diff --git a/integrations/chroma/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/chroma/document_store.py b/integrations/chroma/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/chroma/document_store.py
index addcba296..3353ed5aa 100644
--- a/integrations/chroma/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/chroma/document_store.py
+++ b/integrations/chroma/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/chroma/document_store.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Tuple
 
 import chromadb
-import numpy as np
 from chromadb.api.types import GetResult, QueryResult, validate_where, validate_where_document
 from haystack import default_from_dict, default_to_dict
 from haystack.dataclasses import Document
@@ -465,7 +464,7 @@ def _query_result_to_documents(result: QueryResult) -> List[List[Document]]:
                     pass
 
                 if embeddings := result.get("embeddings"):
-                    document_dict["embedding"] = np.array(embeddings[i][j])
+                    document_dict["embedding"] = embeddings[i][j]
 
                 if distances := result.get("distances"):
                     document_dict["score"] = distances[i][j]
diff --git a/integrations/chroma/tests/test_document_store.py b/integrations/chroma/tests/test_document_store.py
index d4b6ed272..5a7e12b3d 100644
--- a/integrations/chroma/tests/test_document_store.py
+++ b/integrations/chroma/tests/test_document_store.py
@@ -106,7 +106,12 @@ def test_search(self):
 
         # Assertions to verify correctness
         assert len(result) == 1
-        assert result[0][0].content == "Third document"
+        doc = result[0][0]
+        assert doc.content == "Third document"
+        assert doc.meta == {"author": "Author2"}
+        assert doc.embedding
+        assert isinstance(doc.embedding, list)
+        assert all(isinstance(el, float) for el in doc.embedding)
 
     def test_write_documents_unsupported_meta_values(self, document_store: ChromaDocumentStore):
         """