diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a5fc1433..cb5cc29d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ A preview of the next release can be installed from
 
 [Babashka](https://github.com/babashka/babashka): Native, fast starting Clojure interpreter for scripting
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- Fix #1679: fix wrapping `timbre/log!`
+
 ## 1.3.189 (2024-02-22)
 
 - [#1660](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1660): add `:deps-root` as part of hash to avoid caching issue with `deps.clj`
diff --git a/feature-logging/babashka/impl/logging.clj b/feature-logging/babashka/impl/logging.clj
index a8605d63..5eff64c2 100644
--- a/feature-logging/babashka/impl/logging.clj
+++ b/feature-logging/babashka/impl/logging.clj
@@ -70,58 +70,21 @@
                      :level level, :msg-type msg-type, :args args)]
      `(taoensso.timbre/log! ~opts))))
 
-#_(defmacro log! ; Public wrapper around `-log!`
-  "Core low-level log macro. Useful for tooling, etc.
-    * `level`    - must eval to a valid logging level
-    * `msg-type` - must eval to e/o #{:p :f nil}
-    * `opts`     - ks e/o #{:config :?err :?ns-str :?file :?line :?base-data :spying?}
-  Supports compile-time elision when compile-time const vals
-  provided for `level` and/or `?ns-str`."
-  [level msg-type args & [opts]]
-  #_(have [:or nil? sequential?] args) ; To allow -> (delay [~@args])
-  (let [{:keys [?ns-str] :or {?ns-str (str @sci/ns)}} opts]
-    (prn :duuu2)
-    ;; level, ns may/not be compile-time consts:
-    (when-not (timbre/-elide? level ?ns-str)
-      (let [{:keys [config ?err ?file ?line ?base-data spying?]
-             :or   {config 'taoensso.timbre/*config*
-                    ?err   :auto ; => Extract as err-type v0
-                    ?file  @sci/file
-                    ;; NB waiting on CLJ-865:
-                    ?line (fline &form)}} opts
-
-            ?file (when (not= ?file "NO_SOURCE_PATH") ?file)
-
-            ;; Identifies this particular macro expansion; note that this'll
-            ;; be fixed for any fns wrapping `log!` (notably `tools.logging`,
-            ;; `slf4j-timbre`, etc.):
-            callsite-id
-            (hash [level msg-type args ; Unevaluated args (arg forms)
-                   ?ns-str ?file ?line (rand)])]
-
-        (prn :dude :args args)
-        `(taoensso.timbre/-log! ~config ~level ~?ns-str ~?file ~?line ~msg-type ~?err
-                                (delay [~@args]) ~?base-data ~callsite-id ~spying?)))))
-
 (defn make-ns [ns sci-ns ks]
   (reduce (fn [ns-map [var-name var]]
             (let [m (meta var)
-                  no-doc (:no-doc m)
                   doc (:doc m)
                   arglists (:arglists m)]
-              (if no-doc ns-map
-                  (assoc ns-map var-name
-                         (sci/new-var (symbol var-name) @var
-                                      (cond-> {:ns sci-ns
-                                               :name (:name m)}
-                                        (:macro m) (assoc :macro true)
-                                        doc (assoc :doc doc)
-                                        arglists (assoc :arglists arglists)))))))
+              (assoc ns-map var-name
+                     (sci/new-var (symbol var-name) @var
+                                  (cond-> {:ns sci-ns
+                                           :name (:name m)}
+                                    (:macro m) (assoc :macro true)
+                                    doc (assoc :doc doc)
+                                    arglists (assoc :arglists arglists))))))
           {}
           (select-keys (ns-publics ns) ks)))
 
-(def atomic-println @#'enc/println-atomic)
-
 (defn println-appender
   "Returns a simple `println` appender for Clojure/Script.
   Use with ClojureScript requires that `cljs.core/*print-fn*` be set.
@@ -151,7 +114,7 @@
                :*err* @sci/err
                stream)]
          (binding [*out* stream]
-           (atomic-println (force output_)))))}))
+           (enc/println-atomic (force output_)))))}))
 
 (def default-config (assoc-in timbre/*config* [:appenders :println]
                               (println-appender {:stream :auto})))
diff --git a/resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn b/resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn
index 02cc822b..5fddd8d3 100644
--- a/resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn
+++ b/resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         hiccup/hiccup {:mvn/version "2.0.0-RC1"}
         rewrite-clj/rewrite-clj {:mvn/version "1.1.47"}
         selmer/selmer {:mvn/version "1.12.59"}
-        com.taoensso/timbre {:mvn/version "6.0.1"}
+        com.taoensso/timbre {:mvn/version "6.5.0"}
         org.clojure/tools.logging {:mvn/version "1.1.0"}
         org.clojure/data.priority-map {:mvn/version "1.1.0"}
         insn/insn {:mvn/version "0.5.2"}
diff --git a/test/babashka/logging_test.clj b/test/babashka/logging_test.clj
index 7adb5e9f..18df2046 100644
--- a/test/babashka/logging_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/logging_test.clj
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 (deftest logging-test
   (let [res (tu/bb nil (pr-str program))]
-    (is (= 17 (count (re-seq #"\[dude:.\]" res))))
+    (is (= 8 (count (re-seq #"\[dude:.\]" res))))
     (is (= 6 (count (re-seq #"DEBUG" res))))
     (is (= 11 (count (re-seq #"INFO" res)))))
   (testing "println appender works with with-out-str"
@@ -110,3 +110,11 @@
       (is (= 3 (count (re-seq #"\"test warn\"" res)))))
     (testing "lists are printed readably"
       (is (= 2 (count (re-seq #"\(\\a \\b\)" res)))))))
+
+(deftest timbre-log!-test
+  (is (str/includes? (tu/bb nil
+                            (pr-str '(do (require '[taoensso.timbre :as timbre])
+                                         (defn log-wrapper [& args]
+                                           (timbre/log! :info :p args))
+                                         (log-wrapper "hallo"))))
+                     "hallo")))