diff --git a/src/commons/modelInfo.ts b/src/commons/modelInfo.ts
index 5f7521e..48c960d 100644
--- a/src/commons/modelInfo.ts
+++ b/src/commons/modelInfo.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export const DEFAULT_MODEL_INFO = new Map<string, ModelInfo>();
 [{
-  id: 'nomic-embed-text:latest',
-  size: '274MB',
+  id: 'granite-embedding:278m',
+  size: '563MB',
   digest: ''
 },
 {
diff --git a/src/commons/modelRequirements.ts b/src/commons/modelRequirements.ts
index cd0003e..d9decbc 100644
--- a/src/commons/modelRequirements.ts
+++ b/src/commons/modelRequirements.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { GB } from "./sizeUtils";
+import { GB, MB } from "./sizeUtils";
 import { hasDiscreteGPU, isHighEndApple, SystemInfo } from "./sysInfo";
 import { formatSize } from './textUtils';
 
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ export const MODEL_REQUIREMENTS: Record<string, ModelRequirements> = {
     gpuRecommended: true,
     sizeBytes: Math.ceil(4.6 * GB)
   },
-  "nomic-embed-text:latest": {
+  "granite-embedding:278m": {
     minMemoryBytes: 2 * GB,
     recommendedMemoryBytes: 4 * GB,
     gpuRecommended: false,
-    sizeBytes: Math.ceil(0.274 * GB)
+    sizeBytes: Math.ceil(563 * MB)
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/commons/sysInfo.ts b/src/commons/sysInfo.ts
index cf487b8..9f6a1b3 100644
--- a/src/commons/sysInfo.ts
+++ b/src/commons/sysInfo.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,6 @@ export function getRecommendedModels(systemInfo: SystemInfo) {
   return {
     defaultChatModel: defaultGraniteModel,
     defaultTabModel: defaultGraniteModel,
-    defaultEmbeddingsModel: "nomic-embed-text:latest"
+    defaultEmbeddingsModel: "granite-embedding:278m"
   };
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/configureAssistant.ts b/src/configureAssistant.ts
index 939ac22..1355e90 100644
--- a/src/configureAssistant.ts
+++ b/src/configureAssistant.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const modelConfigs: ModelConfig[] = [
     ...baseGraniteConfig,
   },
   {
-    model: "nomic-embed-text",
+    model: "granite-embedding:278m",
     ...baseConfig,
   }
 ];
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ const modelConfigs: ModelConfig[] = [
 function getModelConfig(model: string): ModelConfig {
   let modelConfig = modelConfigs.find(m => m.model === model);
   if (!modelConfig) {
-    const configTemplate = model.includes("granite") ? baseGraniteConfig : baseConfig;
+    const configTemplate = model.includes("embed") ? baseConfig : baseGraniteConfig;
     modelConfig = {
       ...configTemplate,
       model,
diff --git a/src/ollama/mockServer.ts b/src/ollama/mockServer.ts
index beadd10..8d1f706 100644
--- a/src/ollama/mockServer.ts
+++ b/src/ollama/mockServer.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class MockServer extends OllamaServer implements IModelServer {
     ["granite-code:8b", new MockModel("granite-code:8b", 4000)],
     ["granite-code:20b", new MockModel("granite-code:20b", 11000, ModelStatus.installed)],
     ["granite-code:34b", new MockModel("granite-code:34b", 20000)],
-    ["nomic-embed-text:latest", new MockModel("nomic-embed-text:latest", 274, ModelStatus.stale)],
+    ["granite-embedding:278m", new MockModel("granite-embedding:278m", 563, ModelStatus.stale)],
   ]);
 
   /**
diff --git a/webviews/src/App.test.tsx b/webviews/src/App.test.tsx
index bfa0a44..0d62b7a 100644
--- a/webviews/src/App.test.tsx
+++ b/webviews/src/App.test.tsx
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe("App Component", () => {
       data: {
         chatModelId: "granite3.1-dense:2b",
         tabModelId: "granite3.1-dense:2b",
-        embeddingsModelId: "nomic-embed-text:latest",
+        embeddingsModelId: "granite-embedding:278m",
       },
     });
   });
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ describe("App Component", () => {
       data: {
         chatModelId: "granite3.1-dense:2b",
         tabModelId: "granite3.1-dense:2b",
-        embeddingsModelId: "nomic-embed-text:latest",
+        embeddingsModelId: "granite-embedding:278m",
       },
     });
   });
diff --git a/webviews/src/App.tsx b/webviews/src/App.tsx
index b18a0b7..c2ce0a5 100644
--- a/webviews/src/App.tsx
+++ b/webviews/src/App.tsx
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ function App() {
 
   const embeddingsOptions: ModelOption[] = [
     {
-      label: "nomic-embed-text",
-      value: "nomic-embed-text:latest",
-      info: formatSize(MODEL_REQUIREMENTS["nomic-embed-text:latest"].sizeBytes),
+      label: "granite-embedding",
+      value: "granite-embedding:278m",
+      info: formatSize(MODEL_REQUIREMENTS["granite-embedding:278m"].sizeBytes),
     },
     { label: "Keep existing configuration", value: null, info: null },
   ];