diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-huggingface/llama_index/embeddings/huggingface/base.py b/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-huggingface/llama_index/embeddings/huggingface/base.py
index 2fa750589401e..11e550c65fda6 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-huggingface/llama_index/embeddings/huggingface/base.py
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-huggingface/llama_index/embeddings/huggingface/base.py
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ async def _aget_query_embedding(self, query: str) -> List[float]:
         Returns:
             List[float]: numpy array of embeddings
         """
-        return self._get_query_embedding(query)
+        return await asyncio.to_thread(self._get_query_embedding, query)
 
     async def _aget_text_embedding(self, text: str) -> List[float]:
         """
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ async def _aget_text_embedding(self, text: str) -> List[float]:
         Returns:
             List[float]: numpy array of embeddings
         """
-        return self._get_text_embedding(text)
+        return await asyncio.to_thread(self._get_text_embedding, text)
 
     def _get_text_embedding(self, text: str) -> List[float]:
         """