diff --git a/patterns-gnome.changes b/patterns-gnome.changes
index ed80fbf..8f24a89 100644
--- a/patterns-gnome.changes
+++ b/patterns-gnome.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct  6 19:06:33 UTC 2023 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
+
+- Disable (temp?) gnome-notes while we wait for upstream to fix the
+  now 6 months old bug with it crashing in its search-provider. See
+  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-notes/-/issues/196 and
+  https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210322
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 25 10:41:41 UTC 2023 - Alexandru Gabriel Bradatan <alex.bradatan85@yahoo.it>
 
diff --git a/patterns-gnome.spec b/patterns-gnome.spec
index 6ac21a2..6ca8ba8 100644
--- a/patterns-gnome.spec
+++ b/patterns-gnome.spec
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ Recommends:     pattern() = x11_yast
 # Official upstream
 #
 # bijiben == gnome-notes
-Recommends:     bijiben
+# Disable (temp?) gnome-notes while we wait for upstream to fix the now 6 months old bug with it crashing in its search-provider
+#Recommends:     bijiben
 # no longer need to hard require cheese for g-c-c user panel
 Recommends:     cheese
 Recommends:     dconf-editor
@@ -663,7 +664,8 @@ Requires:       pattern() = gnome_basis
 # Official upstream
 #
 # bijiben == gnome-notes
-Recommends:     bijiben
+# Disable (temp?) gnome-notes while we wait for upstream to fix the now 6 months old bug with it crashing in its search-provider
+#Recommends:     bijiben
 Recommends:     baobab
 Recommends:     cheese
 Recommends:     file-roller