diff --git a/js/ragas.test.ts b/js/ragas.test.ts
index a74342e..be5c7d9 100644
--- a/js/ragas.test.ts
+++ b/js/ragas.test.ts
@@ -234,3 +234,97 @@ describe("ContextRelevancy score clamping", () => {
     expect(result.score).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
   });
 });
+
+describe("AnswerCorrectness custom embedding model", () => {
+  const server = setupServer();
+
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    server.listen({
+      onUnhandledRequest: (req) => {
+        throw new Error(`Unhandled request ${req.method}, ${req.url}`);
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    server.resetHandlers();
+    init();
+  });
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    server.close();
+  });
+
+  test("AnswerCorrectness uses custom embedding model", async () => {
+    let capturedEmbeddingModel: string | undefined;
+
+    server.use(
+      http.post("https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions", async () => {
+        return HttpResponse.json({
+          id: "test-id",
+          object: "chat.completion",
+          created: Date.now(),
+          model: "gpt-4o",
+          choices: [
+            {
+              index: 0,
+              message: {
+                role: "assistant",
+                tool_calls: [
+                  {
+                    id: "call_test",
+                    type: "function",
+                    function: {
+                      name: "classify_statements",
+                      arguments: JSON.stringify({
+                        TP: ["Paris is the capital"],
+                        FP: [],
+                        FN: [],
+                      }),
+                    },
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+              finish_reason: "tool_calls",
+            },
+          ],
+        });
+      }),
+      http.post("https://api.openai.com/v1/embeddings", async ({ request }) => {
+        const body = (await request.json()) as { model: string; input: string };
+        capturedEmbeddingModel = body.model;
+        return HttpResponse.json({
+          object: "list",
+          data: [
+            {
+              object: "embedding",
+              embedding: new Array(1536).fill(0.1),
+              index: 0,
+            },
+          ],
+          model: body.model,
+          usage: {
+            prompt_tokens: 5,
+            total_tokens: 5,
+          },
+        });
+      }),
+    );
+
+    init({
+      client: new OpenAI({
+        apiKey: "test-api-key",
+        baseURL: "https://api.openai.com/v1",
+      }),
+    });
+
+    await AnswerCorrectness({
+      input: "What is the capital of France?",
+      output: "Paris",
+      expected: "Paris is the capital of France",
+      embeddingModel: "text-embedding-3-large",
+    });
+
+    expect(capturedEmbeddingModel).toBe("text-embedding-3-large");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/js/ragas.ts b/js/ragas.ts
index 43f93e9..ef2e1f4 100644
--- a/js/ragas.ts
+++ b/js/ragas.ts
@@ -791,28 +791,31 @@ export const AnswerRelevancy: ScorerWithPartial<
 /**
  * Scores the semantic similarity between the generated answer and ground truth.
  */
-export const AnswerSimilarity: ScorerWithPartial<string, RagasArgs> =
-  makePartial(async (args) => {
-    const { ...inputs } = parseArgs(args);
+export const AnswerSimilarity: ScorerWithPartial<
+  string,
+  RagasArgs & { model?: string }
+> = makePartial(async (args) => {
+  const { ...inputs } = parseArgs(args);
 
-    const { output, expected } = checkRequired(
-      { output: inputs.output, expected: inputs.expected },
-      "AnswerSimilarity",
-    );
+  const { output, expected } = checkRequired(
+    { output: inputs.output, expected: inputs.expected },
+    "AnswerSimilarity",
+  );
 
-    const { score, error } = await EmbeddingSimilarity({
-      ...extractOpenAIArgs(args),
-      output,
-      expected,
-      expectedMin: 0,
-    });
+  const { score, error } = await EmbeddingSimilarity({
+    ...extractOpenAIArgs(args),
+    output,
+    expected,
+    expectedMin: 0,
+    model: args.model,
+  });
 
-    return {
-      name: "AnswerSimilarity",
-      score,
-      error,
-    };
-  }, "AnswerSimilarity");
+  return {
+    name: "AnswerSimilarity",
+    score,
+    error,
+  };
+}, "AnswerSimilarity");
 
 const CORRECTNESS_PROMPT = `Given a ground truth and an answer, analyze each statement in the answer and classify them in one of the following categories:
 
@@ -880,6 +883,7 @@ export const AnswerCorrectness: ScorerWithPartial<
     factualityWeight?: number;
     answerSimilarityWeight?: number;
     answerSimilarity?: Scorer<string, object>;
+    embeddingModel?: string;
   }
 > = makePartial(async (args) => {
   const { chatArgs, client, ...inputs } = parseArgs(args);
@@ -930,7 +934,12 @@ export const AnswerCorrectness: ScorerWithPartial<
     }),
     answerSimilarityWeight === 0
       ? null
-      : answerSimilarity({ output, expected, openAiApiKey: args.openAiApiKey }),
+      : answerSimilarity({
+          output,
+          expected,
+          openAiApiKey: args.openAiApiKey,
+          model: args.embeddingModel,
+        }),
   ]);
 
   const factuality = answerCorrectnessClassificationSchema.parse(
diff --git a/py/autoevals/ragas.py b/py/autoevals/ragas.py
index 8bb6a3a..794ab03 100644
--- a/py/autoevals/ragas.py
+++ b/py/autoevals/ragas.py
@@ -1245,15 +1245,15 @@ def __init__(
     async def _run_eval_async(self, output, expected=None, input=None, **kwargs):
         check_required("AnswerSimilarity", expected=expected, output=output)
 
