diff --git a/enterprise/lib/enterprise/captain/base_task_service.rb b/enterprise/lib/enterprise/captain/base_task_service.rb
index d2b75f7aa..b080ff807 100644
--- a/enterprise/lib/enterprise/captain/base_task_service.rb
+++ b/enterprise/lib/enterprise/captain/base_task_service.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ module Enterprise::Captain::BaseTaskService
   end
 
   def increment_usage
-    Rails.logger.info("[CAPTAIN][#{self.class.name}] Incrementing response usage for account #{account.id}")
-    account.increment_response_usage
+    credits = Llm::Models.credit_multiplier_for(configured_model)
+    Rails.logger.info("[CAPTAIN][#{self.class.name}] Incrementing response usage for account #{account.id} by #{credits} credits")
+    account.increment_response_usage(credits: credits)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/enterprise/lib/captain/base_task_service_spec.rb b/spec/enterprise/lib/captain/base_task_service_spec.rb
index c696674d5..e0dd5fbab 100644
--- a/spec/enterprise/lib/captain/base_task_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/enterprise/lib/captain/base_task_service_spec.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ RSpec.describe Captain::BaseTaskService, type: :model do
       def event_name
         'test_event'
       end
+
+      def feature_key
+        'editor'
+      end
     end
     # Manually prepend enterprise module to test class
     klass.prepend(Enterprise::Captain::BaseTaskService)
@@ -53,8 +57,15 @@ RSpec.describe Captain::BaseTaskService, type: :model do
       end
     end
 
-    it 'increments response usage on successful execution' do
-      expect(account).to receive(:increment_response_usage)
+    it 'increments response usage with credit multiplier on successful execution' do
+      expect(account).to receive(:captain_editor_model).and_return('gpt-4.1-mini')
+      expect(account).to receive(:increment_response_usage).with(credits: 1)
+      service.perform
+    end
+
+    it 'uses correct credit multiplier for higher cost models' do
+      expect(account).to receive(:captain_editor_model).and_return('gpt-5.1')
+      expect(account).to receive(:increment_response_usage).with(credits: 2)
       service.perform
     end
 
@@ -103,13 +114,22 @@ RSpec.describe Captain::BaseTaskService, type: :model do
       end
     end
 
-    it 'actually increments the usage counter in custom_attributes' do
+    it 'actually increments the usage counter in custom_attributes by credit multiplier' do
+      allow(account).to receive(:captain_editor_model).and_return('gpt-4.1-mini')
       expect do
         service.perform
         account.reload
       end.to change { account.custom_attributes['captain_responses_usage'].to_i }.by(1)
     end
 
+    it 'increments by correct credits for expensive models' do
+      allow(account).to receive(:captain_editor_model).and_return('gpt-5.1')
+      expect do
+        service.perform
+        account.reload
+      end.to change { account.custom_attributes['captain_responses_usage'].to_i }.by(2)
+    end
+
     context 'when captain is disabled' do
       before do
         allow(account).to receive(:feature_enabled?).with('captain_integration').and_return(false)