diff --git a/docs/source/en/api/pipelines/z_image.md b/docs/source/en/api/pipelines/z_image.md
index cf4c1aefb81f..85d926406368 100644
--- a/docs/source/en/api/pipelines/z_image.md
+++ b/docs/source/en/api/pipelines/z_image.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ image = pipe(
     prompt,
     image=init_image,
     strength=0.6,
-    num_inference_steps=9,
+    num_inference_steps=8,
     guidance_scale=0.0,
     generator=torch.Generator("cuda").manual_seed(42),
 ).images[0]
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ image = pipe(
     image=init_image,
     mask_image=mask_image,
     strength=1.0,
-    num_inference_steps=9,
+    num_inference_steps=8,
     guidance_scale=0.0,
     generator=torch.Generator("cuda").manual_seed(42),
 ).images[0]
diff --git a/src/diffusers/modular_pipelines/z_image/before_denoise.py b/src/diffusers/modular_pipelines/z_image/before_denoise.py
index 8558f2c67f65..9b6c1976a1bf 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/modular_pipelines/z_image/before_denoise.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/modular_pipelines/z_image/before_denoise.py
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ def retrieve_timesteps(
     return timesteps, num_inference_steps
 
 
+# Copied from diffusers.pipelines.z_image.pipeline_z_image.get_default_z_image_sigmas
+def get_default_z_image_sigmas(num_inference_steps: int) -> list[float]:
+    return torch.linspace(1.0, 1 / num_inference_steps, num_inference_steps).tolist()
+
+
 class ZImageTextInputStep(ModularPipelineBlocks):
     model_name = "z-image"
 
@@ -508,7 +513,7 @@ def description(self) -> str:
     def inputs(self) -> list[InputParam]:
         return [
             InputParam("latents", required=True),
-            InputParam("num_inference_steps", default=9),
+            InputParam("num_inference_steps", default=8),
             InputParam("sigmas"),
         ]
 
@@ -535,13 +540,15 @@ def __call__(self, components: ZImageModularPipeline, state: PipelineState) -> P
             base_shift=components.scheduler.config.get("base_shift", 0.5),
             max_shift=components.scheduler.config.get("max_shift", 1.15),
         )
-        components.scheduler.sigma_min = 0.0
+        sigmas = block_state.sigmas
+        if sigmas is None:
+            sigmas = get_default_z_image_sigmas(block_state.num_inference_steps)
 
         block_state.timesteps, block_state.num_inference_steps = retrieve_timesteps(
             components.scheduler,
             block_state.num_inference_steps,
             device,
-            sigmas=block_state.sigmas,
+            sigmas=sigmas,
             mu=mu,
         )
 
diff --git a/src/diffusers/modular_pipelines/z_image/modular_blocks_z_image.py b/src/diffusers/modular_pipelines/z_image/modular_blocks_z_image.py
index 23e20d55fb1e..1440128a3c55 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/modular_pipelines/z_image/modular_blocks_z_image.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/modular_pipelines/z_image/modular_blocks_z_image.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class ZImageCoreDenoiseStep(SequentialPipelineBlocks):
               TODO: Add description.
           generator (`None`, *optional*):
               TODO: Add description.
-          num_inference_steps (`None`, *optional*, defaults to 9):
+          num_inference_steps (`None`, *optional*, defaults to 8):
               TODO: Add description.
           sigmas (`None`, *optional*):
               TODO: Add description.
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class ZImageImage2ImageCoreDenoiseStep(SequentialPipelineBlocks):
               TODO: Add description.
           generator (`None`, *optional*):
               TODO: Add description.
-          num_inference_steps (`None`, *optional*, defaults to 9):
+          num_inference_steps (`None`, *optional*, defaults to 8):
               TODO: Add description.
           sigmas (`None`, *optional*):
               TODO: Add description.
diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image.py
index 46403a0719cd..3e2055c6257f 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         ...     prompt,
         ...     height=1024,
         ...     width=1024,
-        ...     num_inference_steps=9,
+        ...     num_inference_steps=8,
         ...     guidance_scale=0.0,
         ...     generator=torch.Generator("cuda").manual_seed(42),
         ... ).images[0]
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ def retrieve_timesteps(
     return timesteps, num_inference_steps
 
