diff --git a/apps/nxtgauge-ai-assistant/base/deployment.yaml b/apps/nxtgauge-ai-assistant/base/deployment.yaml
index 9988bf3..ca0d944 100644
--- a/apps/nxtgauge-ai-assistant/base/deployment.yaml
+++ b/apps/nxtgauge-ai-assistant/base/deployment.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ spec:
             - name: OLLAMA_BASE_URL
               value: "http://localhost:11434"
             - name: OLLAMA_CHAT_MODEL
-              value: "smollm2:360m"
+              value: "gemma3:270m"
             - name: OLLAMA_EMBED_MODEL
               value: "nomic-embed-text"
             - name: NXTGAUGE_USERS_URL