diff --git a/agents/orchestrator.json b/agents/orchestrator.json
index 8a82a16..09306f3 100644
--- a/agents/orchestrator.json
+++ b/agents/orchestrator.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "$OLLIE/x/prime tools-file",
     "$OLLIE/x/prime tools-cascade"
   ],
-  "model": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro",
+  "model": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6",
   "maxSteps": 30,
   "temperature": 0.3,
   "maxTokens": 8192,
diff --git a/tools/cascade b/tools/cascade
index 0f88ce7..a4636e7 100755
--- a/tools/cascade
+++ b/tools/cascade
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 OLLIE="${OLLIE:-$HOME/mnt/ollie}"
 BACKEND="${OLLIE_CASCADE_BACKEND:-openrouter}"
-MODEL="${OLLIE_CASCADE_MODEL:-deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash}"
+MODEL="${OLLIE_CASCADE_MODEL:-anthropic/claude-3-haiku}"
 
 die() { printf 'cascade: %s\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1; }