diff --git a/templates/zshrc.zsh-template b/templates/zshrc.zsh-template
index cfdf09e67..0ec332dd6 100644
--- a/templates/zshrc.zsh-template
+++ b/templates/zshrc.zsh-template
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ZSH_THEME="bguthrie"
 # CASE_SENSITIVE="true"
 
 # Comment this out to disable weekly auto-update checks
-# DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE="true"
+DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE="true"
 
 # Uncomment following line if you want to disable colors in ls
 # DISABLE_LS_COLORS="true"