diff --git a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Embeddings/EmbeddingGenerationOptions.cs b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Embeddings/EmbeddingGenerationOptions.cs
index 02875e9de98..27b84273b5b 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Embeddings/EmbeddingGenerationOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Embeddings/EmbeddingGenerationOptions.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,30 @@
 // Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
+using Microsoft.Shared.Diagnostics;
+
 namespace Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
 
 /// <summary>Represents the options for an embedding generation request.</summary>
 public class EmbeddingGenerationOptions
 {
+    private int? _dimensions;
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the number of dimensions requested in the embedding.</summary>
+    public int? Dimensions
+    {
+        get => _dimensions;
+        set
+        {
+            if (value is not null)
+            {
+                _ = Throw.IfLessThan(value.Value, 1);
+            }
+
+            _dimensions = value;
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Gets or sets the model ID for the embedding generation request.</summary>
     public string? ModelId { get; set; }
 
@@ -22,6 +41,7 @@ public virtual EmbeddingGenerationOptions Clone() =>
         new()
         {
             ModelId = ModelId,
+            Dimensions = Dimensions,
             AdditionalProperties = AdditionalProperties?.Clone(),
         };
 }
diff --git a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI/OpenAIEmbeddingGenerator.cs b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI/OpenAIEmbeddingGenerator.cs
index 27bf001b3ff..155e047279f 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI/OpenAIEmbeddingGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI/OpenAIEmbeddingGenerator.cs
@@ -135,17 +135,11 @@ void IDisposable.Dispose()
     {
         OpenAI.Embeddings.EmbeddingGenerationOptions openAIOptions = new()
         {
-            Dimensions = _dimensions,
+            Dimensions = options?.Dimensions ?? _dimensions,
         };
 
         if (options?.AdditionalProperties is { Count: > 0 } additionalProperties)
         {
-            // Allow per-instance dimensions to be overridden by a per-call property
-            if (additionalProperties.TryGetValue(nameof(openAIOptions.Dimensions), out int? dimensions))
-            {
-                openAIOptions.Dimensions = dimensions;
-            }
-
             if (additionalProperties.TryGetValue(nameof(openAIOptions.EndUserId), out string? endUserId))
             {
                 openAIOptions.EndUserId = endUserId;
diff --git a/test/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions.Tests/Embeddings/EmbeddingGenerationOptionsTests.cs b/test/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions.Tests/Embeddings/EmbeddingGenerationOptionsTests.cs
index e9dd45959c7..fbc8b390abf 100644
--- a/test/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions.Tests/Embeddings/EmbeddingGenerationOptionsTests.cs
+++ b/test/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions.Tests/Embeddings/EmbeddingGenerationOptionsTests.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
+using System;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -14,10 +15,20 @@ public void Constructor_Parameterless_PropsDefaulted()
         EmbeddingGenerationOptions options = new();
         Assert.Null(options.ModelId);
         Assert.Null(options.AdditionalProperties);
+        Assert.Null(options.Dimensions);
 
         EmbeddingGenerationOptions clone = options.Clone();
         Assert.Null(clone.ModelId);
         Assert.Null(clone.AdditionalProperties);
+        Assert.Null(clone.Dimensions);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void InvalidArgs_Throws()
+    {
+        EmbeddingGenerationOptions options = new();
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => options.Dimensions = 0);
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => options.Dimensions = -1);
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -31,13 +42,16 @@ public void Properties_Roundtrip()
         };
 
         options.ModelId = "modelId";
+        options.Dimensions = 1536;
         options.AdditionalProperties = additionalProps;
 
         Assert.Equal("modelId", options.ModelId);
+        Assert.Equal(1536, options.Dimensions);
         Assert.Same(additionalProps, options.AdditionalProperties);
 
         EmbeddingGenerationOptions clone = options.Clone();
         Assert.Equal("modelId", clone.ModelId);
+        Assert.Equal(1536, clone.Dimensions);
         Assert.Equal(additionalProps, clone.AdditionalProperties);
     }
 
@@ -53,6 +67,7 @@ public void JsonSerialization_Roundtrips()
 
         options.ModelId = "model";
         options.AdditionalProperties = additionalProps;
+        options.Dimensions = 1536;
 
         string json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(options, TestJsonSerializerContext.Default.EmbeddingGenerationOptions);
 
@@ -60,6 +75,7 @@ public void JsonSerialization_Roundtrips()
         Assert.NotNull(deserialized);
 
         Assert.Equal("model", deserialized.ModelId);
+        Assert.Equal(1536, deserialized.Dimensions);
 
         Assert.NotNull(deserialized.AdditionalProperties);
         Assert.Single(deserialized.AdditionalProperties);