diff --git a/src/dedicated-servers/dedicated-servers.service.spec.ts b/src/dedicated-servers/dedicated-servers.service.spec.ts
index e94e6652..02c12d80 100644
--- a/src/dedicated-servers/dedicated-servers.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/dedicated-servers/dedicated-servers.service.spec.ts
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ describe("DedicatedServersService.setupDedicatedServer", () => {
     disableServerGuidelines: false,
   };
 
-  const setup = async (type: string) => {
+  const deploy = async (type: string, game = "cs2") => {
     const createNamespacedDeployment = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({});
     const gameModes = {
       resolveForServer: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(pluginsOnly),
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ describe("DedicatedServersService.setupDedicatedServer", () => {
             type,
             port: 27015,
             tv_port: 27020,
-            game: "cs2",
+            game,
             max_players: 10,
             api_password: "api",
             rcon_password: "rcon",
@@ -781,6 +781,12 @@ describe("DedicatedServersService.setupDedicatedServer", () => {
     const env: Array<{ name: string; value: string }> =
       createNamespacedDeployment.mock.calls[0][0].body.spec.template.spec
         .containers[0].env;
+
+    return env;
+  };
+
+  const setup = async (type: string) => {
+    const env = await deploy(type);
     const pluginConfigs = env.find((entry) => entry.name === "PLUGIN_CONFIGS");
 
     return pluginConfigs
@@ -799,4 +805,24 @@ describe("DedicatedServersService.setupDedicatedServer", () => {
   it("leaves them to the match on a Ranked server", async () => {
     expect(await setup("Ranked")).toEqual({});
   });
+
+  const launchParams = async (type: string, game?: string) =>
+    (await deploy(type, game))
+      .find((entry) => entry.name === "EXTRA_GAME_PARAMS")
+      .value.split(" ");
+
+  it.each(["Casual", "Ranked", "Custom"])(
+    "boots a CS2 %s server with workshop command filtering off",
+    async (type) => {
+      expect(await launchParams(type)).toContain(
+        "-disable_workshop_command_filtering",
+      );
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("leaves the CS2-only flag off a CS:GO server", async () => {
+    expect(await launchParams("Casual", "csgo")).not.toContain(
+      "-disable_workshop_command_filtering",
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/dedicated-servers/dedicated-servers.service.ts b/src/dedicated-servers/dedicated-servers.service.ts
index c4e690d2..bb8720ab 100644
--- a/src/dedicated-servers/dedicated-servers.service.ts
+++ b/src/dedicated-servers/dedicated-servers.service.ts
@@ -352,6 +352,12 @@ export class DedicatedServersService {
                       {
                         name: "EXTRA_GAME_PARAMS",
                         value: [
+                          // CS2 (since its January 2026 update) drops
+                          // "workshop-disallowed" cvars from every cfg exec'd
+                          // on a workshop map without it.
+                          server.game === "csgo"
+                            ? null
+                            : "-disable_workshop_command_filtering",
                           `-maxplayers ${server.type === "Ranked" ? 16 : server.max_players}`,
                           `+map ${startMap && !startMap.workshop_map_id ? startMap.name : "de_dust2"}`,
                           ...DedicatedServersService.launchMode(
diff --git a/src/matches/match-assistant/match-assistant.on-demand-teardown.spec.ts b/src/matches/match-assistant/match-assistant.on-demand-teardown.spec.ts
index 82e4ebdd..54fe6373 100644
--- a/src/matches/match-assistant/match-assistant.on-demand-teardown.spec.ts
+++ b/src/matches/match-assistant/match-assistant.on-demand-teardown.spec.ts
@@ -657,6 +657,20 @@ describe("MatchAssistantService — on-demand server teardown", () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it("boots CS2 with workshop command filtering off", async () => {
+      await (service as any).assignOnDemandServer("match-1");
+
+      const [container] =
+        createNamespacedJob.mock.calls[0][0].body.spec.template.spec.containers;
+      const params = container.env.find(
+        (entry: { name: string }) => entry.name === "EXTRA_GAME_PARAMS",
+      );
+
+      expect(params.value.split(" ")).toContain(
+        "-disable_workshop_command_filtering",
+      );
+    });
+
     it("holds the pool lock past a teardown but not past the retries", async () => {
       await (service as any).assignOnDemandServer("match-1");
 
diff --git a/src/matches/match-assistant/match-assistant.service.ts b/src/matches/match-assistant/match-assistant.service.ts
index 51c57261..b1c0c2c7 100644
--- a/src/matches/match-assistant/match-assistant.service.ts
+++ b/src/matches/match-assistant/match-assistant.service.ts
@@ -1257,7 +1257,10 @@ export class MatchAssistantService {
                           },
                           {
                             name: "EXTRA_GAME_PARAMS",
-                            value: `-maxplayers ${match.max_players_per_lineup * 2 + 3} ${map.workshop_map_id ? `+map de_inferno` : `+map ${map.name}`} +game_type 0 +game_mode ${MatchAssistantService.getGameMode(match.options?.type)} +sv_password ${match.password}${gameMode?.extraGameParams ? ` ${gameMode.extraGameParams}` : ""}`,
+                            // CS2 (since its January 2026 update) drops
+                            // "workshop-disallowed" cvars from every cfg
+                            // exec'd on a workshop map without it.
+                            value: `-disable_workshop_command_filtering -maxplayers ${match.max_players_per_lineup * 2 + 3} ${map.workshop_map_id ? `+map de_inferno` : `+map ${map.name}`} +game_type 0 +game_mode ${MatchAssistantService.getGameMode(match.options?.type)} +sv_password ${match.password}${gameMode?.extraGameParams ? ` ${gameMode.extraGameParams}` : ""}`,
                           },
                           { name: "SERVER_ID", value: server.id },
                           { name: "MATCH_ID", value: matchId },