diff --git a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai.py b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai.py
index 3b35562ecf..40c3bed499 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from enum import Enum
 import requests  # type: ignore
 import time
 from typing import Callable, Optional, Union, List, Literal, Any
+from pydantic import BaseModel
 from litellm.utils import ModelResponse, Usage, CustomStreamWrapper, map_finish_reason
 import litellm, uuid
 import httpx, inspect  # type: ignore
@@ -1298,20 +1299,45 @@ async def async_streaming(
     return streamwrapper
 
 
-class VertexAITextEmbeddingConfig:
+class VertexAITextEmbeddingConfig(BaseModel):
     """
     Reference: https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/model-reference/text-embeddings-api#TextEmbeddingInput
 
     Args:
-        auto_truncate: (bool)If True, will truncate input text to fit within the model's max input length.
-
+        auto_truncate: Optional(bool) If True, will truncate input text to fit within the model's max input length.
+        task_type: Optional(str) The type of task to be performed. The default is "RETRIEVAL_QUERY".
+        title: Optional(str) The title of the document to be embedded. (only valid with task_type=RETRIEVAL_DOCUMENT).
     """
 
     auto_truncate: Optional[bool] = None
+    task_type: Optional[
+        Literal[
+            "RETRIEVAL_QUERY",
+            "RETRIEVAL_DOCUMENT",
+            "SEMANTIC_SIMILARITY",
+            "CLASSIFICATION",
+            "CLUSTERING",
+            "QUESTION_ANSWERING",
+            "FACT_VERIFICATION",
+        ]
+    ] = None
+    title: Optional[str] = None
 
     def __init__(
         self,
         auto_truncate: Optional[bool] = None,
+        task_type: Optional[
+            Literal[
+                "RETRIEVAL_QUERY",
+                "RETRIEVAL_DOCUMENT",
+                "SEMANTIC_SIMILARITY",
+                "CLASSIFICATION",
+                "CLUSTERING",
+                "QUESTION_ANSWERING",
+                "FACT_VERIFICATION",
+            ]
+        ] = None,
+        title: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> None:
         locals_ = locals()
         for key, value in locals_.items():
@@ -1416,18 +1442,15 @@ def embedding(
     if isinstance(input, str):
         input = [input]
 
-    """
-    VertexAI supports passing embedding input like this:
-    input=[
-        {
-            "text": "good morning from litellm",
-            "task_type": "RETRIEVAL_DOCUMENT"
-        }
-    ],
-
-    In this scenario we cast it to TextEmbeddingInput
-    """
-    input = [TextEmbeddingInput(**x) for x in input if isinstance(x, dict)]
+    if optional_params is not None and isinstance(optional_params, dict):
+        if optional_params.get("task_type") or optional_params.get("title"):
+            # if user passed task_type or title, cast to TextEmbeddingInput
+            _task_type = optional_params.pop("task_type", None)
+            _title = optional_params.pop("title", None)
+            input = [
+                TextEmbeddingInput(text=x, task_type=_task_type, title=_title)
+                for x in input
+            ]
 
     try:
         llm_model = TextEmbeddingModel.from_pretrained(model)