diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e471fb8..c3e60f4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ $pinecone = new Pinecone($apiKey, $indexHost);
 
 // all control AND data methods are available now
 ```
+> **Info**
+> The index host should include `https://`, which you may need to prepend to the value returned from Pinecone.
 
 ## Responses
 
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index eaf555e..5295bd0 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -616,16 +616,16 @@
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-            "version": "v3.4.0",
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@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
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+                    "dev-main": "3.5-dev"
                 },
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@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@
             "description": "A generic function and convention to trigger deprecation notices",
             "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
             "support": {
-                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/deprecation-contracts/tree/v3.4.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/deprecation-contracts/tree/v3.5.1"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2023-05-23T14:45:45+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-09-25T14:20:29+00:00"
         }
     ],
     "packages-dev": [
@@ -4413,20 +4413,20 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/polyfill-mbstring",
-            "version": "v1.29.0",
+            "version": "v1.31.0",
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                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-mbstring.git",
-                "reference": "9773676c8a1bb1f8d4340a62efe641cf76eda7ec"
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             },
             "require": {
-                "php": ">=7.1"
+                "php": ">=7.2"
             },
             "provide": {
                 "ext-mbstring": "*"
@@ -4473,7 +4473,7 @@
                 "shim"
             ],
             "support": {
-                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-mbstring/tree/v1.29.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-mbstring/tree/v1.31.0"
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                 {
@@ -4489,7 +4489,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2024-01-29T20:11:03+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-09-09T11:45:10+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/polyfill-php80",
@@ -4802,16 +4802,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/var-dumper",
-            "version": "v6.4.3",
+            "version": "v6.4.4",
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                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/var-dumper.git",
-                "reference": "0435a08f69125535336177c29d56af3abc1f69da"
+                "reference": "b439823f04c98b84d4366c79507e9da6230944b1"
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-                "reference": "0435a08f69125535336177c29d56af3abc1f69da",
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             },
             "require": {
@@ -4867,7 +4867,7 @@
                 "dump"
             ],
             "support": {
-                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/var-dumper/tree/v6.4.3"
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/var-dumper/tree/v6.4.4"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -4883,7 +4883,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2024-01-23T14:53:30+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-02-15T11:23:52+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "ta-tikoma/phpunit-architecture-test",
@@ -5146,5 +5146,5 @@
         "php": "^8.2"
     },
     "platform-dev": [],
-    "plugin-api-version": "2.3.0"
+    "plugin-api-version": "2.6.0"
 }