diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d90abbd31..15255e0fb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 4.28
+ - [#310] (https://github.com/cohere-ai/cohere-python/pull/310)
+   - Embed: add input_type parameter for new embed models
+
 ## 4.27
 - [#308] (https://github.com/cohere-ai/cohere-python/pull/308)
   - Datasets: add validation_warnings
diff --git a/cohere/client.py b/cohere/client.py
index db5261a56..510d8810c 100644
--- a/cohere/client.py
+++ b/cohere/client.py
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ def embed(
         truncate: Optional[str] = None,
         compress: Optional[bool] = False,
         compression_codebook: Optional[str] = "default",
+        input_type: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> Embeddings:
         """Returns an Embeddings object for the provided texts. Visit https://cohere.ai/embed to learn about embeddings.
 
@@ -404,6 +405,7 @@ def embed(
             truncate (str): (Optional) One of NONE|START|END, defaults to END. How the API handles text longer than the maximum token length.
             compress (bool): (Optional) Whether to compress the embeddings. When True, the compressed_embeddings will be returned as integers in the range [0, 255].
             compression_codebook (str): (Optional) The compression codebook to use for compressed embeddings. Defaults to "default".
+            input_type (str): (Optional) One of "classification", "clustering", "search_document", "search_query". The type of input text provided to embed.
         """
         responses = {
             "embeddings": [],
@@ -420,6 +422,7 @@ def embed(
                     "truncate": truncate,
                     "compress": compress,
                     "compression_codebook": compression_codebook,
+                    "input_type": input_type,
                 }
             )
 
diff --git a/cohere/client_async.py b/cohere/client_async.py
index 56e9f2b43..9d952af75 100644
--- a/cohere/client_async.py
+++ b/cohere/client_async.py
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ async def embed(
         truncate: Optional[str] = None,
         compress: Optional[bool] = False,
         compression_codebook: Optional[str] = "default",
+        input_type: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> Embeddings:
         """Returns an Embeddings object for the provided texts. Visit https://cohere.ai/embed to learn about embeddings.
 
@@ -282,6 +283,7 @@ async def embed(
             truncate (str): (Optional) One of NONE|START|END, defaults to END. How the API handles text longer than the maximum token length.
             compress (bool): (Optional) Whether to compress the embeddings. When True, the compressed_embeddings will be returned as integers in the range [0, 255].
             compression_codebook (str): (Optional) The compression codebook to use for compressed embeddings. Defaults to "default".
+            input_type (str): (Optional) One of "classification", "clustering", "search_document", "search_query". The type of input text provided to embed.
         """
         json_bodys = [
             dict(
@@ -290,6 +292,7 @@ async def embed(
                 truncate=truncate,
                 compress=compress,
                 compression_codebook=compression_codebook,
+                input_type=input_type,
             )
             for i in range(0, len(texts), cohere.COHERE_EMBED_BATCH_SIZE)
         ]
diff --git a/tests/sync/test_embed.py b/tests/sync/test_embed.py
index da85c75c5..4dd625e43 100644
--- a/tests/sync/test_embed.py
+++ b/tests/sync/test_embed.py
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 import string
 import unittest
 
+import pytest
 from utils import get_api_key
 
 import cohere
+from cohere.error import CohereError
 
 API_KEY = get_api_key()
 co = cohere.Client(API_KEY)
@@ -102,3 +104,24 @@ def test_success_multiple_batches_in_order(self):
         for predictionExpected, predictionActual in zip(predictionsExpected, list(predictionsActual)):
             for elementExpected, elementAcutal in zip(predictionExpected, predictionActual):
                 self.assertAlmostEqual(elementExpected, elementAcutal, places=1)
+
+    def test_fail_with_new_model_no_input_type(self):
+        text_batch = random_texts(cohere.COHERE_EMBED_BATCH_SIZE)
+        with pytest.raises(CohereError):
+            co.embed(model="embed-english-v3.0", texts=text_batch)
+
+    def test_fail_with_new_model_invalid_input_type(self):
+        text_batch = random_texts(cohere.COHERE_EMBED_BATCH_SIZE)
+        input_type = "invalid"
+        with pytest.raises(CohereError):
+            co.embed(model="embed-english-v3.0", texts=text_batch, input_type=input_type)
+
+    def test_success_with_new_model_and_input_type(self):
+        text = ["cohere"]
+        input_types = ["classification", "search_document", "search_query", "clustering"]
+
+        for input_type in input_types:
+            prediction = co.embed(model="embed-english-v3.0", texts=text, input_type=input_type)
+            embed = prediction.embeddings[0]
+            self.assertIsInstance(embed, list)
+            self.assertEqual(len(embed), 1024)