diff --git a/levant/deploy.go b/levant/deploy.go
index 7e5047945..95587d5c9 100644
--- a/levant/deploy.go
+++ b/levant/deploy.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (l *levantDeployment) deploy() (success bool) {
 
 		// If the service job doesn't have an update stanza, the job will not use
 		// Nomad deployments.
-		if l.config.Template.Job.Update == nil {
+		if !l.hasUpdateStanza() {
 			log.Info().Msg("levant/deploy: job is not configured with update stanza, consider adding to use deployments")
 			return l.jobStatusChecker(&eval.EvalID)
 		}
@@ -519,3 +519,23 @@ func (l *levantDeployment) isJobZeroCount() bool {
 	}
 	return true
 }
+
+// hasUpdateStanza checks if the job has an update stanza at the job level or for all task groups
+func (l *levantDeployment) hasUpdateStanza() (hasUpdate bool) {
+	if l.config.Template.Job.Update != nil {
+		hasUpdate = true
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Check if all task groups have an update stanza
+	if l.config.Template.Job.TaskGroups != nil {
+		hasUpdate = true
+		for _, taskGroup := range l.config.Template.Job.TaskGroups {
+			if taskGroup.Update == nil {
+				hasUpdate = false
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/levant/deploy_test.go b/levant/deploy_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c4a32ddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/levant/deploy_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package levant
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/levant/levant/structs"
+	nomad "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api"
+)
+
+func TestHasUpdateStanza(t *testing.T) {
+	ld1 := levantDeployment{config: &DeployConfig{Template: &structs.TemplateConfig{Job: &nomad.Job{
+		Update: nil}}}}
+	ld2 := levantDeployment{config: &DeployConfig{Template: &structs.TemplateConfig{Job: &nomad.Job{
+		Update: &nomad.UpdateStrategy{}}}}}
+	ld3 := levantDeployment{config: &DeployConfig{Template: &structs.TemplateConfig{Job: &nomad.Job{
+		Update: nil, TaskGroups: []*nomad.TaskGroup{{Update: nil}}}}}}
+	ld4 := levantDeployment{config: &DeployConfig{Template: &structs.TemplateConfig{Job: &nomad.Job{
+		Update: nil, TaskGroups: []*nomad.TaskGroup{{Update: &nomad.UpdateStrategy{}}}}}}}
+	ld5 := levantDeployment{config: &DeployConfig{Template: &structs.TemplateConfig{Job: &nomad.Job{
+		Update: nil, TaskGroups: []*nomad.TaskGroup{{Update: nil}, {Update: &nomad.UpdateStrategy{}}}}}}}
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		ld           levantDeployment
+		expectedTrue bool
+	}{
+		{ld1, false},
+		{ld2, true},
+		{ld3, false},
+		{ld4, true},
+		{ld5, false},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		if c.ld.hasUpdateStanza() != c.expectedTrue {
+			t.Fatalf("expected hasUpdate to be %t, but got %t", c.ld.hasUpdateStanza(), c.expectedTrue)
+		}
+	}
+}