diff --git a/learn/generation/better-rag/00-rerankers-pinecone.ipynb b/learn/generation/better-rag/00-rerankers-pinecone.ipynb
index a523ab0e..ded86eb5 100644
--- a/learn/generation/better-rag/00-rerankers-pinecone.ipynb
+++ b/learn/generation/better-rag/00-rerankers-pinecone.ipynb
@@ -517,9 +517,10 @@
       },
       "outputs": [],
       "source": [
-        "from pinecone_plugins.inference.core.client.exceptions import PineconeApiException\n",
+        "from pinecone.exceptions import PineconeApiException\n",
         "\n",
         "def embed(batch: list[str]) -> list[float]:\n",
+        "    passed = False\n",
         "    # create embeddings (exponential backoff to avoid RateLimitError)\n",
         "    for j in range(5):  # max 5 retries\n",
         "        try:\n",
@@ -532,9 +533,10 @@
         "                }\n",
         "            )\n",
         "            passed = True\n",
-        "        except PineconeApiException:\n",
+        "            break\n",
+        "        except PineconeApiException as e:\n",
+        "            print(f\"Retry {j}: {e}\")\n",
         "            time.sleep(2**j)  # wait 2^j seconds before retrying\n",
-        "            print(\"Retrying...\")\n",
         "    if not passed:\n",
         "        raise RuntimeError(\"Failed to create embeddings.\")\n",
         "    # get embeddings\n",
@@ -1946,4 +1948,4 @@
   },
   "nbformat": 4,
   "nbformat_minor": 0
-}
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+}