diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.test.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.test.tsx
index 407a1fb764..a777e1e269 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.test.tsx
@@ -111,12 +111,15 @@ describe('the reasoning-effort badge (#51833)', () => {
     expect(badge.className).toContain('rounded-sm')
 
     // …as a SIBLING of the truncating model-name span, so it can never read as
-    // part of a differently-named model.
-    const nameSpan = badge.previousElementSibling
+    // part of a differently-named model. The `-flash` variant tag is its own
+    // chip between them (#118083); the name itself stays free of both.
+    const nameSpan = badge.parentElement?.querySelector('.truncate')
 
     expect(nameSpan?.className).toContain('truncate')
     expect(nameSpan?.contains(badge)).toBe(false)
-    expect(nameSpan?.textContent?.toLowerCase()).toContain('gemini 2.5 flash')
+    expect(nameSpan?.textContent?.toLowerCase()).toContain('gemini 2.5')
+    expect(nameSpan?.textContent?.toLowerCase()).not.toContain('flash')
+    expect(nameSpan?.textContent?.toLowerCase()).not.toContain('high')
   })
 
   it('drops the effort badge entirely when the model has no reasoning support', async () => {
@@ -133,7 +136,7 @@ describe('the reasoning-effort badge (#51833)', () => {
 
     renderMenu({ effort: 'high', model: 'gemini-2.5-flash', provider: 'google' })
 
-    await screen.findByText(/Gemini 2\.5 Flash/i)
+    await screen.findByText('Gemini 2.5')
 
     await waitFor(() => {
       expect(screen.queryByText('High')).toBeNull()