diff --git a/models/airouter-qwen3.yaml b/models/airouter-qwen3.yaml
index 4d38133..1a21cc6 100644
--- a/models/airouter-qwen3.yaml
+++ b/models/airouter-qwen3.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ endpoint:
   api_key_env: AIROUTER_API_KEY
 runner: agentic
 default_flags:
-  model: "Qwen3.6"
+  model: "Qwen3.8"  # live airouter id (c3551e3a); 3.6 was stale
 provider_context_ref: "airouter/v1"
 provider_secret_ref: "AIROUTER_API_KEY"
 session_capable: false