diff --git a/home/modules/vscodium.nix b/home/modules/vscodium.nix
index 8fa1a03..3f80cd5 100644
--- a/home/modules/vscodium.nix
+++ b/home/modules/vscodium.nix
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@
             "gitlens.codeLens.symbolScopes" = [ "!Module" ];
             "editor.defaultFormatter" = "charliermarsh.ruff";
             "editor.formatOnSave" = true;
+            # workaround for jedi-language-server < 0.45.1, semantic tokens are still broken
+            "editor.semanticHighlighting.enabled" = false;
           };
           "python.experiments.enabled" = false;
           "python.languageServer" = "Jedi"; # don't use proprietary pylance server