diff --git a/scripts/g2_smoke.sh b/scripts/g2_smoke.sh
index cc28ab6..f45c12b 100755
--- a/scripts/g2_smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/g2_smoke.sh
@@ -76,8 +76,14 @@ DIM="$(echo "$RESP" | jq -r '.dimension')"
 N="$(echo "$RESP" | jq -r '.vectors | length')"
 MODEL="$(echo "$RESP" | jq -r '.model')"
 SAME="$(echo "$RESP" | jq -r '.vectors[0][0] == .vectors[1][0]')"
-if [ "$DIM" = "768" ] && [ "$N" = "2" ] && [ "$MODEL" = "nomic-embed-text" ] && [ "$SAME" = "false" ]; then
-  echo "  ✓ dim=768, model=nomic-embed-text, 2 distinct vectors"
+# Accept any nomic-embed-text* family member as the default — v1
+# (137M, 768d) and v2-moe (475M MoE, 768d) are both supported drop-ins.
+# The smoke locks the dimension + the distinct-vectors property, NOT
+# the exact model name (operators bump the model in lakehouse.toml
+# without changing this smoke).
+case "$MODEL" in nomic-embed-text*) MODEL_OK=1 ;; *) MODEL_OK=0 ;; esac
+if [ "$DIM" = "768" ] && [ "$N" = "2" ] && [ "$MODEL_OK" = "1" ] && [ "$SAME" = "false" ]; then
+  echo "  ✓ dim=768, model=$MODEL, 2 distinct vectors"
 else
   echo "  ✗ resp: dim=$DIM n=$N model=$MODEL same=$SAME"; FAILED=1
 fi