diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index a676f41..87332fc 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -297,8 +297,9 @@ runs:
          --extra-arg="${{ inputs.extra-args }}" \
          --tidy-review="${{ inputs.tidy-review }}" \
          --format-review="${{ inputs.format-review }}" \
-         --passive-reviews="${{ inputs.passive-reviews }}" \
-         --jobs=${{ inputs.jobs }}
+         --passive-reviews="${{ inputs.passive-reviews }}"
+
+      #  --jobs=${{ inputs.jobs }}
 
     - name: Setup python venv (Windows)
       if: runner.os == 'Windows'
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ runs:
         ' --extra-arg="${{ inputs.extra-args }}"' +
         ' --tidy-review="${{ inputs.tidy-review }}"' +
         ' --format-review="${{ inputs.format-review }}"' +
-        ' --passive-reviews="${{ inputs.passive-reviews }}"' +
-        ' --jobs=${{ inputs.jobs }}'
+        ' --passive-reviews="${{ inputs.passive-reviews }}"'
 
         Invoke-Expression -Command $app
+      # ' --jobs=${{ inputs.jobs }}'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3e4e6cd..a562230 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+# allow pip to check for pre-releases from test-pypi
+--extra-index-url=https://test.pypi.org/simple/
 # Install clang-tools binaries (clang-format, clang-tidy)
 # For details please see: https://github.com/cpp-linter/clang-tools-pip
 clang-tools==0.13.1
-
 # cpp-linter core Python executable package
-# For details please see: https://github.com/cpp-linter/cpp-linter
-cpp-linter==1.10.4
+# For details please see: https://github.com/cpp-linter/cpp-linter-rs
+cpp-linter==2.0.0rc9