diff --git a/src/Contracts/DataModels.ts b/src/Contracts/DataModels.ts
index 7dfe33bbb..37ccd5e13 100644
--- a/src/Contracts/DataModels.ts
+++ b/src/Contracts/DataModels.ts
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ export interface VectorEmbeddingPolicy {
 }
 
 export interface VectorEmbedding {
-  dataType: "float32" | "uint8" | "int8";
+  dataType: "float32" | "float16" | "uint8" | "int8";
   dimensions: number;
   distanceFunction: "euclidean" | "cosine" | "dotproduct";
   path: string;
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorSearchUtils.ts b/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorSearchUtils.ts
index 0f5547aa7..4bb663e57 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorSearchUtils.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorSearchUtils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { IDropdownOption } from "@fluentui/react";
 
-const dataTypes = ["float32", "uint8", "int8"];
+const dataTypes = ["float32", "float16", "uint8", "int8"];
 const distanceFunctions = ["euclidean", "cosine", "dotproduct"];
 const indexTypes = ["none", "flat", "diskANN", "quantizedFlat"];