diff --git a/backend/model_server/encoders.py b/backend/model_server/encoders.py
index 0db4aa38e..3d714a94a 100644
--- a/backend/model_server/encoders.py
+++ b/backend/model_server/encoders.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class CloudEmbedding:
             texts=texts,
             model=model,
             input_type=embedding_type,
+            truncate="NONE",
         )
         return response.embeddings
 
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ class CloudEmbedding:
         )
         return [embedding.values for embedding in embeddings]
 
+    @retry(tries=_RETRY_TRIES, delay=_RETRY_DELAY)
     def embed(
         self,
         *,
@@ -211,7 +213,6 @@ def warm_up_cross_encoders() -> None:
 
 
 @simple_log_function_time()
-@retry(tries=_RETRY_TRIES, delay=_RETRY_DELAY)
 def embed_text(
     texts: list[str],
     text_type: EmbedTextType,
diff --git a/backend/requirements/model_server.txt b/backend/requirements/model_server.txt
index e78f292fa..19cbfcc62 100644
--- a/backend/requirements/model_server.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements/model_server.txt
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ transformers==4.39.2
 uvicorn==0.21.1
 voyageai==0.2.3
 openai==1.14.3
-cohere==5.5.8
-google-cloud-aiplatform==1.58.0
\ No newline at end of file
+cohere==5.6.1
+google-cloud-aiplatform==1.58.0