diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 074ba77967..6db20a9bfb 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.93.3"
+  ".": "1.94.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 00931cdb79..7c99b6d6c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.94.0 (2025-07-10)
+
+Full Changelog: [v1.93.3...v1.94.0](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v1.93.3...v1.94.0)
+
+### Features
+
+* **api:** return better error message on missing embedding ([#2369](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/2369)) ([e53464a](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/e53464ae95f6a041f3267762834e6156c5ce1b57))
+
 ## 1.93.3 (2025-07-09)
 
 Full Changelog: [v1.93.2...v1.93.3](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v1.93.2...v1.93.3)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4f3642c922..2c87a67c77 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "openai"
-version = "1.93.3"
+version = "1.94.0"
 description = "The official Python library for the openai API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/openai/_version.py b/src/openai/_version.py
index 828e93d58a..9ed696d5dd 100644
--- a/src/openai/_version.py
+++ b/src/openai/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "openai"
-__version__ = "1.93.3"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "1.94.0"  # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/src/openai/resources/embeddings.py b/src/openai/resources/embeddings.py
index 553dacc284..609f33f3b4 100644
--- a/src/openai/resources/embeddings.py
+++ b/src/openai/resources/embeddings.py
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ def parser(obj: CreateEmbeddingResponse) -> CreateEmbeddingResponse:
                 # don't modify the response object if a user explicitly asked for a format
                 return obj
 
+            if not obj.data:
+                raise ValueError("No embedding data received")
+
             for embedding in obj.data:
                 data = cast(object, embedding.embedding)
                 if not isinstance(data, str):
@@ -228,6 +231,9 @@ def parser(obj: CreateEmbeddingResponse) -> CreateEmbeddingResponse:
                 # don't modify the response object if a user explicitly asked for a format
                 return obj
 
+            if not obj.data:
+                raise ValueError("No embedding data received")
+
             for embedding in obj.data:
                 data = cast(object, embedding.embedding)
                 if not isinstance(data, str):