diff --git a/studio/backend/core/inference/providers.py b/studio/backend/core/inference/providers.py
index 0fb86431f5..7c98c2dc90 100644
--- a/studio/backend/core/inference/providers.py
+++ b/studio/backend/core/inference/providers.py
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ PROVIDER_REGISTRY: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {
         "display_name": "Cohere",
         "base_url": "https://api.cohere.ai/compatibility/v1",
         "default_models": [
-            "command-r-plus",
-            "command-r",
-            "command-a",
+            "command-a-03-2025",
+            "command-r-plus-08-2024",
+            "command-r-08-2024",
         ],
         "supports_streaming": True,
         "supports_vision": False,
diff --git a/studio/backend/tests/test_providers_api.py b/studio/backend/tests/test_providers_api.py
index c355a87aa5..d044f24c33 100644
--- a/studio/backend/tests/test_providers_api.py
+++ b/studio/backend/tests/test_providers_api.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ _PROVIDER_CONFIGS: dict[str, tuple[str, str]] = {
     "openai":     ("OPENAI_API_KEY",    "gpt-4o-mini"),
     "mistral":    ("MISTRAL_API_KEY",   "mistral-small-latest"),
     "google":     ("GOOGLE_API_KEY",    "gemini-2.5-flash"),
-    "cohere":     ("COHERE_API_KEY",    "command-r"),
+    "cohere":     ("COHERE_API_KEY",    "command-a-03-2025"),
     "together":   ("TOGETHER_API_KEY",  "meta-llama/Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct-FP8"),
     "fireworks":  ("FIREWORKS_API_KEY", "accounts/fireworks/models/llama4-maverick-instruct-basic"),
     "perplexity": ("PERPLEXITY_API_KEY", "sonar"),