diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/memory/unified_memory.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/memory/unified_memory.py
index 531a91208..9d921fa1f 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/memory/unified_memory.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/memory/unified_memory.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from concurrent.futures import Future, ThreadPoolExecutor
 from datetime import datetime
 import threading
 import time
-from typing import Any, Literal
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 from crewai.events.event_bus import crewai_event_bus
 from crewai.events.types.memory_events import (
@@ -30,13 +30,20 @@ from crewai.memory.types import (
     compute_composite_score,
     embed_text,
 )
+from crewai.rag.embeddings.factory import build_embedder
+from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.openai.types import OpenAIProviderSpec
 
 
-def _default_embedder() -> Any:
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from chromadb.utils.embedding_functions.openai_embedding_function import (
+        OpenAIEmbeddingFunction,
+    )
+
+
+def _default_embedder() -> OpenAIEmbeddingFunction:
     """Build default OpenAI embedder for memory."""
-    from crewai.rag.embeddings.factory import build_embedder
-
-    return build_embedder({"provider": "openai", "config": {}})
+    spec: OpenAIProviderSpec = {"provider": "openai", "config": {}}
+    return build_embedder(spec)
 
 
 class Memory:
@@ -194,9 +201,7 @@ class Memory:
         if self._embedder_instance is None:
             try:
                 if isinstance(self._embedder_config, dict):
-                    from crewai.rag.embeddings.factory import build_embedder
-
-                    self._embedder_instance = build_embedder(self._embedder_config)  # type: ignore[call-overload]
+                    self._embedder_instance = build_embedder(self._embedder_config)
                 else:
                     self._embedder_instance = _default_embedder()
             except Exception as e:
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/rag/embeddings/factory.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/rag/embeddings/factory.py
index 41a9233da..802779320 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/rag/embeddings/factory.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/rag/embeddings/factory.py
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ def build_embedder_from_dict(
 def build_embedder_from_dict(spec: ONNXProviderSpec) -> ONNXMiniLM_L6_V2: ...
 
 
+@overload
+def build_embedder_from_dict(spec: dict[str, Any]) -> EmbeddingFunction[Any]: ...
+
+
 def build_embedder_from_dict(spec):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
     """Build an embedding function instance from a dictionary specification.
 
@@ -341,6 +345,10 @@ def build_embedder(spec: Text2VecProviderSpec) -> Text2VecEmbeddingFunction: ...
 def build_embedder(spec: ONNXProviderSpec) -> ONNXMiniLM_L6_V2: ...
 
 
+@overload
+def build_embedder(spec: dict[str, Any]) -> EmbeddingFunction[Any]: ...
+
+
 def build_embedder(spec):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
     """Build an embedding function from either a provider spec or a provider instance.