diff --git a/app/javascript/dashboard/components-next/captain/pageComponents/assistant/settings/AssistantSystemSettingsForm.vue b/app/javascript/dashboard/components-next/captain/pageComponents/assistant/settings/AssistantSystemSettingsForm.vue
index ee20fded5..c689065fb 100644
--- a/app/javascript/dashboard/components-next/captain/pageComponents/assistant/settings/AssistantSystemSettingsForm.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/dashboard/components-next/captain/pageComponents/assistant/settings/AssistantSystemSettingsForm.vue
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ const initialState = {
   handoffMessage: '',
   resolutionMessage: '',
   instructions: '',
-  temperature: 1,
 };
 
 const state = reactive({ ...initialState });
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ const updateStateFromAssistant = assistant => {
   state.handoffMessage = config.handoff_message;
   state.resolutionMessage = config.resolution_message;
   state.instructions = config.instructions;
-  state.temperature = config.temperature || 1;
 };
 
 const handleSystemMessagesUpdate = async () => {
@@ -80,7 +78,6 @@ const handleSystemMessagesUpdate = async () => {
       ...props.assistant.config,
       handoff_message: state.handoffMessage,
       resolution_message: state.resolutionMessage,
-      temperature: state.temperature || 1,
     },
   };
 
@@ -131,26 +128,6 @@ watch(
       class="z-0"
     />
 
-    <div class="flex flex-col gap-2">
-      <label class="text-sm font-medium text-n-slate-12">
-        {{ t('CAPTAIN.ASSISTANTS.FORM.TEMPERATURE.LABEL') }}
-      </label>
-      <div class="flex items-center gap-4">
-        <input
-          v-model="state.temperature"
-          type="range"
-          min="0"
-          max="1"
-          step="0.1"
-          class="w-full"
-        />
-        <span class="text-sm text-n-slate-12">{{ state.temperature }}</span>
-      </div>
-      <p class="text-sm text-n-slate-11 italic">
-        {{ t('CAPTAIN.ASSISTANTS.FORM.TEMPERATURE.DESCRIPTION') }}
-      </p>
-    </div>
-
     <div>
       <Button
         :label="t('CAPTAIN.ASSISTANTS.FORM.UPDATE')"
diff --git a/app/javascript/dashboard/i18n/locale/en/integrations.json b/app/javascript/dashboard/i18n/locale/en/integrations.json
index 79f881b84..3c13f0d51 100644
--- a/app/javascript/dashboard/i18n/locale/en/integrations.json
+++ b/app/javascript/dashboard/i18n/locale/en/integrations.json
@@ -494,10 +494,6 @@
           "PLACEHOLDER": "Enter assistant name",
           "ERROR": "The name is required"
         },
-        "TEMPERATURE": {
-          "LABEL": "Response Temperature",
-          "DESCRIPTION": "Adjust how creative or restrictive the assistant's responses should be. Lower values produce more focused and deterministic responses, while higher values allow for more creative and varied outputs."
-        },
         "DESCRIPTION": {
           "LABEL": "Description",
           "PLACEHOLDER": "Enter assistant description",
diff --git a/enterprise/app/helpers/captain/chat_helper.rb b/enterprise/app/helpers/captain/chat_helper.rb
index 8b8ab0f60..130473867 100644
--- a/enterprise/app/helpers/captain/chat_helper.rb
+++ b/enterprise/app/helpers/captain/chat_helper.rb
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ module Captain::ChatHelper
   end
 
   def temperature
-    @assistant&.config&.[]('temperature').to_f || 1
+    @assistant&.config&.[]('temperature').presence&.to_f || 0.5
   end
 
   def resolved_account_id
diff --git a/enterprise/app/models/concerns/agentable.rb b/enterprise/app/models/concerns/agentable.rb
index 1f3319ca4..b5a6cd1b9 100644
--- a/enterprise/app/models/concerns/agentable.rb
+++ b/enterprise/app/models/concerns/agentable.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 module Concerns::Agentable
   extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
+  DEFAULT_TEMPERATURE = 0.5
+
   def agent
     Agents::Agent.new(
       name: agent_name,
       instructions: ->(context) { agent_instructions(context) },
       tools: agent_tools,
       model: agent_model,
-      temperature: temperature.to_f || 0.7,
+      temperature: temperature.presence&.to_f || DEFAULT_TEMPERATURE,
       response_schema: agent_response_schema
     )
   end
diff --git a/spec/enterprise/models/concerns/agentable_spec.rb b/spec/enterprise/models/concerns/agentable_spec.rb
index 996b92d45..d179393c9 100644
--- a/spec/enterprise/models/concerns/agentable_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/enterprise/models/concerns/agentable_spec.rb
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ RSpec.describe Concerns::Agentable do
       dummy_instance.agent
     end
 
-    it 'converts nil temperature to 0.0' do
+    it 'uses default temperature when temperature is nil' do
       dummy_instance.temperature = nil
 
       expect(Agents::Agent).to receive(:new).with(
-        hash_including(temperature: 0.0)
+        hash_including(temperature: 0.5)
       )
 
       dummy_instance.agent
diff --git a/spec/enterprise/services/captain/llm/assistant_chat_service_spec.rb b/spec/enterprise/services/captain/llm/assistant_chat_service_spec.rb
index 805e55d9e..f5dbe569c 100644
--- a/spec/enterprise/services/captain/llm/assistant_chat_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/enterprise/services/captain/llm/assistant_chat_service_spec.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,24 @@ RSpec.describe Captain::Llm::AssistantChatService do
       service.generate_response(message_history: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello' }])
     end
 
+    it 'uses default temperature when assistant config does not include temperature' do
+      expect(mock_chat).to receive(:with_temperature).with(0.5).and_return(mock_chat)
+      allow(mock_chat).to receive(:ask).and_return(mock_response)
+
+      service = described_class.new(assistant: assistant, conversation: conversation)
+      service.generate_response(message_history: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello' }])
+    end
+
+    it 'preserves explicit assistant config temperature' do
+      assistant.update!(config: assistant.config.merge('temperature' => 1.0))
+
+      expect(mock_chat).to receive(:with_temperature).with(1.0).and_return(mock_chat)
+      allow(mock_chat).to receive(:ask).and_return(mock_response)
+
+      service = described_class.new(assistant: assistant, conversation: conversation)
+      service.generate_response(message_history: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello' }])
+    end
+
     it 'passes channel_type to the agent session instrumentation' do
       service = described_class.new(assistant: assistant, conversation: conversation)