diff --git a/drevalpy/models/baselines/sklearn_models.py b/drevalpy/models/baselines/sklearn_models.py
index 0a00286f..42d91dd2 100644
--- a/drevalpy/models/baselines/sklearn_models.py
+++ b/drevalpy/models/baselines/sklearn_models.py
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ def build_model(self, hyperparameters: dict):
         Builds the model from hyperparameters.
 
         :param hyperparameters: Hyperparameters for the model. Contains n_estimators, criterion, max_samples,
-            and n_jobs.
+            max_depth and n_jobs.
         """
         super().build_model(hyperparameters)
         if self.hyperparameters["max_depth"] == "None":
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ def build_model(self, hyperparameters: dict):
             n_estimators=self.hyperparameters["n_estimators"],
             criterion=self.hyperparameters["criterion"],
             max_samples=self.hyperparameters["max_samples"],
+            max_depth=self.hyperparameters["max_depth"],
             n_jobs=self.hyperparameters["n_jobs"],
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/models/test_baselines.py b/tests/models/test_baselines.py
index 7168713d..410bb8e8 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_baselines.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_baselines.py
@@ -20,10 +20,34 @@
     NaiveTissueDrugMeanPredictor,
     NaiveTissueMeanPredictor,
 )
-from drevalpy.models.baselines.sklearn_models import SklearnModel
+from drevalpy.models.baselines.sklearn_models import RandomForest, SklearnModel
 from drevalpy.models.drp_model import DRPModel
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("max_depth_input, expected", [(5, 5), (10, 10), (30, 30), ("None", None)])
+def test_random_forest_respects_max_depth(max_depth_input, expected) -> None:
+    """Ensure RandomForest forwards max_depth to the underlying RandomForestRegressor.
+
+    Regression test: max_depth was read from the hyperparameters but never passed to the
+    RandomForestRegressor constructor, so every forest was built with the default max_depth=None
+    regardless of the configured value.
+
+    :param max_depth_input: max_depth value as provided via the hyperparameters
+    :param expected: max_depth expected on the built sklearn model
+    """
+    model = RandomForest()
+    model.build_model(
+        {
+            "n_estimators": 10,
+            "criterion": "squared_error",
+            "max_samples": 0.5,
+            "n_jobs": 1,
+            "max_depth": max_depth_input,
+        }
+    )
+    assert model.model.max_depth == expected
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "model_name",
     [