diff --git a/docs/sample-provider-configs/openai.yml b/docs/sample-provider-configs/openai.yml
index 73365fc..356d917 100644
--- a/docs/sample-provider-configs/openai.yml
+++ b/docs/sample-provider-configs/openai.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 base_url: https://api.openai.com/v1
 api_key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE
 text_generation:
-  model_id: gpt-4.1
+  model_id: gpt-5
   prompt: "You are a brief, but helpful bot called {{ baibot_name }} powered by the {{ baibot_model_id }} model. The date/time of this conversation's start is: {{ baibot_conversation_start_time_utc }}."
   temperature: 1.0
   max_response_tokens: 16384
diff --git a/etc/app/config.yml.dist b/etc/app/config.yml.dist
index 28e3949..693a5e7 100644
--- a/etc/app/config.yml.dist
+++ b/etc/app/config.yml.dist
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ agents:
     #     base_url: https://api.openai.com/v1
     #     api_key: ""
     #     text_generation:
-    #       model_id: gpt-4.1
+    #       model_id: gpt-5
     #       prompt: "You are a brief, but helpful bot called {{ baibot_name }} powered by the {{ baibot_model_id }} model. The date/time of this conversation's start is: {{ baibot_conversation_start_time_utc }}."
     #       temperature: 1.0
     #       max_response_tokens: 16384
diff --git a/src/agent/provider/openai/config.rs b/src/agent/provider/openai/config.rs
index 2b00f32..594d5dc 100644
--- a/src/agent/provider/openai/config.rs
+++ b/src/agent/provider/openai/config.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ impl Default for TextGenerationConfig {
 }
 
 fn default_text_model_id() -> String {
-    "gpt-4.1".to_owned()
+    "gpt-5".to_owned()
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]