diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9732b8b6..79a72299 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-shellwords v1.0.12
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c
-	github.com/planetscale/planetscale-go v0.165.0
+	github.com/planetscale/planetscale-go v0.166.0
 	github.com/planetscale/psdb v0.0.0-20250717190954-65c6661ab6e4
 	github.com/planetscale/psdbproxy v0.0.0-20250728082226-3f4ea3a74ec7
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cb08e6b5..c3251e47 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c/go.mod h1:7rwL4CYBLnjL
 github.com/pkg/diff v0.0.0-20210226163009-20ebb0f2a09e/go.mod h1:pJLUxLENpZxwdsKMEsNbx1VGcRFpLqf3715MtcvvzbA=
 github.com/planetscale/noglog v0.2.1-0.20210421230640-bea75fcd2e8e h1:MZ8D+Z3m2vvqGZLvoQfpaGg/j1fNDr4j03s3PRz4rVY=
 github.com/planetscale/noglog v0.2.1-0.20210421230640-bea75fcd2e8e/go.mod h1:hwAsSPQdvPa3WcfKfzTXxtEq/HlqwLjQasfO6QbGo4Q=
-github.com/planetscale/planetscale-go v0.165.0 h1:huSIreetdhlXwzSweuI1rB6hlAyYEWvZULjPmkCwTdg=
-github.com/planetscale/planetscale-go v0.165.0/go.mod h1:paQCI5SgquuoewvMQM7R+r1XJO868bdP6/ihGidYRM0=
+github.com/planetscale/planetscale-go v0.166.0 h1:Bnd9+VMYAuQgdAbiYUL6pFHU2gNCGae6JEFq2Whpox0=
+github.com/planetscale/planetscale-go v0.166.0/go.mod h1:paQCI5SgquuoewvMQM7R+r1XJO868bdP6/ihGidYRM0=
 github.com/planetscale/psdb v0.0.0-20250717190954-65c6661ab6e4 h1:Xv5pj20Rhfty1Tv0OVcidg4ez4PvGrpKvb6rvUwQgDs=
 github.com/planetscale/psdb v0.0.0-20250717190954-65c6661ab6e4/go.mod h1:M52h5IWxAcbdQ1hSZrLAGQC4ZXslxEsK/Wh9nu3wdWs=
 github.com/planetscale/psdbproxy v0.0.0-20250728082226-3f4ea3a74ec7 h1:aRd6vdE1fyuSI4RVj7oCr8lFmgqXvpnPUmN85VbZCp8=
diff --git a/internal/cmd/deployrequest/deploy.go b/internal/cmd/deployrequest/deploy.go
index 653867d1..416bcfc4 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/deployrequest/deploy.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/deployrequest/deploy.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ func DeployCmd(ch *cmdutil.Helper) *cobra.Command {
 	var flags struct {
 		wait        bool
 		instant_ddl bool
+		strategy    string
 	}
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
@@ -51,11 +52,16 @@ func DeployCmd(ch *cmdutil.Helper) *cobra.Command {
 					printer.BoldBlue(database), printer.BoldBlue(number))
 			}
 
+			if flags.strategy != "" && flags.strategy != "serial" && flags.strategy != "parallel" {
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid --strategy %q: must be \"serial\" or \"parallel\"", flags.strategy)
+			}
+
 			dr, err := client.DeployRequests.Deploy(ctx, &planetscale.PerformDeployRequest{
 				Organization: ch.Config.Organization,
 				Database:     database,
 				Number:       number,
 				InstantDDL:   flags.instant_ddl,
+				Strategy:     flags.strategy,
 			})
 
 			if err != nil {
@@ -112,6 +118,9 @@ func DeployCmd(ch *cmdutil.Helper) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&flags.instant_ddl, "instant", false, "If enabled, the schema migrations from this deploy request will be applied using MySQL’s built-in ALGORITHM=INSTANT option. Deployment will be faster, but cannot be reverted.")
 	// cmd.Flags().MarkHidden("instant")
 
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&flags.strategy, "strategy", "", "Deployment strategy: \"serial\" (default) or \"parallel\". Parallel deployments must be enabled for the database.")
+	_ = cmd.Flags().MarkHidden("strategy")
+
 	return cmd
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/cmd/deployrequest/deploy_test.go b/internal/cmd/deployrequest/deploy_test.go
index 96351ecc..2cef6cf9 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/deployrequest/deploy_test.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/deployrequest/deploy_test.go
@@ -116,3 +116,92 @@ func TestDeployRequest_DeployBranchName(t *testing.T) {
 	res := &ps.DeployRequest{Number: number}
 	c.Assert(buf.String(), qt.JSONEquals, res)
 }
+
+func TestDeployRequest_DeployStrategyFlag(t *testing.T) {
+	c := qt.New(t)
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	format := printer.JSON
+	p := printer.NewPrinter(&format)
+	p.SetResourceOutput(&buf)
+
+	org := "planetscale"
+	db := "planetscale"
+	var number uint64 = 10
+
+	svc := &mock.DeployRequestsService{
+		DeployFn: func(ctx context.Context, req *ps.PerformDeployRequest) (*ps.DeployRequest, error) {
+			c.Assert(req.Strategy, qt.Equals, "parallel")
+			return &ps.DeployRequest{Number: number}, nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	ch := &cmdutil.Helper{
+		Printer: p,
+		Config: &config.Config{
+			Organization: org,
+		},
+		Client: func() (*ps.Client, error) {
+			return &ps.Client{
+				DeployRequests: svc,
+			}, nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	cmd := DeployCmd(ch)
+	cmd.SetArgs([]string{db, strconv.FormatUint(number, 10), "--strategy", "parallel"})
+	err := cmd.Execute()
+
+	c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+	c.Assert(svc.DeployFnInvoked, qt.IsTrue)
+}
+
+func TestDeployRequest_DeployStrategyFlagInvalid(t *testing.T) {
+	c := qt.New(t)
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	format := printer.JSON
+	p := printer.NewPrinter(&format)
+	p.SetResourceOutput(&buf)
+
+	org := "planetscale"
+	db := "planetscale"
+	var number uint64 = 10
+
+	svc := &mock.DeployRequestsService{
+		DeployFn: func(ctx context.Context, req *ps.PerformDeployRequest) (*ps.DeployRequest, error) {
+			t.Fatal("Deploy should not be called when --strategy is invalid")
+			return nil, nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	ch := &cmdutil.Helper{
+		Printer: p,
+		Config: &config.Config{
+			Organization: org,
+		},
+		Client: func() (*ps.Client, error) {
+			return &ps.Client{
+				DeployRequests: svc,
+			}, nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	cmd := DeployCmd(ch)
+	cmd.SetArgs([]string{db, strconv.FormatUint(number, 10), "--strategy", "nope"})
+	cmd.SetOut(&bytes.Buffer{})
+	cmd.SetErr(&bytes.Buffer{})
+	err := cmd.Execute()
+
+	c.Assert(err, qt.ErrorMatches, `invalid --strategy "nope".*`)
+	c.Assert(svc.DeployFnInvoked, qt.IsFalse)
+}
+
+func TestDeployRequest_DeployStrategyFlagHidden(t *testing.T) {
+	c := qt.New(t)
+
+	cmd := DeployCmd(&cmdutil.Helper{})
+	flag := cmd.Flags().Lookup("strategy")
+	c.Assert(flag, qt.IsNotNil)
+	c.Assert(flag.Hidden, qt.IsTrue)
+}