diff --git a/infra/migrations/031_fix_agent_defaults.sql b/infra/migrations/031_fix_agent_defaults.sql
index ca84312..ca8c554 100644
--- a/infra/migrations/031_fix_agent_defaults.sql
+++ b/infra/migrations/031_fix_agent_defaults.sql
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 UPDATE ai_agents
    SET model_provider = 'vllm',
        model_name = 'AxionML/Qwen3.5-9B-NVFP4',
-       max_tokens = 4096,
+       max_tokens = 2048,
        updated_at = NOW()
  WHERE slug IN ('document-extractor', 'event-classifier', 'thesis-rewriter')
    AND source = 'system'