diff --git a/src/strands/models/bedrock.py b/src/strands/models/bedrock.py
index 8a6d5116f..7b9a20e5a 100644
--- a/src/strands/models/bedrock.py
+++ b/src/strands/models/bedrock.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-DEFAULT_BEDROCK_MODEL_ID = "us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0"
+DEFAULT_BEDROCK_MODEL_ID = "global.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0"
 DEFAULT_BEDROCK_REGION = "us-west-2"
 
 BEDROCK_CONTEXT_WINDOW_OVERFLOW_MESSAGES = [