diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index bc2958989a1..3fe7d604c70 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ jobs:
           name: "Deploy mainnet fork"
           command: |
             should_deploy || exit 0
-            deploy_terraform_services iac/mainnet-fork
+            deploy_terraform_services iac/mainnet-fork mainnet-fork mainnet-fork aws_efs_file_system.aztec_mainnet_fork_data_store
       - run:
           name: "Release canary to NPM: bb.js"
           command: |
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ jobs:
             # Check if l1-contracts have changed
             if [ "$CONTRACTS_DEPLOYED" -eq 1 ]; then
               echo "Contracts have changed, taint nodes to force redeploy.."
-              deploy_terraform_services yarn-project/aztec-node aztec aztec-node "aws_ecs_task_definition.aztec-node[0],aws_ecs_task_definition.aztec-node[1]"
+              deploy_terraform_services yarn-project/aztec-node aztec aztec-node "aws_ecs_task_definition.aztec-node[0],aws_ecs_task_definition.aztec-node[1]" 1
             else
               deploy_terraform_services yarn-project/aztec-node aztec
             fi
diff --git a/build-system/scripts/deploy_terraform_services b/build-system/scripts/deploy_terraform_services
index 7ae1bfa4ec2..f3518263589 100755
--- a/build-system/scripts/deploy_terraform_services
+++ b/build-system/scripts/deploy_terraform_services
@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@ SERVICE_NAMES=${3:-$PROJECT_NAME}
 # The terraform resources to taint. Defaults to none.
 TO_TAINT=${4:-}
 
+# Flag to force a deployment even if no changes are detected.
+FORCE_DEPLOY=${5:-}
+
 cd $PROJECT_DIR
 
 # Bail out if nothing changed.
 CONTENT_HASH=$(calculate_content_hash $CHECK_REBUILD_REPOSITORY)
 echo "Last successfully deployed commit: $CONTENT_HASH"
-if [ -z "$TO_TAINT" ] && check_rebuild cache-$CONTENT_HASH-$DEPLOY_TAG-deployed $CHECK_REBUILD_REPOSITORY; then
+if [ -z "$FORCE_DEPLOY" ] && check_rebuild cache-$CONTENT_HASH-$DEPLOY_TAG-deployed $CHECK_REBUILD_REPOSITORY; then
   echo "No changes detected, skipping deployment."
   exit 0
 fi
diff --git a/iac/mainnet-fork/terraform/main.tf b/iac/mainnet-fork/terraform/main.tf
index e8978b48120..74497ecc2cf 100644
--- a/iac/mainnet-fork/terraform/main.tf
+++ b/iac/mainnet-fork/terraform/main.tf
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ resource "aws_efs_file_system" "aztec_mainnet_fork_data_store" {
   creation_token = "${var.DEPLOY_TAG}-mainnet-fork-data"
 
   tags = {
-    Name              = "${var.DEPLOY_TAG}-mainnet-fork-data"
-    TaskDefinitionArn = "${aws_ecs_task_definition.aztec_mainnet_fork.arn}" # This line forces recreation on task definition change
+    Name = "${var.DEPLOY_TAG}-mainnet-fork-data"
   }
 
   lifecycle_policy {