diff --git a/hive-ag3nt/src/events.rs b/hive-ag3nt/src/events.rs
index 854ed0ec..c6fb2d46 100644
--- a/hive-ag3nt/src/events.rs
+++ b/hive-ag3nt/src/events.rs
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
         // Out-of-set, empty, and wrong-case inputs are rejected so a bad
         // picker POST never reaches `claude --effort`.
-        for bad in ["low", "", "MEDIUM", "ultra", "high "] {
+        for bad in ["lowest", "", "MEDIUM", "ultra", "high "] {
             assert!(!is_valid_effort(bad), "{bad:?} should be rejected");
         }
     }