 
+def get_default_z_image_sigmas(num_inference_steps: int) -> list[float]:
+    return torch.linspace(1.0, 1 / num_inference_steps, num_inference_steps).tolist()
+
+
 class ZImagePipeline(DiffusionPipeline, ZImageLoraLoaderMixin, FromSingleFileMixin):
     model_cpu_offload_seq = "text_encoder->transformer->vae"
     _optional_components = []
@@ -474,7 +478,8 @@ def __call__(
             self.scheduler.config.get("base_shift", 0.5),
             self.scheduler.config.get("max_shift", 1.15),
         )
-        self.scheduler.sigma_min = 0.0
+        if sigmas is None:
+            sigmas = get_default_z_image_sigmas(num_inference_steps)
         scheduler_kwargs = {"mu": mu}
         timesteps, num_inference_steps = retrieve_timesteps(
             self.scheduler,
diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_controlnet.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_controlnet.py
index d64999138af7..81373ffb56ff 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_controlnet.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_controlnet.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         ...     controlnet_conditioning_scale=0.75,
         ...     height=1728,
         ...     width=992,
-        ...     num_inference_steps=9,
+        ...     num_inference_steps=8,
         ...     guidance_scale=0.0,
         ...     generator=torch.Generator("cuda").manual_seed(43),
         ... ).images[0]
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ def retrieve_timesteps(
     return timesteps, num_inference_steps
 
 
+# Copied from diffusers.pipelines.z_image.pipeline_z_image.get_default_z_image_sigmas
+def get_default_z_image_sigmas(num_inference_steps: int) -> list[float]:
+    return torch.linspace(1.0, 1 / num_inference_steps, num_inference_steps).tolist()
+
+
 class ZImageControlNetPipeline(DiffusionPipeline, ZImageLoraLoaderMixin, FromSingleFileMixin):
     model_cpu_offload_seq = "text_encoder->transformer->vae"
     _optional_components = []
@@ -601,7 +606,8 @@ def __call__(
             self.scheduler.config.get("base_shift", 0.5),
             self.scheduler.config.get("max_shift", 1.15),
         )
-        self.scheduler.sigma_min = 0.0
+        if sigmas is None:
+            sigmas = get_default_z_image_sigmas(num_inference_steps)
         scheduler_kwargs = {"mu": mu}
         timesteps, num_inference_steps = retrieve_timesteps(
             self.scheduler,
diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_controlnet_inpaint.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_controlnet_inpaint.py
index 40f368f0d070..178e74dea4fa 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_controlnet_inpaint.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_controlnet_inpaint.py
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ def retrieve_timesteps(
     return timesteps, num_inference_steps
 
 
+# Copied from diffusers.pipelines.z_image.pipeline_z_image.get_default_z_image_sigmas
+def get_default_z_image_sigmas(num_inference_steps: int) -> list[float]:
+    return torch.linspace(1.0, 1 / num_inference_steps, num_inference_steps).tolist()
+
+
 class ZImageControlNetInpaintPipeline(DiffusionPipeline, ZImageLoraLoaderMixin, FromSingleFileMixin):
     model_cpu_offload_seq = "text_encoder->transformer->vae"
     _optional_components = []
@@ -628,7 +633,8 @@ def __call__(
             self.scheduler.config.get("base_shift", 0.5),
             self.scheduler.config.get("max_shift", 1.15),
         )
-        self.scheduler.sigma_min = 0.0
+        if sigmas is None:
+            sigmas = get_default_z_image_sigmas(num_inference_steps)
         scheduler_kwargs = {"mu": mu}
         timesteps, num_inference_steps = retrieve_timesteps(
             self.scheduler,
diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_img2img.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_img2img.py
index ee57f51dd957..b5c7740bb0c1 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_img2img.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_img2img.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         ...     prompt,
         ...     image=init_image,
         ...     strength=0.6,
-        ...     num_inference_steps=9,
+        ...     num_inference_steps=8,
         ...     guidance_scale=0.0,
         ...     generator=torch.Generator("cuda").manual_seed(42),
         ... ).images[0]
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ def retrieve_timesteps(
     return timesteps, num_inference_steps
 
