diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/embeddings/__init__.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/embeddings/__init__.py
index 3ae7e8ac4f4..9b9deba027c 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/embeddings/__init__.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/embeddings/__init__.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ from langchain_community.embeddings.javelin_ai_gateway import JavelinAIGatewayEm
 from langchain_community.embeddings.jina import JinaEmbeddings
 from langchain_community.embeddings.johnsnowlabs import JohnSnowLabsEmbeddings
 from langchain_community.embeddings.llamacpp import LlamaCppEmbeddings
+from langchain_community.embeddings.llm_rails import LLMRailsEmbeddings
 from langchain_community.embeddings.localai import LocalAIEmbeddings
 from langchain_community.embeddings.minimax import MiniMaxEmbeddings
 from langchain_community.embeddings.mlflow import MlflowEmbeddings
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "GradientEmbeddings",
     "JinaEmbeddings",
     "LlamaCppEmbeddings",
+    "LLMRailsEmbeddings",
     "HuggingFaceHubEmbeddings",
     "MlflowEmbeddings",
     "MlflowAIGatewayEmbeddings",
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/embeddings/llm_rails.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/embeddings/llm_rails.py
index 6f233d59d33..44bc0171803 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/embeddings/llm_rails.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/embeddings/llm_rails.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 """ This file is for LLMRails Embedding """
-import logging
-import os
-from typing import List, Optional
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 
 import requests
 from langchain_core.embeddings import Embeddings
-from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import BaseModel, Extra
+from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import BaseModel, Extra, SecretStr, root_validator
+from langchain_core.utils import convert_to_secret_str, get_from_dict_or_env
 
 
 class LLMRailsEmbeddings(BaseModel, Embeddings):
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ class LLMRailsEmbeddings(BaseModel, Embeddings):
     model: str = "embedding-english-v1"
     """Model name to use."""
 
-    api_key: Optional[str] = None
+    api_key: Optional[SecretStr] = None
     """LLMRails API key."""
 
     class Config:
@@ -37,6 +36,15 @@ class LLMRailsEmbeddings(BaseModel, Embeddings):
 
         extra = Extra.forbid
 
+    @root_validator()
+    def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
+        """Validate that api key exists in environment."""
+        api_key = convert_to_secret_str(
+            get_from_dict_or_env(values, "api_key", "LLM_RAILS_API_KEY")
+        )
+        values["api_key"] = api_key
+        return values
+
     def embed_documents(self, texts: List[str]) -> List[List[float]]:
         """Call out to Cohere's embedding endpoint.
 
@@ -46,14 +54,9 @@ class LLMRailsEmbeddings(BaseModel, Embeddings):
         Returns:
             List of embeddings, one for each text.
         """
-        api_key = self.api_key or os.environ.get("LLM_RAILS_API_KEY")
-        if api_key is None:
-            logging.warning("Can't find LLMRails credentials in environment.")
-            raise ValueError("LLM_RAILS_API_KEY is not set")
-
         response = requests.post(
             "https://api.llmrails.com/v1/embeddings",
-            headers={"X-API-KEY": api_key},
+            headers={"X-API-KEY": self.api_key.get_secret_value()},
             json={"input": texts, "model": self.model},
             timeout=60,
         )
diff --git a/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/embeddings/test_imports.py b/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/embeddings/test_imports.py
index cd91e675da5..6aac6609a99 100644
--- a/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/embeddings/test_imports.py
+++ b/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/embeddings/test_imports.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ EXPECTED_ALL = [
     "GradientEmbeddings",
     "JinaEmbeddings",
     "LlamaCppEmbeddings",
+    "LLMRailsEmbeddings",
     "HuggingFaceHubEmbeddings",
     "MlflowAIGatewayEmbeddings",
     "MlflowEmbeddings",
diff --git a/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/embeddings/test_llm_rails.py b/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/embeddings/test_llm_rails.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05a40c726e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/embeddings/test_llm_rails.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""Test LLMRailsEmbeddings embeddings"""
+
+from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import SecretStr
+from pytest import CaptureFixture
+
+from langchain_community.embeddings import LLMRailsEmbeddings
+
+
+def test_api_key_is_string() -> None:
+    llm = LLMRailsEmbeddings(api_key="secret-api-key")
+    assert isinstance(llm.api_key, SecretStr)
+
+
+def test_api_key_masked_when_passed_via_constructor(
+    capsys: CaptureFixture,
+) -> None:
+    llm = LLMRailsEmbeddings(api_key="secret-api-key")
+    print(llm.api_key, end="")
+    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+
+    assert captured.out == "**********"