diff --git a/src/atocore/memory/extractor_llm.py b/src/atocore/memory/extractor_llm.py
index 9653e40..58a7312 100644
--- a/src/atocore/memory/extractor_llm.py
+++ b/src/atocore/memory/extractor_llm.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Configuration:
 
 - Requires the ``claude`` CLI on PATH (``claude --version`` should work).
 - ``ATOCORE_LLM_EXTRACTOR_MODEL`` overrides the model alias (default
-  ``haiku``).
+  ``sonnet``).
 - ``ATOCORE_LLM_EXTRACTOR_TIMEOUT_S`` overrides the per-call timeout
   (default 90 seconds — first invocation is slow because Node.js
   startup plus OAuth check is non-trivial).
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ from atocore.observability.logger import get_logger
 log = get_logger("extractor_llm")
 
 LLM_EXTRACTOR_VERSION = "llm-0.2.0"
-DEFAULT_MODEL = os.environ.get("ATOCORE_LLM_EXTRACTOR_MODEL", "haiku")
+DEFAULT_MODEL = os.environ.get("ATOCORE_LLM_EXTRACTOR_MODEL", "sonnet")
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_S = float(os.environ.get("ATOCORE_LLM_EXTRACTOR_TIMEOUT_S", "90"))
 MAX_RESPONSE_CHARS = 8000
 MAX_PROMPT_CHARS = 2000