },
+  CACHE_LOCK_ENABLED: {
+    description:
+      'Flag to enable or disable the cache lock mechanism. When disabled, multiple adapter instances can write to the same cache keys concurrently.',
+    type: 'boolean',
+    default: true,
+  },
   CACHE_LOCK_DURATION: {
     description: 'Time (in ms) used as a baseline for the acquisition and extension of cache locks',
     type: 'number',
diff --git a/test/cache/cache-lock.test.ts b/test/cache/cache-lock.test.ts
index eeb0cbb5..f292e48f 100644
--- a/test/cache/cache-lock.test.ts
+++ b/test/cache/cache-lock.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,75 @@ import { test } from './helper'
 // This test needs to use expose to wait for the cache lock promise in the basic EA flow
 process.env['EA_PORT'] = '0'
 
+test.serial(
+  'An adapter with CACHE_LOCK_ENABLED=false should skip lock acquisition even with duplicate names',
+  async (t) => {
+    const config = new AdapterConfig(
+      {},
+      {
+        envDefaultOverrides: {
+          CACHE_TYPE: 'redis',
+          CACHE_REDIS_PORT: 6000,
+          CACHE_LOCK_ENABLED: false,
+          CACHE_LOCK_DEFERRAL_MS: 0,
+        },
+      },
+    )
+    const adapter = new Adapter({
+      name: 'TEST',
+      defaultEndpoint: 'test',
+      config,
+      endpoints: [
+        new AdapterEndpoint({
+          name: 'nowork',
+          transport: new NopTransport(),
+        }),
+      ],
+    })
+
+    const config2 = new AdapterConfig(
+      {},
+      {
+        envDefaultOverrides: {
+          CACHE_TYPE: 'redis',
+          CACHE_REDIS_PORT: 6000,
+          CACHE_LOCK_ENABLED: false,
+          CACHE_LOCK_DEFERRAL_MS: 0,
+        },
+      },
+    )
+    const adapter2 = new Adapter({
+      name: 'TEST',
+      defaultEndpoint: 'test',
+      config: config2,
+      endpoints: [
+        new AdapterEndpoint({
+          name: 'nowork',
+          transport: new NopTransport(),
+        }),
+      ],
+    })
+
+    const redisClient = new RedisMock() as unknown as Redis
+    const cache = new RedisCache(redisClient, 10000)
+    const dependencies: Partial<AdapterDependencies> = {
+      cache,
+      redisClient,
+    }
+
+    try {
+      await expose(adapter, dependencies)
+      await expose(adapter2, dependencies)
+
+      t.is(adapter.lockAcquiredPromise, undefined)
+      t.is(adapter2.lockAcquiredPromise, undefined)
+      t.pass()
+    } catch (error) {
+      t.fail(`No error should have been thrown with CACHE_LOCK_ENABLED=false: ${error}`)
+    }
+  },
+)
+
 test.serial(
   'An adapter with a duplicate name and no cache prefix should fail to acquire a lock',
   async (t) => {
@@ -19,6 +88,7 @@ test.serial(
         envDefaultOverrides: {
           CACHE_TYPE: 'redis',
           CACHE_REDIS_PORT: 6000,
+          CACHE_PREFIX: 'PREFIX',
           CACHE_LOCK_DURATION: 2000,
           CACHE_LOCK_RETRIES: 2,
           CACHE_LOCK_DEFERRAL_MS: 0,
@@ -43,6 +113,7 @@ test.serial(
         envDefaultOverrides: {
           CACHE_TYPE: 'redis',
           CACHE_REDIS_PORT: 6000,
+          CACHE_PREFIX: 'PREFIX',
           CACHE_LOCK_DURATION: 2000,
           CACHE_LOCK_RETRIES: 2,
           CACHE_LOCK_DEFERRAL_MS: 0,