diff --git a/libs/partners/pinecone/langchain_pinecone/embeddings.py b/libs/partners/pinecone/langchain_pinecone/embeddings.py
index 92ff3fe9ada..f17c9a0fab4 100644
--- a/libs/partners/pinecone/langchain_pinecone/embeddings.py
+++ b/libs/partners/pinecone/langchain_pinecone/embeddings.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import asyncio
 import logging
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional
 
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ class PineconeEmbeddings(BaseModel, Embeddings):
         protected_namespaces=(),
     )
 
-    async def _get_async_client(self) -> aiohttp.ClientSession:
+    async def get_async_client(self) -> aiohttp.ClientSession:
         """Lazily initialize the async client."""
         if self._async_client is None:
             self._async_client = aiohttp.ClientSession(
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ class PineconeEmbeddings(BaseModel, Embeddings):
             "inputs": [{"text": text} for text in texts],
             "parameters": parameters,
         }
-        client = await self._get_async_client()
+        client = await self.get_async_client()
         async with client.post("https://api.pinecone.io/embed", json=data) as response:
             response_data = await response.json(content_type=None)
             return response_data
diff --git a/libs/partners/pinecone/poetry.lock b/libs/partners/pinecone/poetry.lock
index 1fe4a568a17..3a90d183846 100644
--- a/libs/partners/pinecone/poetry.lock
+++ b/libs/partners/pinecone/poetry.lock
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ url = "../../core"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "langchain-openai"
-version = "0.2.14"
+version = "0.3.0"
 description = "An integration package connecting OpenAI and LangChain"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9,<4.0"
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ files = []
 develop = true
 
 [package.dependencies]
-langchain-core = "^0.3.27"
+langchain-core = "^0.3.29"
 openai = "^1.58.1"
 tiktoken = ">=0.7,<1"
 
@@ -2154,4 +2154,4 @@ propcache = ">=0.2.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.9,<3.13"
-content-hash = "c6bfaf9d0fdb71fc6aa80ee07d08a558c6ae414481e47f1feb56edcbd0d16bb1"
+content-hash = "244a891a2ad8dd02d0264d86a356e6e5074e2d04830faa93722c8e92fbddb8d3"
diff --git a/libs/partners/pinecone/tests/integration_tests/test_embeddings.py b/libs/partners/pinecone/tests/integration_tests/test_embeddings.py
index 1d2bb7a0fd8..5680d445530 100644
--- a/libs/partners/pinecone/tests/integration_tests/test_embeddings.py
+++ b/libs/partners/pinecone/tests/integration_tests/test_embeddings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ NAMESPACE_NAME = "test_namespace"
 async def embd_client() -> AsyncGenerator[PineconeEmbeddings, None]:
     client = PineconeEmbeddings(model=MODEL)
     yield client
-    await client.async_client.close()
+    async_client = await client.get_async_client()
+    await async_client.close()
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/libs/partners/pinecone/tests/unit_tests/test_embeddings.py b/libs/partners/pinecone/tests/unit_tests/test_embeddings.py
index 57a59f78713..62ab3ec3086 100644
--- a/libs/partners/pinecone/tests/unit_tests/test_embeddings.py
+++ b/libs/partners/pinecone/tests/unit_tests/test_embeddings.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class TestPineconeEmbeddingsConfig:
         assert embeddings._async_client is None
 
         # Access async_client property
-        client = embeddings.async_client
+        client = await embeddings.get_async_client()
         assert client is not None
         assert isinstance(client, aiohttp.ClientSession)