diff --git a/cmd/revyl/workflow_settings.go b/cmd/revyl/workflow_settings.go
index f69a688..935c2ed 100644
--- a/cmd/revyl/workflow_settings.go
+++ b/cmd/revyl/workflow_settings.go
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ func runWorkflowConfigSet(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	ui.StartSpinner("Updating run config...")
-	err = client.UpdateWorkflowRunConfig(cmd.Context(), workflowID, cfg)
+	err = client.UpdateWorkflowRunConfig(cmd.Context(), workflowID, cfg, true)
 	ui.StopSpinner()
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/api/client.go b/internal/api/client.go
index c73ebba..a8be895 100644
--- a/internal/api/client.go
+++ b/internal/api/client.go
@@ -3577,6 +3577,7 @@ type Workflow struct {
 	BuildConfig         map[string]interface{} `json:"build_config,omitempty"`
 	OverrideBuildConfig bool                   `json:"override_build_config,omitempty"`
 	RunConfig           *WorkflowRunConfig     `json:"run_config,omitempty"`
+	OverrideRunConfig   bool                   `json:"override_run_config,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // CLIWorkflowLastExecution holds the last execution metadata returned by the
@@ -5447,12 +5448,26 @@ type WorkflowRunConfig struct {
 //   - ctx: Context for cancellation
 //   - workflowID: The workflow UUID
 //   - config: The run configuration to apply
+//   - override: Whether to override inherited run config from project defaults
 //
 // Returns:
 //   - error: Any error that occurred
-func (c *Client) UpdateWorkflowRunConfig(ctx context.Context, workflowID string, config *WorkflowRunConfig) error {
+func (c *Client) UpdateWorkflowRunConfig(ctx context.Context, workflowID string, config *WorkflowRunConfig, override bool) error {
+	runConfig := map[string]interface{}{}
+	if config != nil {
+		if config.Parallelism > 0 {
+			runConfig["parallelism"] = config.Parallelism
+		}
+		if config.MaxRetries >= 0 {
+			runConfig["max_retries"] = config.MaxRetries
+		}
+	}
+	body := map[string]interface{}{
+		"run_config":          runConfig,
+		"override_run_config": override,
+	}
 	path := fmt.Sprintf("/api/v1/workflows/update_run_config/%s", workflowID)
-	resp, err := c.doRequest(ctx, "PUT", path, config)
+	resp, err := c.doRequest(ctx, "PUT", path, body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/tui/workflow_mgmt.go b/internal/tui/workflow_mgmt.go
index 4c3b07c..69c4ac0 100644
--- a/internal/tui/workflow_mgmt.go
+++ b/internal/tui/workflow_mgmt.go
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ func saveWorkflowOverridesCmd(client *api.Client, workflowID string, wf *api.Wor
 			return WorkflowSettingsSavedMsg{Err: err}
 		}
 		if wf.RunConfig != nil {
-			if err := client.UpdateWorkflowRunConfig(ctx, workflowID, wf.RunConfig); err != nil {
+			if err := client.UpdateWorkflowRunConfig(ctx, workflowID, wf.RunConfig, wf.OverrideRunConfig); err != nil {
 				return WorkflowSettingsSavedMsg{Err: err}
 			}
 		}