diff --git a/settings.example.json b/settings.example.json
index a5d00df..b5d5682 100644
--- a/settings.example.json
+++ b/settings.example.json
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
   "_comment_models": "The 'eu.' prefix on Bedrock model IDs is an inference-profile prefix tied to the AWS region. Must match AWS_REGION in ~/.config/pi/.env. For us-east use 'us.anthropic.*'; for bare Anthropic provider (non-Bedrock) use the raw 'anthropic:claude-*' IDs. Run `pi --list-models` to see what your credentials can actually invoke.",
 
   "defaultProvider": "amazon-bedrock",
-  "defaultModel": "eu.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6",
+  "defaultModel": "eu.anthropic.claude-opus-4-8",
   "enabledModels": [
     "eu.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6",
     "eu.anthropic.claude-opus-4-7",
+    "eu.anthropic.claude-opus-4-8",
     "eu.anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0"
   ],
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
     "effortProfiles": {
       "fast":     { "provider": "amazon-bedrock", "id": "eu.anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0", "thinking": "off" },
       "balanced": { "provider": "amazon-bedrock", "id": "eu.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6",              "thinking": "low" },
-      "deep":     { "provider": "amazon-bedrock", "id": "eu.anthropic.claude-opus-4-7",               "thinking": "high" }
+      "deep":     { "provider": "amazon-bedrock", "id": "eu.anthropic.claude-opus-4-8",               "thinking": "high" }
     }
   }
 }