diff --git a/apps/cli/tests/web-agent-presets.e2e.ts b/apps/cli/tests/web-agent-presets.e2e.ts
index 4747543ec0..bb2998d51b 100644
--- a/apps/cli/tests/web-agent-presets.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/tests/web-agent-presets.e2e.ts
@@ -241,13 +241,15 @@ describe('the shipped Web composition', () => {
     }
   })
 
-  it('applies the default-off subagent model-selection preference only to new sessions', async () => {
-    await ctx.settings.update(SUBAGENT_MODEL_SELECTION_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE, { enabled: false })
+  it('applies the default-off subagent model allowlist only to new sessions', async () => {
+    await ctx.settings.update(SUBAGENT_MODEL_SELECTION_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE, { allowedModels: [] })
     const disabled = await ctx.agents.create({
       sessionId: SessionId('preset-model-selection-disabled'),
       setup: agentCtx => ctx.agentPresets.mount(agentCtx, 'standard').then(() => undefined),
     })
-    await ctx.settings.update(SUBAGENT_MODEL_SELECTION_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE, { enabled: true })
+    await ctx.settings.update(SUBAGENT_MODEL_SELECTION_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE, {
+      allowedModels: [{ provider: 'deepseek-official', model: 'deepseek-v4-flash' }],
+    })
     const enabled = await ctx.agents.create({
       sessionId: SessionId('preset-model-selection-enabled'),
       setup: agentCtx => ctx.agentPresets.mount(agentCtx, 'standard').then(() => undefined),
@@ -263,7 +265,7 @@ describe('the shipped Web composition', () => {
       ]))
       expect(toolNames(ctx, disabled.agent)).not.toContain('list_subagent_models')
     } finally {
-      await ctx.settings.update(SUBAGENT_MODEL_SELECTION_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE, { enabled: false })
+      await ctx.settings.update(SUBAGENT_MODEL_SELECTION_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE, { allowedModels: [] })
       await enabled.dispose()
       await disabled.dispose()
     }