 
+# Copied from diffusers.pipelines.z_image.pipeline_z_image.get_default_z_image_sigmas
+def get_default_z_image_sigmas(num_inference_steps: int) -> list[float]:
+    return torch.linspace(1.0, 1 / num_inference_steps, num_inference_steps).tolist()
+
+
 class ZImageImg2ImgPipeline(DiffusionPipeline, ZImageLoraLoaderMixin, FromSingleFileMixin):
     r"""
     The ZImage pipeline for image-to-image generation.
@@ -563,7 +568,8 @@ def __call__(
             self.scheduler.config.get("base_shift", 0.5),
             self.scheduler.config.get("max_shift", 1.15),
         )
-        self.scheduler.sigma_min = 0.0
+        if sigmas is None:
+            sigmas = get_default_z_image_sigmas(num_inference_steps)
         scheduler_kwargs = {"mu": mu}
         timesteps, num_inference_steps = retrieve_timesteps(
             self.scheduler,
diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_inpaint.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_inpaint.py
index e740a48e65ec..132c22c0cff3 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_inpaint.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_inpaint.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         ...     image=init_image,
         ...     mask_image=mask_image,
         ...     strength=1.0,
-        ...     num_inference_steps=9,
+        ...     num_inference_steps=8,
         ...     guidance_scale=0.0,
         ...     generator=torch.Generator("cuda").manual_seed(42),
         ... ).images[0]
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ def retrieve_timesteps(
     return timesteps, num_inference_steps
 
 
+# Copied from diffusers.pipelines.z_image.pipeline_z_image.get_default_z_image_sigmas
+def get_default_z_image_sigmas(num_inference_steps: int) -> list[float]:
+    return torch.linspace(1.0, 1 / num_inference_steps, num_inference_steps).tolist()
+
+
 class ZImageInpaintPipeline(DiffusionPipeline, ZImageLoraLoaderMixin, FromSingleFileMixin):
     r"""
     The ZImage pipeline for inpainting.
@@ -750,7 +755,8 @@ def __call__(
             self.scheduler.config.get("base_shift", 0.5),
             self.scheduler.config.get("max_shift", 1.15),
         )
-        self.scheduler.sigma_min = 0.0
+        if sigmas is None:
+            sigmas = get_default_z_image_sigmas(num_inference_steps)
         scheduler_kwargs = {"mu": mu}
         timesteps, num_inference_steps = retrieve_timesteps(
             self.scheduler,
diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_omni.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_omni.py
index 9199e176a1f6..50776ceaf34d 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_omni.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/z_image/pipeline_z_image_omni.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         ...     prompt,
         ...     height=1024,
         ...     width=1024,
-        ...     num_inference_steps=9,
+        ...     num_inference_steps=8,
         ...     guidance_scale=0.0,
         ...     generator=torch.Generator("cuda").manual_seed(42),
         ... ).images[0]
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ def retrieve_timesteps(
     return timesteps, num_inference_steps
 
 
+# Copied from diffusers.pipelines.z_image.pipeline_z_image.get_default_z_image_sigmas
+def get_default_z_image_sigmas(num_inference_steps: int) -> list[float]:
+    return torch.linspace(1.0, 1 / num_inference_steps, num_inference_steps).tolist()
+
+
 class ZImageOmniPipeline(DiffusionPipeline, ZImageLoraLoaderMixin, FromSingleFileMixin):
     model_cpu_offload_seq = "text_encoder->transformer->vae"
     _optional_components = []
@@ -604,7 +609,8 @@ def __call__(
             self.scheduler.config.get("base_shift", 0.5),
             self.scheduler.config.get("max_shift", 1.15),
         )
-        self.scheduler.sigma_min = 0.0
+        if sigmas is None:
+            sigmas = get_default_z_image_sigmas(num_inference_steps)
         scheduler_kwargs = {"mu": mu}
         timesteps, num_inference_steps = retrieve_timesteps(
             self.scheduler,