diff --git a/src/commands/model-picker.test.ts b/src/commands/model-picker.test.ts
index 0d657bd7cc2..81f4f2a9ede 100644
--- a/src/commands/model-picker.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/model-picker.test.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ describe("promptDefaultModel", () => {
     });
 
     expect(runProviderPluginAuthMethod).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(resolvePluginProviders).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      config,
+      workspaceDir: undefined,
+      env: undefined,
+      bundledProviderAllowlistCompat: true,
+      bundledProviderVitestCompat: true,
+    });
     expect(result.model).toBe("vllm/meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct");
     expect(result.config?.models?.providers?.vllm).toMatchObject({
       baseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:8000/v1",
diff --git a/src/flows/model-picker.ts b/src/flows/model-picker.ts
index 7ebb99206bc..226c36bd35a 100644
--- a/src/flows/model-picker.ts
+++ b/src/flows/model-picker.ts
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ async function maybeHandleProviderPluginSelection(params: {
       config: params.cfg,
       workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
       env: params.env,
+      bundledProviderAllowlistCompat: true,
+      bundledProviderVitestCompat: true,
     });
     pluginResolution = pluginProviders.some(
       (provider) => normalizeProviderId(provider.id) === normalizeProviderId(params.selection),
@@ -315,6 +317,8 @@ async function maybeHandleProviderPluginSelection(params: {
       config: params.cfg,
       workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
       env: params.env,
+      bundledProviderAllowlistCompat: true,
+      bundledProviderVitestCompat: true,
     });
   }
   const resolved = resolveProviderPluginChoice({