diff --git a/src/interscript/ml/registry.py b/src/interscript/ml/registry.py
index 87d4bcb..949e2c5 100644
--- a/src/interscript/ml/registry.py
+++ b/src/interscript/ml/registry.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import yaml
 
 DEFAULT_INDEX_URL = (
-    "https://github.com/interscript/interscript-models/releases/download/index-v10/models-index.yaml"
+    "https://github.com/interscript/interscript-models/releases/download/index-v12/models-index.yaml"
 )
 # primary env vars; the SECRYST_* names are deprecated aliases (kept one transition period)
 ENV_INDEX = "INTERSCRIPT_ML_INDEX"