diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index d608e0c..4c7b604 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Some projects using rewrite-clj v1
 // repo is not version tagged:
 * https://github.com/kit-clj/kit[kit] {not-canary-tested} - Lightweight, modular framework for scalable web development in Clojure
 * https://github.com/FiV0/kusonga[kusonga] {canary-tested} - Renaming and moving namespaces in Clojure(script)
-* https://github.com/clojure-emacs/refactor-nrepl[refactor-nrepl] {canary-tested} - nREPL middleware to support refactorings in an editor agnostic way
+* https://github.com/clojure-emacs/refactor-nrepl[refactor-nrepl] {not-canary-tested} - nREPL middleware to support refactorings in an editor agnostic way
 * https://github.com/pink-gorilla/reval[reval] {canary-tested} -reproduceable eval - namespace eval and storage with browser ui
 * https://github.com/borkdude/rewrite-edn[rewrite-edn] {canary-tested} - Utility lib on top of rewrite-clj with common operations to update EDN while preserving whitespace and comments
 * https://github.com/matthewdowney/rich-comment-tests[rich-comment-tests] {canary-tested} - Turns rich comment forms into tests
diff --git a/script/test_libs.clj b/script/test_libs.clj
index 5097335..eed44c5 100755
--- a/script/test_libs.clj
+++ b/script/test_libs.clj
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@
 ;;
 ;; refactor-nrepl
 ;;
-
-(defn- refactor-nrepl-patch
+;; uncomment we we re-enable
+#_(defn- refactor-nrepl-patch
   "custom because my generic does not handle ^:inline-dep syntax"
   [{:keys [home-dir rewrite-clj-version]}]
   (status/line :detail "=> Patching deps")
@@ -419,7 +419,8 @@
             :patch-fn deps-edn-v1-patch
             :show-deps-fn cli-deps-tree
             :test-cmds ["clojure -M:test"]}
-           {:name "refactor-nrepl"
+           ;; temporarily disable, see https://github.com/clojure-emacs/refactor-nrepl/issues/409
+           #_{:name "refactor-nrepl"
             :version "3.10.0"
             :platforms [:clj]
             :github-release {:repo "clojure-emacs/refactor-nrepl"