diff --git a/packages/api/src/endpoints/google/llm.ts b/packages/api/src/endpoints/google/llm.ts
index e76075f44a..0f82ce042d 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/endpoints/google/llm.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/endpoints/google/llm.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export function getGoogleConfig(
   const authHeader = options.authHeader;
 
   const {
-    grounding,
+    web_search,
     thinking = googleSettings.thinking.default,
     thinkingBudget = googleSettings.thinkingBudget.default,
     ...modelOptions
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export function getGoogleConfig(
 
   const tools: GoogleAIToolType[] = [];
 
-  if (grounding) {
+  if (web_search) {
     tools.push({ googleSearch: {} });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/src/parameterSettings.ts b/packages/data-provider/src/parameterSettings.ts
index 545e29c780..f01ad6139c 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/src/parameterSettings.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/src/parameterSettings.ts
@@ -563,8 +563,8 @@ const google: Record<string, SettingDefinition> = {
     optionType: 'conversation',
     columnSpan: 2,
   },
-  grounding: {
-    key: 'grounding',
+  web_search: {
+    key: 'web_search',
     label: 'com_endpoint_use_search_grounding',
     labelCode: true,
     description: 'com_endpoint_google_use_search_grounding',
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ const googleConfig: SettingsConfiguration = [
   librechat.resendFiles,
   google.thinking,
   google.thinkingBudget,
-  google.grounding,
+  google.web_search,
 ];
 
 const googleCol1: SettingsConfiguration = [
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ const googleCol2: SettingsConfiguration = [
   librechat.resendFiles,
   google.thinking,
   google.thinkingBudget,
-  google.grounding,
+  google.web_search,
 ];
 
 const openAI: SettingsConfiguration = [
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/src/schemas.ts b/packages/data-provider/src/schemas.ts
index 1ebac7238d..3ea250f4a4 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/src/schemas.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/src/schemas.ts
@@ -637,10 +637,8 @@ export const tConversationSchema = z.object({
   reasoning_summary: eReasoningSummarySchema.optional().nullable(),
   /* OpenAI: use Responses API */
   useResponsesApi: z.boolean().optional(),
-  /* OpenAI Responses API / Anthropic API */
+  /* OpenAI Responses API / Anthropic API / Google API */
   web_search: z.boolean().optional(),
-  /* Google: use Search Grounding */
-  grounding: z.boolean().optional(),
   /* assistant */
   assistant_id: z.string().optional(),
   /* agents */
@@ -743,9 +741,7 @@ export const tQueryParamsSchema = tConversationSchema
     reasoning_summary: true,
     /** @endpoints openAI, custom, azureOpenAI */
     useResponsesApi: true,
-    /** @endpoints google */
-    grounding: true,
-    /** @endpoints openAI, anthropic */
+    /** @endpoints openAI, anthropic, google */
     web_search: true,
     /** @endpoints google, anthropic, bedrock */
     topP: true,
@@ -829,7 +825,7 @@ export const googleBaseSchema = tConversationSchema.pick({
   topK: true,
   thinking: true,
   thinkingBudget: true,
-  grounding: true,
+  web_search: true,
   iconURL: true,
   greeting: true,
   spec: true,
@@ -861,7 +857,7 @@ export const googleGenConfigSchema = z
         thinkingBudget: coerceNumber.optional(),
       })
       .optional(),
-    grounding: z.boolean().optional(),
+    web_search: z.boolean().optional(),
   })
   .strip()
   .optional();
diff --git a/packages/data-schemas/src/types/convo.ts b/packages/data-schemas/src/types/convo.ts
index 177c140fb9..f7e58508f0 100644
--- a/packages/data-schemas/src/types/convo.ts
+++ b/packages/data-schemas/src/types/convo.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ export interface IConversation extends Document {
   reasoning_summary?: string;
   useResponsesApi?: boolean;
   web_search?: boolean;
-  grounding?: boolean;
   // Additional fields
   files?: string[];
   expiredAt?: Date;