diff --git a/.github/workflows/openclaw-release-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/openclaw-release-checks.yml
index 257dc4f6e6b..05f71abf92d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openclaw-release-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openclaw-release-checks.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ env:
   NODE_VERSION: "24.x"
   PNPM_VERSION: "10.33.0"
   OPENCLAW_CI_OPENAI_MODEL: ${{ vars.OPENCLAW_CI_OPENAI_MODEL }}
+  OPENCLAW_QA_LIVE_OPENAI_MODEL: openai/gpt-5.4
 
 jobs:
   resolve_target:
@@ -660,8 +661,8 @@ jobs:
             --repo-root . \
             --output-dir "${output_dir}" \
             --provider-mode live-frontier \
-            --model "${OPENCLAW_CI_OPENAI_MODEL}" \
-            --alt-model "${OPENCLAW_CI_OPENAI_MODEL}" \
+            --model "${OPENCLAW_QA_LIVE_OPENAI_MODEL}" \
+            --alt-model "${OPENCLAW_QA_LIVE_OPENAI_MODEL}" \
             --profile fast \
             --fast
           )
@@ -751,8 +752,8 @@ jobs:
             --repo-root . \
             --output-dir "${output_dir}" \
             --provider-mode live-frontier \
-            --model "${OPENCLAW_CI_OPENAI_MODEL}" \
-            --alt-model "${OPENCLAW_CI_OPENAI_MODEL}" \
+            --model "${OPENCLAW_QA_LIVE_OPENAI_MODEL}" \
+            --alt-model "${OPENCLAW_QA_LIVE_OPENAI_MODEL}" \
             --fast \
             --credential-source convex \
             --credential-role ci