diff --git a/build-tests/x86/tumbleweed/test-image-claude/config.sh b/build-tests/x86/tumbleweed/test-image-claude/config.sh
index 00507fe2cfb..b721d4f34c9 100644
--- a/build-tests/x86/tumbleweed/test-image-claude/config.sh
+++ b/build-tests/x86/tumbleweed/test-image-claude/config.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ set -ex
 
 zypper ar -f https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss TW
 
+npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
+
 curl https://sdk.cloud.google.com > install.sh
 bash install.sh --disable-prompts --install-dir=/usr/share
 
@@ -10,4 +12,20 @@ ln -s /usr/share/google-cloud-sdk/bin/gcloud /usr/bin/gcloud
 ln -s /usr/share/google-cloud-sdk/bin/gsutil /usr/bin/gsutil
 ln -s /usr/share/google-cloud-sdk/bin/bq /usr/bin/bq
 
-npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
+mkdir -p /etc/claude-code
+
+cat > /etc/claude-code/managed-settings.json <<'EOF'
+{
+  "permissions": {
+    "defaultMode": "default"
+  },
+  "env": {
+    "CLAUDE_CODE_USE_VERTEX": "1",
+    "CLOUD_ML_REGION": "global",
+    "ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL": "claude-sonnet-5",
+    "ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL": "claude-opus-5",
+    "ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL": "claude-haiku-4-5@20251001"
+  }
+}
+EOF
+chmod 0644 /etc/claude-code/managed-settings.json
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