diff --git a/+llms/+utils/errorMessageCatalog.m b/+llms/+utils/errorMessageCatalog.m
index caf4c5e..fe13f0d 100644
--- a/+llms/+utils/errorMessageCatalog.m
+++ b/+llms/+utils/errorMessageCatalog.m
@@ -55,4 +55,5 @@
 catalog("llms:pngExpected") = "Argument must be a PNG image.";
 catalog("llms:warningJsonInstruction") = "When using JSON mode, you must also prompt the model to produce JSON yourself via a system or user message.";
 catalog("llms:apiReturnedError") = "OpenAI API Error: {1}";
+catalog("llms:dimensionsMustBeSmallerThan") = "Dimensions must be less than or equal to {1}.";
 end
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diff --git a/extractOpenAIEmbeddings.m b/extractOpenAIEmbeddings.m
index 9660052..4be564c 100644
--- a/extractOpenAIEmbeddings.m
+++ b/extractOpenAIEmbeddings.m
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
 %   [emb, response] = EXTRACTOPENAIEMBEDDINGS(...) also returns the full
 %   response from the OpenAI API call.
 %
-%   Copyright 2023 The MathWorks, Inc.
+%   Copyright 2023-2024 The MathWorks, Inc.
 
 arguments
-    text           (1,:) {mustBeText}
+    text           (1,:) {mustBeNonzeroLengthText}
     nvp.ModelName  (1,1) {mustBeMember(nvp.ModelName,["text-embedding-ada-002", ...
                         "text-embedding-3-large", "text-embedding-3-small"])} = "text-embedding-ada-002"
     nvp.TimeOut    (1,1) {mustBeReal,mustBePositive} = 10
-    nvp.Dimensions (1,1) {mustBeInteger}
+    nvp.Dimensions (1,1) {mustBeInteger,mustBePositive}
     nvp.ApiKey           {llms.utils.mustBeNonzeroLengthTextScalar}
 end
 
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
         error("llms:invalidOptionForModel", ...
             llms.utils.errorMessageCatalog.getMessage("llms:invalidOptionForModel", "Dimensions", nvp.ModelName));
     end
+    mustBeCorrectDimensions(nvp.Dimensions,nvp.ModelName);
     parameters.dimensions = nvp.Dimensions;
 end
 
@@ -53,4 +54,17 @@
     emb = emb';
 else
     emb = [];
+end
+end
+
+function mustBeCorrectDimensions(dimensions,modelName)
+    model2dim = ....
+    dictionary(["text-embedding-3-large", "text-embedding-3-small"], ...
+    [3072,1536]);
+
+    if dimensions>model2dim(modelName)
+        error("llms:dimensionsMustBeSmallerThan", ...
+            llms.utils.errorMessageCatalog.getMessage("llms:dimensionsMustBeSmallerThan", ...
+            string(model2dim(modelName))));
+    end
 end
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diff --git a/tests/textractOpenAIEmbeddings.m b/tests/textractOpenAIEmbeddings.m
index a58c1f6..1bf33a6 100644
--- a/tests/textractOpenAIEmbeddings.m
+++ b/tests/textractOpenAIEmbeddings.m
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 classdef textractOpenAIEmbeddings < matlab.unittest.TestCase
 % Tests for extractOpenAIEmbeddings
 
-%   Copyright 2023 The MathWorks, Inc.
+%   Copyright 2023-2024 The MathWorks, Inc.
 
     methods (TestClassSetup)
         function saveEnvVar(testCase)
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ function testInvalidInputs(testCase, InvalidInput)
 
 function invalidInput = iGetInvalidInput
 invalidInput = struct( ...
+    "InvalidEmptyText", struct( ...
+        "Input",{{ "" }},...
+        "Error", "MATLAB:validators:mustBeNonzeroLengthText"), ...
+    ...
+    "InvalidEmptyTextArray", struct( ...
+        "Input",{{ ["", ""] }},...
+        "Error", "MATLAB:validators:mustBeNonzeroLengthText"), ...
+    ...
     "InvalidTimeOutType", struct( ...
         "Input",{{ "bla", "TimeOut", "2" }},...
         "Error", "MATLAB:validators:mustBeReal"), ...
@@ -66,7 +74,7 @@ function testInvalidInputs(testCase, InvalidInput)
     ...
     "WrongTypeText",struct( ...
         "Input",{{ 123 }},...
-        "Error","MATLAB:validators:mustBeText"),...
+        "Error","MATLAB:validators:mustBeNonzeroLengthText"),...
     ...
     "InvalidModelNameType",struct( ...
         "Input",{{"bla", "ModelName", 0 }},...
@@ -84,6 +92,20 @@ function testInvalidInputs(testCase, InvalidInput)
         "Input",{{"bla", "Dimensions", "123" }},...
         "Error","MATLAB:validators:mustBeNumericOrLogical"),...
     ...
+    "InvalidDimensionValue",struct( ...
+        "Input",{{"bla", "Dimensions", "-11" }},...
+        "Error","MATLAB:validators:mustBeNumericOrLogical"),...
+    ...
+    "LargeDimensionValueForModelLarge",struct( ...
+        "Input",{{"bla", "ModelName", "text-embedding-3-large", ...
+            "Dimensions", 3073, "ApiKey", "fake-key"  }},...
+        "Error","llms:dimensionsMustBeSmallerThan"),...
+    ...
+    "LargeDimensionValueForModelSmall",struct( ...
+        "Input",{{"bla", "ModelName", "text-embedding-3-small", ...
+            "Dimensions", 1537, "ApiKey", "fake-key" }},...
+        "Error","llms:dimensionsMustBeSmallerThan"),...
+    ...
     "InvalidDimensionSize",struct( ...
         "Input",{{"bla", "Dimensions", [123, 123] }},...
         "Error","MATLAB:validation:IncompatibleSize"),...