diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.test.ts b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.test.ts
index d07b0572b7..d6b869f1e0 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.test.ts
@@ -575,6 +575,36 @@ describe("ClaudeAgentClient binary resolution", () => {
     await expect(resolveClaudeCodeVersion()).resolves.toMatch(/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/);
   });
 
+  test("rejects a wrapper command's own version output instead of reading it as Claude Code's", async () => {
+    const wrapperDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "paseo-claude-version-"));
+    const wrapperPath = path.join(wrapperDir, "wrapper");
+    await fs.writeFile(wrapperPath, 'console.log("cux 0.4.1");\n');
+    try {
+      await expect(
+        resolveClaudeCodeVersion({
+          command: { mode: "replace", argv: [process.execPath, wrapperPath] },
+        }),
+      ).rejects.toThrow("Unable to parse Claude Code version from --version output");
+    } finally {
+      await fs.rm(wrapperDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("resolves the version when the command forwards the Claude Code banner", async () => {
+    const wrapperDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "paseo-claude-version-"));
+    const wrapperPath = path.join(wrapperDir, "wrapper");
+    await fs.writeFile(wrapperPath, 'console.log("2.1.302 (Claude Code)");\n');
+    try {
+      await expect(
+        resolveClaudeCodeVersion({
+          command: { mode: "replace", argv: [process.execPath, wrapperPath] },
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toBe("2.1.302");
+    } finally {
+      await fs.rm(wrapperDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   test("loads user, project, and local Claude settings", async () => {
     const queryReturn = vi.fn();
     queryReturn.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts
index 7517a87029..b12ab706da 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts
@@ -1839,7 +1839,13 @@ export async function resolveClaudeCodeVersion(
     timeout: 5_000,
     signal,
   });
-  const version = parseClaudeCodeVersion(`${stdout}\n${stderr}`);
+  // A wrapper command (the `command` provider setting) prints its own version here
+  // instead of Claude Code's. Only trust output that identifies itself as Claude Code,
+  // so a wrapper's version can't mis-gate models behind a minimumClaudeCodeVersion.
+  const rawVersionOutput = `${stdout}\n${stderr}`;
+  const version = /\d+\.\d+\.\d+\s+\(Claude Code\)/i.test(rawVersionOutput)
+    ? parseClaudeCodeVersion(rawVersionOutput)
+    : null;
   if (!version) {
     throw new Error("Unable to parse Claude Code version from --version output");
   }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/models.test.ts b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/models.test.ts
index 16d13b9d68..0daa5e533a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/models.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/models.test.ts
@@ -559,6 +559,33 @@ describe("ClaudeAgentClient.fetchCatalog", () => {
     expect(models.map((model) => model.id)).not.toContain("claude-opus-5[1m]");
     expect(models.map((model) => model.id)).not.toContain("claude-opus-5");
   });
+
+  it("keeps version-gated models when the probe command cannot identify Claude Code", async () => {
+    const configDir = await createClaudeConfigDir({});
+    const wrapperDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "paseo-claude-wrapper-"));
+    const wrapperPath = path.join(wrapperDir, "wrapper");
+    await fs.writeFile(wrapperPath, 'console.log("cux 0.4.1");\n');
+    try {
+      const client = new ClaudeAgentClient({
+        logger: createTestLogger(),
+        runtimeSettings: {
+          command: { mode: "replace", argv: [process.execPath, wrapperPath] },
+          env: { CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR: configDir },
+        },
+        discoverModels: async () => [],
+      });
+
+      const { models } = await client.fetchCatalog({
+        scope: "workspace",
+        cwd: configDir,
+        force: false,
+      });
+
+      expect(models.map((model) => model.id)).toContain("claude-opus-5-5");
+    } finally {
+      await fs.rm(wrapperDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
 });
 
 describe("normalizeClaudeRuntimeModelId", () => {