diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 000ba12b..f6ab5857 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
             .hash = "N-V-__8AABGOuAC_dhAN07kfoP4dycCFi8Bka4O-tuhriNH8",
         },
         .zenai = .{
-            .url = "git+https://github.com/lightpanda-io/zenai.git#bb9b13cc4919cfe60c349df272f68e88e2448b42",
-            .hash = "zenai-0.0.0-iOY_VKqVAwA8ClDiylLg0IperswehYiSztLYSf0OEOtm",
+            .url = "git+https://github.com/lightpanda-io/zenai.git#a1d0bd57d8920772723773f1f2346ad717b0259a",
+            .hash = "zenai-0.0.0-iOY_VJWTAwBt4OeEsYnTSHQBdwtY-CEshH17KAPRfGl1",
         },
         .isocline = .{
             .url = "git+https://github.com/arrufat/isocline.git#48d94027aec0408dc58af9ca2dfedf4720870e8c",
diff --git a/src/Config.zig b/src/Config.zig
index 051252ed..d30b7993 100644
--- a/src/Config.zig
+++ b/src/Config.zig
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ pub fn printUsageAndExit(self: *const Config, success: bool) void {
         \\agent command
         \\Starts an interactive AI agent that can browse the web
         \\Example: {0s} agent                         (auto-detects API key from env)
-        \\Example: {0s} agent --provider anthropic --model claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
+        \\Example: {0s} agent --provider anthropic --model claude-sonnet-4-6
         \\Example: {0s} agent --provider ollama --model gemma4
         \\Example: {0s} agent --no-llm                (basic PandaScript-only REPL)
         \\Example: {0s} agent script.lp            (replay a recorded script)
diff --git a/src/agent/Agent.zig b/src/agent/Agent.zig
index b4dc10c6..815e8b53 100644
--- a/src/agent/Agent.zig
+++ b/src/agent/Agent.zig
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, app: *App, opts: Config.Agent) !*Agent
     else if (opts.model) |m|
         try allocator.dupe(u8, m)
     else if (effective_provider) |p|
-        try allocator.dupe(u8, zenai.provider.defaultModel(p))
+        try allocator.dupe(u8, defaultModel(p))
     else
         try allocator.dupe(u8, "");
     errdefer allocator.free(model);
@@ -1222,6 +1222,15 @@ fn envVarName(p: Config.AiProvider) []const u8 {
     };
 }
 
+fn defaultModel(p: Config.AiProvider) []const u8 {
+    return switch (p) {
+        .anthropic => "claude-sonnet-4-6",
+        .openai => "gpt-5.5",
+        .gemini => "gemini-3-flash-preview",
+        .ollama => "gemma4",
+    };
+}
+
 fn promptForProvider(found: []const Config.AiProvider) !Config.AiProvider {
     if (!interactiveTty()) {
         log.fatal(.app, "multiple API keys detected", .{
@@ -1270,7 +1279,7 @@ fn pickModel(
         return error.NoModels;
     }
 
-    const default_model = zenai.provider.defaultModel(provider);
+    const default_model = defaultModel(provider);
     var default_idx: ?usize = null;
     for (ids, 0..) |id, i| if (std.mem.eql(u8, id, default_model)) {
         default_idx = i;