diff --git a/llmx-rs/Cargo.lock b/llmx-rs/Cargo.lock
index acd85674..75d39003 100644
--- a/llmx-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/llmx-rs/Cargo.lock
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  "synstructure",
 ]
 
@@ -7976,7 +7975,7 @@ checksum = "ce36e65b0d2999d2aafac989fb249189a141aee1f53c612c1f37d72631959f69"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8010,7 +8009,7 @@ checksum = "eadce39539ca5cb3985590102671f2567e659fca9666581ad3411d59207951f3"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8065,7 +8064,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-crate",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
  "zvariant_utils",
 ]
 
@@ -8077,5 +8076,5 @@ checksum = "c51bcff7cc3dbb5055396bcf774748c3dab426b4b8659046963523cee4808340"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.110",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
diff --git a/llmx-rs/Cargo.toml b/llmx-rs/Cargo.toml
index c66830bb..57f9f91c 100644
--- a/llmx-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/llmx-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ members = [
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.9"
 # Track the edition for all workspace crates in one place. Individual
 # crates can still override this value, but keeping it here means new
 # crates created with `cargo new -w ...` automatically inherit the 2024
diff --git a/llmx-rs/core/src/chat_completions.rs b/llmx-rs/core/src/chat_completions.rs
index 3883d2a5..b3a979a4 100644
--- a/llmx-rs/core/src/chat_completions.rs
+++ b/llmx-rs/core/src/chat_completions.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn stream_chat_completions(
     provider: &ModelProviderInfo,
     otel_event_manager: &OtelEventManager,
     session_source: &SessionSource,
+    model_max_output_tokens: Option<i64>,
 ) -> Result<ResponseStream> {
     if prompt.output_schema.is_some() {
         return Err(LlmxErr::UnsupportedOperation(
@@ -443,8 +444,10 @@ pub(crate) async fn stream_chat_completions(
     });
 
     // Add max_tokens - required by Anthropic Messages API
-    // Use provider config value or default to 20480 (5 * 4096, Claude Sonnet 4.5 supports up to 64K)
-    let max_tokens = provider.max_tokens.unwrap_or(20480);
+    // Priority: config model_max_output_tokens > provider max_tokens > default 20480
+    let max_tokens = model_max_output_tokens
+        .or(provider.max_tokens)
+        .unwrap_or(20480);
     if let Some(obj) = payload.as_object_mut() {
         obj.insert("max_tokens".to_string(), json!(max_tokens));
     }
diff --git a/llmx-rs/core/src/client.rs b/llmx-rs/core/src/client.rs
index f949c2ba..ba365a39 100644
--- a/llmx-rs/core/src/client.rs
+++ b/llmx-rs/core/src/client.rs
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ impl ModelClient {
                     &self.provider,
                     &self.otel_event_manager,
                     &self.session_source,
+                    self.config.model_max_output_tokens,
                 )
                 .await?;
 
diff --git a/llmx-rs/core/src/config/mod.rs b/llmx-rs/core/src/config/mod.rs
index 44ea4251..e8233d73 100644
--- a/llmx-rs/core/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/llmx-rs/core/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -973,6 +973,8 @@ impl Config {
 
         let mut model_providers = built_in_model_providers();
         // Merge user-defined providers into the built-in list.
+        // Note: This uses or_insert() so built-in providers take precedence.
+        // For custom max_tokens, use model_max_output_tokens config instead.
         for (key, provider) in cfg.model_providers.into_iter() {
             model_providers.entry(key).or_insert(provider);
         }