diff --git a/integrations/cohere/src/haystack_integrations/components/generators/cohere/chat/chat_generator.py b/integrations/cohere/src/haystack_integrations/components/generators/cohere/chat/chat_generator.py
index a2ecc6b7c..3efb5c34f 100644
--- a/integrations/cohere/src/haystack_integrations/components/generators/cohere/chat/chat_generator.py
+++ b/integrations/cohere/src/haystack_integrations/components/generators/cohere/chat/chat_generator.py
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class CohereChatGenerator:
     from haystack.utils import Secret
     from haystack_integrations.components.generators.cohere import CohereChatGenerator
 
-    client = CohereChatGenerator(model="command-r", api_key=Secret.from_env_var("COHERE_API_KEY"))
+    client = CohereChatGenerator(model="command-r-08-2024", api_key=Secret.from_env_var("COHERE_API_KEY"))
     messages = [ChatMessage.from_user("What's Natural Language Processing?")]
     client.run(messages)
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ def weather(city: str) -> str:
 
     # Create and set up the pipeline
     pipeline = Pipeline()
-    pipeline.add_component("generator", CohereChatGenerator(model="command-r", tools=[weather_tool]))
+    pipeline.add_component("generator", CohereChatGenerator(model="command-r-08-2024", tools=[weather_tool]))
     pipeline.add_component("tool_invoker", ToolInvoker(tools=[weather_tool]))
     pipeline.connect("generator", "tool_invoker")
 
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ def weather(city: str) -> str:
     def __init__(
         self,
         api_key: Secret = Secret.from_env_var(["COHERE_API_KEY", "CO_API_KEY"]),
-        model: str = "command-r",
+        model: str = "command-r-08-2024",
         streaming_callback: Optional[Callable[[StreamingChunk], None]] = None,
         api_base_url: Optional[str] = None,
         generation_kwargs: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
diff --git a/integrations/cohere/tests/test_cohere_chat_generator.py b/integrations/cohere/tests/test_cohere_chat_generator.py
index 0dc3d5f14..e9d8131de 100644
--- a/integrations/cohere/tests/test_cohere_chat_generator.py
+++ b/integrations/cohere/tests/test_cohere_chat_generator.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def test_init_default(self, monkeypatch):
 
         component = CohereChatGenerator()
         assert component.api_key == Secret.from_env_var(["COHERE_API_KEY", "CO_API_KEY"])
-        assert component.model == "command-r"
+        assert component.model == "command-r-08-2024"
         assert component.streaming_callback is None
         assert component.api_base_url == "https://api.cohere.com"
         assert not component.generation_kwargs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def test_to_dict_default(self, monkeypatch):
         assert data == {
             "type": "haystack_integrations.components.generators.cohere.chat.chat_generator.CohereChatGenerator",
             "init_parameters": {
-                "model": "command-r",
+                "model": "command-r-08-2024",
                 "streaming_callback": None,
                 "api_key": {"env_vars": ["COHERE_API_KEY", "CO_API_KEY"], "strict": True, "type": "env_var"},
                 "api_base_url": "https://api.cohere.com",
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def test_from_dict(self, monkeypatch):
         data = {
             "type": "haystack_integrations.components.generators.cohere.chat.chat_generator.CohereChatGenerator",
             "init_parameters": {
-                "model": "command-r",
+                "model": "command-r-08-2024",
                 "api_base_url": "test-base-url",
                 "api_key": {"env_vars": ["ENV_VAR"], "strict": False, "type": "env_var"},
                 "streaming_callback": "haystack.components.generators.utils.print_streaming_chunk",
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def test_from_dict(self, monkeypatch):
             },
         }
         component = CohereChatGenerator.from_dict(data)
-        assert component.model == "command-r"
+        assert component.model == "command-r-08-2024"
         assert component.streaming_callback is print_streaming_chunk
         assert component.api_base_url == "test-base-url"
         assert component.generation_kwargs == {"max_tokens": 10, "some_test_param": "test-params"}
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def test_from_dict_fail_wo_env_var(self, monkeypatch):
         data = {
             "type": "haystack_integrations.components.generators.cohere.chat.chat_generator.CohereChatGenerator",
             "init_parameters": {
-                "model": "command-r",
+                "model": "command-r-08-2024",
                 "api_base_url": "test-base-url",
                 "api_key": {"env_vars": ["COHERE_API_KEY", "CO_API_KEY"], "strict": True, "type": "env_var"},
                 "streaming_callback": "haystack.components.generators.utils.print_streaming_chunk",
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def test_tools_use_old_way(self):
                 },
             }
         ]
-        client = CohereChatGenerator(model="command-r")
+        client = CohereChatGenerator(model="command-r-08-2024")
         response = client.run(
             messages=[ChatMessage.from_user("What is the current price of AAPL?")],
             generation_kwargs={"tools": tools_schema},
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def test_tools_use_with_tools(self):
             function=stock_price,
         )
         initial_messages = [ChatMessage.from_user("What is the current price of AAPL?")]
-        client = CohereChatGenerator(model="command-r")
+        client = CohereChatGenerator(model="command-r-08-2024")
         response = client.run(
             messages=initial_messages,
             tools=[stock_price_tool],
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ def test_live_run_with_tools_streaming(self):
 
         initial_messages = [ChatMessage.from_user("What's the weather like in Paris?")]
         component = CohereChatGenerator(
-            model="command-r",  # Cohere's model that supports tools
+            model="command-r-08-2024",  # Cohere's model that supports tools
             tools=[weather_tool],
             streaming_callback=print_streaming_chunk,
         )
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ def test_pipeline_with_cohere_chat_generator(self):
         )
 
         pipeline = Pipeline()
-        pipeline.add_component("generator", CohereChatGenerator(model="command-r", tools=[weather_tool]))
+        pipeline.add_component("generator", CohereChatGenerator(model="command-r-08-2024", tools=[weather_tool]))
         pipeline.add_component("tool_invoker", ToolInvoker(tools=[weather_tool]))
 
         pipeline.connect("generator", "tool_invoker")
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ def test_serde_in_pipeline(self, monkeypatch):
 
         # Create generator with specific configuration
         generator = CohereChatGenerator(
-            model="command-r",
+            model="command-r-08-2024",
             generation_kwargs={"temperature": 0.7},
             streaming_callback=print_streaming_chunk,
             tools=[tool],
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ def test_serde_in_pipeline(self, monkeypatch):
                 "generator": {
                     "type": "haystack_integrations.components.generators.cohere.chat.chat_generator.CohereChatGenerator",  # noqa: E501
                     "init_parameters": {
-                        "model": "command-r",
+                        "model": "command-r-08-2024",
                         "api_key": {"type": "env_var", "env_vars": ["COHERE_API_KEY", "CO_API_KEY"], "strict": True},
                         "streaming_callback": "haystack.components.generators.utils.print_streaming_chunk",
                         "api_base_url": "https://api.cohere.com",