diff --git a/docs/rules/better-regex.md b/docs/rules/better-regex.md
index c2baeb27fa..dd1b44d126 100644
--- a/docs/rules/better-regex.md
+++ b/docs/rules/better-regex.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Improve regexes by making them shorter, consistent, and safer
 
-💼 This rule is enabled in the ✅ `recommended` [config](https://github.com/sindresorhus/eslint-plugin-unicorn#preset-configs-eslintconfigjs).
+🚫 This rule is _disabled_ in the ✅ `recommended` [config](https://github.com/sindresorhus/eslint-plugin-unicorn#preset-configs-eslintconfigjs).
 
 🔧 This rule is automatically fixable by the [`--fix` CLI option](https://eslint.org/docs/latest/user-guide/command-line-interface#--fix).
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 33619961eb..4d1e5864bc 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ If you don't use the preset, ensure you use the same `env` and `parserOptions` c
 
 | Name                                                                                             | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 💼 | 🔧 | 💡 |
 | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :- | :- | :- |
-| [better-regex](docs/rules/better-regex.md)                                                       | Improve regexes by making them shorter, consistent, and safer.                                                                                                                                                    | ✅  | 🔧 |    |
+| [better-regex](docs/rules/better-regex.md)                                                       | Improve regexes by making them shorter, consistent, and safer.                                                                                                                                                    |    | 🔧 |    |
 | [catch-error-name](docs/rules/catch-error-name.md)                                               | Enforce a specific parameter name in catch clauses.                                                                                                                                                               | ✅  | 🔧 |    |
 | [consistent-destructuring](docs/rules/consistent-destructuring.md)                               | Use destructured variables over properties.                                                                                                                                                                       |    | 🔧 | 💡 |
 | [consistent-empty-array-spread](docs/rules/consistent-empty-array-spread.md)                     | Prefer consistent types when spreading a ternary in an array literal.                                                                                                                                             | ✅  | 🔧 |    |
diff --git a/rules/better-regex.js b/rules/better-regex.js
index 96329bbec8..6eb83a8902 100644
--- a/rules/better-regex.js
+++ b/rules/better-regex.js
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		type: 'suggestion',
 		docs: {
 			description: 'Improve regexes by making them shorter, consistent, and safer.',
-			recommended: true,
+			recommended: false,
 		},
 		fixable: 'code',
 		schema,