diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-litellm/llama_index/embeddings/litellm/base.py b/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-litellm/llama_index/embeddings/litellm/base.py
index a373a43071121..3b468dc0362b5 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-litellm/llama_index/embeddings/litellm/base.py
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-litellm/llama_index/embeddings/litellm/base.py
@@ -1,35 +1,51 @@
-from typing import List
+from typing import Any, List, Optional
 from litellm import embedding
 
 from llama_index.core.bridge.pydantic import Field
 from llama_index.core.embeddings import BaseEmbedding
 
 
-def get_embeddings(api_key: str, api_base: str, model_name: str, input: List[str]):
-    if not api_key:
-        # If key is not provided, we assume the consumer has configured
-        # their LiteLLM proxy server with their API key.
-        api_key = "some key"
+def get_embeddings(
+    api_key: str, api_base: str, model_name: str, input: List[str], **kwargs: Any
+) -> List[List[float]]:
+    """
+    Retrieve embeddings for a given list of input strings using the specified model.
 
+    Args:
+        api_key (str): The API key for authentication.
+        api_base (str): The base URL of the LiteLLM proxy server.
+        model_name (str): The name of the model to use for generating embeddings.
+        input (List[str]): A list of input strings for which embeddings are to be generated.
+        **kwargs (Any): Additional keyword arguments to be passed to the embedding function.
+
+    Returns:
+        List[List[float]]: A list of embeddings, where each embedding corresponds to an input string.
+    """
     response = embedding(
         api_key=api_key,
         api_base=api_base,
         model=model_name,
         input=input,
+        **kwargs,
     )
     return [result["embedding"] for result in response.data]
 
 
 class LiteLLMEmbedding(BaseEmbedding):
-    model_name: str = Field(
-        default="unknown", description="The name of the embedding model."
-    )
-    api_key: str = Field(
-        default="unknown",
+    model_name: str = Field(description="The name of the embedding model.")
+    api_key: Optional[str] = Field(
+        default=None,
         description="OpenAI key. If not provided, the proxy server must be configured with the key.",
     )
-    api_base: str = Field(
-        default="unknown", description="The base URL of the LiteLLM proxy."
+    api_base: Optional[str] = Field(
+        default=None, description="The base URL of the LiteLLM proxy."
+    )
+    dimensions: Optional[int] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description=(
+            "The number of dimensions the resulting output embeddings should have. "
+            "Only supported in text-embedding-3 and later models."
+        ),
     )
 
     @classmethod
@@ -47,6 +63,7 @@ def _get_query_embedding(self, query: str) -> List[float]:
             api_key=self.api_key,
             api_base=self.api_base,
             model_name=self.model_name,
+            dimensions=self.dimensions,
             input=[query],
         )
         return embeddings[0]
@@ -56,6 +73,7 @@ def _get_text_embedding(self, text: str) -> List[float]:
             api_key=self.api_key,
             api_base=self.api_base,
             model_name=self.model_name,
+            dimensions=self.dimensions,
             input=[text],
         )
         return embeddings[0]
@@ -65,5 +83,6 @@ def _get_text_embeddings(self, texts: List[str]) -> List[List[float]]:
             api_key=self.api_key,
             api_base=self.api_base,
             model_name=self.model_name,
+            dimensions=self.dimensions,
             input=texts,
         )
diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-litellm/pyproject.toml b/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-litellm/pyproject.toml
index 07213990820a3..01099fd174f33 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-litellm/pyproject.toml
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-litellm/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ exclude = ["**/BUILD"]
 license = "MIT"
 name = "llama-index-embeddings-litellm"
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"