diff --git a/src/commands/onboard-custom.ts b/src/commands/onboard-custom.ts
index aff71ce7f..a00471701 100644
--- a/src/commands/onboard-custom.ts
+++ b/src/commands/onboard-custom.ts
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ async function requestOpenAiVerification(params: {
     body: {
       model: params.modelId,
       messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hi" }],
-      max_tokens: 5,
+      max_tokens: 1024,
     },
   });
 }
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ async function requestAnthropicVerification(params: {
     headers: buildAnthropicHeaders(params.apiKey),
     body: {
       model: params.modelId,
-      max_tokens: 16,
+      max_tokens: 1024,
       messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hi" }],
     },
   });