diff --git a/crates/milli/src/vector/parsed_vectors.rs b/crates/milli/src/vector/parsed_vectors.rs
index 36e80677a..8ff5a2201 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/vector/parsed_vectors.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/vector/parsed_vectors.rs
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ impl<'doc> serde::de::Visitor<'doc> for RawVectorsVisitor {
                     regenerate = Some(value);
                 }
                 Ok(Some("embeddings")) => {
-                    let value: &RawValue = match map.next_value() {
+                    let value: &RawValue = match map.next_value::<&RawValue>() {
+                        Ok(value) if value.get() == "null" => continue,
                         Ok(value) => value,
                         Err(error) => {
                             return Ok(Err(RawVectorsError::DeserializeEmbeddings {