diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-label.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-label.yml
index a036f1e84..bea50f644 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-label.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-label.yml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
         id: classify
         uses: actions/ai-inference@e09e65981758de8b2fdab13c2bfb7c7d5493b0b6 # v2.0.7
         with:
-          model: openai/gpt-5
+          model: openai/gpt-4.1-mini
           # GPT-5 is a reasoning model: output tokens include reasoning, so budget generously.
           # Temperature is ignored by reasoning models and intentionally omitted.
           max-completion-tokens: 2000