diff --git a/mcp_server/README.md b/mcp_server/README.md
index 6e805c4e..64c4a64d 100644
--- a/mcp_server/README.md
+++ b/mcp_server/README.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ The MCP server comes with sensible defaults:
 - **Transport**: HTTP (accessible at `http://localhost:8000/mcp/`)
 - **Database**: Kuzu (in-memory, no external dependencies required)
 - **LLM**: OpenAI with model gpt-4.1
-- **Embedder**: OpenAI text-embedding-ada-002
+- **Embedder**: OpenAI text-embedding-3-small
 
 ### Database Configuration
 
diff --git a/mcp_server/config/config.yaml b/mcp_server/config/config.yaml
index f0510250..9bc02bca 100644
--- a/mcp_server/config/config.yaml
+++ b/mcp_server/config/config.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ llm:
 
 embedder:
   provider: "openai"  # Options: openai, azure_openai, gemini, voyage
-  model: "text-embedding-ada-002"
+  model: "text-embedding-3-small"
   dimensions: 1536
   
   providers: