diff --git a/.github/workflows/openclaw-performance.yml b/.github/workflows/openclaw-performance.yml
index fd0b884311c8..7d827ee35f15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openclaw-performance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openclaw-performance.yml
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ env:
   OCM_VERSION: v0.2.47
   OCM_LINUX_X64_SHA256: 05e0bb598fe391c75fe7668e159d7eb09168b4298b5d8d0999786e79e97d0642
   KOVA_REPOSITORY: openclaw/Kova
-  KOVA_CANONICAL_CONFIG_REF: ec90fe4dd443859a248df82206ad2f1f363930ba
-  KOVA_LEGACY_LIST_CONFIG_REF: ec90fe4dd443859a248df82206ad2f1f363930ba
-  KOVA_TRUSTED_LIVE_REF: ec90fe4dd443859a248df82206ad2f1f363930ba
+  KOVA_CANONICAL_CONFIG_REF: 5f2e98a57cab4e1eafad9a9e9d5502e572e275ac
+  KOVA_LEGACY_LIST_CONFIG_REF: 5f2e98a57cab4e1eafad9a9e9d5502e572e275ac
+  KOVA_TRUSTED_LIVE_REF: 5f2e98a57cab4e1eafad9a9e9d5502e572e275ac
   PERFORMANCE_MODEL_ID: gpt-5.6-luna
   # Release matrices cold-build the candidate runtime before measurement.
   KOVA_SCENARIO_TIMEOUT_MS: ${{ inputs.profile == 'release' && '900000' || '300000' }}
diff --git a/test/scripts/openclaw-performance-workflow.test.ts b/test/scripts/openclaw-performance-workflow.test.ts
index 12412c0eaf07..0eea9ff79ec4 100644
--- a/test/scripts/openclaw-performance-workflow.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/openclaw-performance-workflow.test.ts
@@ -325,9 +325,9 @@ describe("OpenClaw performance workflow", () => {
 
   it("pins the Kova evaluator with release validation contracts", () => {
     const workflow = readFileSync(WORKFLOW, "utf8");
-    const canonicalKovaRef = "ec90fe4dd443859a248df82206ad2f1f363930ba";
-    const legacyKovaRef = "ec90fe4dd443859a248df82206ad2f1f363930ba";
-    const trustedLiveKovaRef = "ec90fe4dd443859a248df82206ad2f1f363930ba";
+    const canonicalKovaRef = "5f2e98a57cab4e1eafad9a9e9d5502e572e275ac";
+    const legacyKovaRef = "5f2e98a57cab4e1eafad9a9e9d5502e572e275ac";
+    const trustedLiveKovaRef = "5f2e98a57cab4e1eafad9a9e9d5502e572e275ac";
     const install = findStep("Install OCM and Kova");
     const installRun = install.run ?? "";
     const targetCheckout = findStep("Checkout target metadata", "resolve_target");
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ describe("OpenClaw performance workflow", () => {
       expect(outputs).toMatchObject({
         checkout_ref: sha,
         tested_sha: sha,
-        kova_ref: "ec90fe4dd443859a248df82206ad2f1f363930ba",
+        kova_ref: "5f2e98a57cab4e1eafad9a9e9d5502e572e275ac",
         kova_config_contract: "canonical",
       });
     });