# text-embedding-004 deprecation — retirement date and replacement

**Google** retires **text-embedding-004** on **2026-01-14**.
Documented replacement: **gemini-embedding-2**.

Source: https://aistudio.google.com/docs/deprecations
Source last checked: 2026-11-08.
Calendar as of 2026-11-08 UTC.

| Model | Provider | Retires | Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|
| text-embedding-004 | Google | 2026-01-14 | gemini-embedding-2 |

Source: https://llmlatency.dev/migrate/google-text-embedding-004