diff --git a/genai/live/live-audio-with-txt.js b/genai/live/live-audio-with-txt.js
index e6c257862d..760fcfe40d 100644
--- a/genai/live/live-audio-with-txt.js
+++ b/genai/live/live-audio-with-txt.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ const {GoogleGenAI, Modality} = require('@google/genai');
 const fs = require('fs');
 
 const GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT = process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT;
-const GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION = process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION || 'global';
+const GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION =
+  process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION || 'us-central1';
 
 async function generateLiveConversation(
   projectId = GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT,
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ async function generateLiveConversation(
   });
 
   const voiceName = 'Aoede';
-  const modelId = 'gemini-2.0-flash-live-preview-04-09';
+  const modelId = 'gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio';
   const config = {
     responseModalities: [Modality.AUDIO],
     speechConfig: {