-        return await EmbeddingSimilarity(client=self.client).eval_async(
-            output=output, expected=expected, model=self.model, **self.extra_args
+        return await EmbeddingSimilarity(client=self.client, model=self.model).eval_async(
+            output=output, expected=expected, **self.extra_args
         )
 
     def _run_eval_sync(self, output, expected=None, input=None, **kwargs):
         check_required("AnswerSimilarity", expected=expected, output=output)
 
-        return EmbeddingSimilarity(client=self.client).eval(
-            output=output, expected=expected, model=self.model, **self.extra_args
+        return EmbeddingSimilarity(client=self.client, model=self.model).eval(
+            output=output, expected=expected, **self.extra_args
         )
 
 
@@ -1370,6 +1370,7 @@ class AnswerCorrectness(OpenAILLMScorer):
         factuality_weight: Optional float between 0-1 for factual correctness weight
         answer_similarity_weight: Optional float between 0-1 for answer similarity weight
         answer_similarity: Optional AnswerSimilarity instance for similarity evaluation
+        embedding_model: Optional model to use for answer similarity embeddings
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -1379,13 +1380,17 @@ def __init__(
         factuality_weight=0.75,
         answer_similarity_weight=0.25,
         answer_similarity=None,
+        embedding_model=None,
         client: Client | None = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         super().__init__(client=client, **kwargs)
 
         self.model = _get_model(model)
-        self.answer_similarity = answer_similarity or AnswerSimilarity(client=client)
+        self.answer_similarity = answer_similarity or AnswerSimilarity(
+            model=embedding_model if embedding_model is not None else DEFAULT_RAGAS_EMBEDDING_MODEL,
+            client=client,
+        )
 
         if factuality_weight == 0 and answer_similarity_weight == 0:
             raise ValueError("At least one weight must be nonzero")
@@ -1416,14 +1421,12 @@ def _postprocess(self, factuality, similarity):
     async def _run_answer_similarity_async(self, output, expected):
         if self.answer_similarity_weight == 0:
             return None
-        return await self.answer_similarity.eval_async(
-            output=output, expected=expected, model=self.model, **self.extra_args
-        )
+        return await self.answer_similarity.eval_async(output=output, expected=expected, **self.extra_args)
 
     def _run_answer_similarity_sync(self, output, expected):
         if self.answer_similarity_weight == 0:
             return None
-        return self.answer_similarity.eval(output=output, expected=expected, model=self.model, **self.extra_args)
+        return self.answer_similarity.eval(output=output, expected=expected, **self.extra_args)
 
     async def _run_eval_async(self, output, expected=None, input=None, **kwargs):
         check_required("AnswerCorrectness", input=input, expected=expected, output=output)
diff --git a/py/autoevals/test_ragas.py b/py/autoevals/test_ragas.py
index 556b3ae..0f53a28 100644
--- a/py/autoevals/test_ragas.py
+++ b/py/autoevals/test_ragas.py
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 import json
 
 import pytest
+import respx
+from httpx import Response
+from openai import OpenAI
 
+from autoevals import init
 from autoevals.ragas import *
 
 data = {
@@ -119,3 +123,76 @@ def test_context_relevancy_score_normal_case():
     assert result.score == pytest.approx(expected_score, rel=1e-3)
     assert result.score <= 1.0
     assert result.score >= 0.0
+
+
+@respx.mock
+def test_answer_correctness_uses_custom_embedding_model():
+    """Test that AnswerCorrectness passes embedding_model parameter through to embeddings API."""
+    captured_embedding_model = None
+
+    def capture_embedding_model(request):
+        nonlocal captured_embedding_model
+        body = request.content.decode()
+        import json
+
+        data = json.loads(body)
+        captured_embedding_model = data.get("model")
+        return Response(
+            200,
+            json={
+                "object": "list",
+                "data": [
+                    {
+                        "object": "embedding",
+                        "embedding": [0.1] * 1536,
+                        "index": 0,
+                    }
+                ],
+                "model": data.get("model"),
+                "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 5, "total_tokens": 5},
+            },
+        )
+
+    def mock_chat_completions(request):
+        return Response(
+            200,
+            json={
+                "id": "test-id",
+                "object": "chat.completion",
+                "created": 1234567890,
+                "model": "gpt-4o",
+                "choices": [
+                    {
+                        "index": 0,
+                        "message": {
+                            "role": "assistant",
+                            "tool_calls": [
+                                {
+                                    "id": "call_test",
+                                    "type": "function",
+                                    "function": {
+                                        "name": "classify_statements",
+                                        "arguments": '{"TP": ["Paris is the capital"], "FP": [], "FN": []}',
+                                    },
+                                }
+                            ],
+                        },
+                        "finish_reason": "tool_calls",
+                    }
+                ],
+            },
+        )
+
+    respx.post("https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions").mock(side_effect=mock_chat_completions)
+    respx.post("https://api.openai.com/v1/embeddings").mock(side_effect=capture_embedding_model)
+
+    init(OpenAI(api_key="test-api-key", base_url="https://api.openai.com/v1"))
+
+    metric = AnswerCorrectness(embedding_model="text-embedding-3-large")
+    metric.eval(
+        input="What is the capital of France?",
+        output="Paris",
+        expected="Paris is the capital of France",
+    )
+
+    assert captured_embedding_model == "text-embedding-3-large"