diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index 2c7179fd..a5347378 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ on:
       model:
         description: "Model used to write the changelog."
         required: false
-        default: "deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro"
+        default: "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731"
       base_url:
         description: "OpenAI-compatible API base URL (default: OpenRouter)."
         required: false
diff --git a/scripts/create-release.py b/scripts/create-release.py
index f0ba678b..522f8f4a 100755
--- a/scripts/create-release.py
+++ b/scripts/create-release.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import urllib.error
 import urllib.request
 
 DEFAULT_BASE_URL = "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"
-DEFAULT_MODEL = "deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro"
+DEFAULT_MODEL = "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731"
 REPO_URL = "https://github.com/iv-org/invidious"
 CHANGELOG_FILE = "CHANGELOG.md"
 SHARD_FILE = "shard.yml"