diff --git a/.changeset/early-beds-smoke.md b/.changeset/early-beds-smoke.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4841faa38d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/early-beds-smoke.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-auth-backend': patch
+---
+
+removes disable refresh option in order to properly handle refresh tokens for atlassian
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/atlassian/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/atlassian/provider.ts
index 79bcb5c909..26eea420fc 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/atlassian/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/atlassian/provider.ts
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ export const createAtlassianProvider = (
       });
 
       return OAuthAdapter.fromConfig(globalConfig, provider, {
-        disableRefresh: true,
         providerId,
         tokenIssuer,
         callbackUrl,