diff --git a/codex-rs/common/src/model_presets.rs b/codex-rs/common/src/model_presets.rs
index 8eb5beacd..1acfee88f 100644
--- a/codex-rs/common/src/model_presets.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/common/src/model_presets.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const PRESETS: &[ModelPreset] = &[
         label: "gpt-5-codex medium",
         description: "",
         model: "gpt-5-codex",
-        effort: None,
+        effort: Some(ReasoningEffort::Medium),
     },
     ModelPreset {
         id: "gpt-5-codex-high",