diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 019ff69..59122bf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "symlink-dir",
-  "version": "5.0.0",
+  "version": "5.0.1",
   "description": "Cross-platform directory symlinking",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "files": [
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 7de58cd..9a1f6d2 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ async function forceSymlink (src: string, dest: string): Promise<{ reused: Boole
             `Details: ${mkdirError}`
           throw mkdirError
         }
-        await fs.symlink(src, dest, symlinkType)
+        await forceSymlink(src, dest)
         return { reused: false }
       case 'EEXIST':
       case 'EISDIR':
diff --git a/test/index.ts b/test/index.ts
index dab9855..ab5daa4 100644
--- a/test/index.ts
+++ b/test/index.ts
@@ -69,3 +69,20 @@ test('create parent directory of symlink', async (t) => {
 
   t.end()
 })
+
+test('concurrently creating the same symlink twice', async (t) => {
+  const temp = tempy.directory()
+  t.comment(`testing in ${temp}`)
+  process.chdir(temp)
+
+  await writeJsonFile('src/file.json', { ok: true })
+
+  await Promise.all([
+    symlink('src', 'dest/subdir'),
+    symlink('src', 'dest/subdir'),
+  ])
+
+  t.deepEqual(await import(path.resolve('dest/subdir/file.json')), { ok: true })
+
+  t.end()
+})