diff --git a/salt/soc/defaults.yaml b/salt/soc/defaults.yaml
index 6b88c5c0b..cea5666e0 100644
--- a/salt/soc/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/soc/defaults.yaml
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ soc:
           maxUserMemoriesToReconcile: 20
           maxGlobalMemoriesToReconcile: 20
           memoryModel: gemma@SOAI
-          embedModel: gemma@SOAI
+          embedModel: amazon.titan-embed-text-v2@SOAI
           reconcileModel: gemma@SOAI
         onionconfig:
           saltstackDir: /opt/so/saltstack