diff --git a/src/memory/embeddings.ts b/src/memory/embeddings.ts
index a81f5fbabfb..77d7eb8c43f 100644
--- a/src/memory/embeddings.ts
+++ b/src/memory/embeddings.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ export type EmbeddingProviderOptions = {
   };
 };
 
-const DEFAULT_LOCAL_MODEL = "hf:ggml-org/embeddinggemma-300M-GGUF/embeddinggemma-300M-Q8_0.gguf";
+const DEFAULT_LOCAL_MODEL =
+  "hf:ggml-org/embeddinggemma-300m-qat-q8_0-GGUF/embeddinggemma-300m-qat-Q8_0.gguf";
 
 function canAutoSelectLocal(options: EmbeddingProviderOptions): boolean {
   const modelPath = options.local?.modelPath?.trim();