diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4d94ef36b0..0625c25760 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4249,8 +4249,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "reedline"
 version = "0.25.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e7dc1d1d369c194cf79acc204397aca1fecc4248df3e1c1eabb15e5ef2d16991"
+source = "git+https://github.com/nushell/reedline.git?branch=main#973dbb5f5f2338c18c25ce951bfa42c8d8cacfdf"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "crossterm 0.27.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c02a46560c..22d1eef2e0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ bench = false
 # To use a development version of a dependency please use a global override here
 # changing versions in each sub-crate of the workspace is tedious
 [patch.crates-io]
-# reedline = { git = "https://github.com/nushell/reedline.git", branch = "main" }
+reedline = { git = "https://github.com/nushell/reedline.git", branch = "main" }
 # nu-ansi-term = {git = "https://github.com/nushell/nu-ansi-term.git", branch = "main"}
 # uu_cp = { git = "https://github.com/uutils/coreutils.git", branch = "main" }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/repl.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/repl.rs
index cbb48e905c..483f76f314 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/repl.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/repl.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ use nu_protocol::{
 };
 use nu_utils::utils::perf;
 use reedline::{
-    CursorConfig, DefaultHinter, EditCommand, Emacs, FileBackedHistory, HistorySessionId, Reedline,
-    SqliteBackedHistory, Vi,
+    CursorConfig, CwdAwareHinter, EditCommand, Emacs, FileBackedHistory, HistorySessionId,
+    Reedline, SqliteBackedHistory, Vi,
 };
 use std::{
     env::temp_dir,
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ pub fn evaluate_repl(
             line_editor.with_hinter(Box::new({
                 // As of Nov 2022, "hints" color_config closures only get `null` passed in.
                 let style = style_computer.compute("hints", &Value::nothing(Span::unknown()));
-                DefaultHinter::default().with_style(style)
+                CwdAwareHinter::default().with_style(style)
             }))
         } else {
             line_editor.disable_hints()