diff --git a/proj/metals.conf b/proj/metals.conf
index 3e91ed33d..f4f3bc8e8 100644
--- a/proj/metals.conf
+++ b/proj/metals.conf
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-// https://github.com/scalameta/metals.git#main
+// https://github.com/scalacommunitybuild/metals.git#community-build-2.13  # was scalameta, main
 
 // note that there are always test failures when we run on a PR validation
 // snapshot. (we could probably fix it by adding a resolver in the repo?)
 
+// forked (December 2024) to fix scala/scala-dev#891; we should be able
+// to unfork after Scala 2.13.16 is released
+
 vars.proj.metals: ${vars.base} {
   name: "metals"
-  uri: "https://github.com/scalameta/metals.git#1ce512aca99c818c094af072f5973da4ad890545"
+  uri: "https://github.com/scalacommunitybuild/metals.git#78522923453be9ef3481b163e0e7c84a10e5cc9a"
 
   extra.options: ["-Xmx3g"]
   // Vadim from Virtus writes: