diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 79c09ae2..9f333aac 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ packages = [{include = "canopy", from = "src"},
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.9,<3.13"
-pinecone-client = "^3.0.0"
+pinecone-client = [{ version = "^3.0.0" },
+                   { version = "^3.0.0", extras = ["grpc"], optional = true }]
 python-dotenv = "^1.0.0"
 openai = "^1.2.3"
 tiktoken = "^0.3.3"
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ cohere = { version = ">=4.37", optional = true }
 cohere = ["cohere"]
 torch = ["pinecone-text"]
 transformers = ["transformers"]
+grpc = ["pinecone-client"]
 
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ module = [
     'pinecone',
     'transformers.*',
     'cohere.*',
+    'pinecone.grpc'
 ]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 
diff --git a/src/canopy/knowledge_base/knowledge_base.py b/src/canopy/knowledge_base/knowledge_base.py
index 1ead3573..23e400b0 100644
--- a/src/canopy/knowledge_base/knowledge_base.py
+++ b/src/canopy/knowledge_base/knowledge_base.py
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
 from functools import lru_cache
 
 from typing import List, Optional, Dict, Any, Union
-from pinecone import (ServerlessSpec, PodSpec,
-                      Pinecone, PineconeApiException)
+from pinecone import (ServerlessSpec, PodSpec, Index,
+                      PineconeApiException)
 
 from canopy.utils.debugging import CANOPY_DEBUG_INFO
 
 try:
-    from pinecone import GRPCIndex as Index
+    from pinecone.grpc import PineconeGRPC as Pinecone
 except ImportError:
-    from pinecone import Index
+    from pinecone import Pinecone
 
 from canopy.knowledge_base.base import BaseKnowledgeBase
 from canopy.knowledge_base.chunker import Chunker, MarkdownChunker