# embed-english-light-v2.0

Calls to the model embed-english-light-v2.0 on Cohere stopped working on April 4, 2026.

## What to use instead

Cohere recommends moving to embed-english-v3.0, embed-multilingual-v3.0, or embed-v4.0. Because embeddings from another model are not comparable, all stored vectors must be recomputed with the new model.

Embeddings from another model are not comparable with this one's: vectors the code stores must all be computed again with the new model.

- API: Cohere (api.cohere.ai)
- Model: embed-english-light-v2.0
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: April 4, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model embed-english-light-v2.0`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://docs.cohere.com/docs/deprecations)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Cohere's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/cohere/embed-english-light-v2.0/

Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix: https://github.com/apps/okapi-agent