diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/knowledge/storage/base_knowledge_storage.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/knowledge/storage/base_knowledge_storage.py
index e8a2054f7..ea8aff734 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/knowledge/storage/base_knowledge_storage.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/knowledge/storage/base_knowledge_storage.py
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
+
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from crewai.rag.types import SearchResult
 
 
-class BaseKnowledgeStorage(ABC):
+class BaseKnowledgeStorage(BaseModel, ABC):
+    model_config = ConfigDict(arbitrary_types_allowed=True)
     """Abstract base class for knowledge storage implementations."""
 
     @abstractmethod
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/knowledge/storage/knowledge_storage.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/knowledge/storage/knowledge_storage.py
index cfcbca25a..3c9615946 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/knowledge/storage/knowledge_storage.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/knowledge/storage/knowledge_storage.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import traceback
 from typing import Any, cast
 import warnings
 
+from pydantic import Field, PrivateAttr, model_validator
+from typing_extensions import Self
+
 from crewai.knowledge.storage.base_knowledge_storage import BaseKnowledgeStorage
 from crewai.rag.chromadb.config import ChromaDBConfig
 from crewai.rag.chromadb.types import ChromaEmbeddingFunctionWrapper
@@ -22,31 +25,32 @@ class KnowledgeStorage(BaseKnowledgeStorage):
     search efficiency.
     """
 
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        embedder: ProviderSpec
+    collection_name: str | None = None
+    embedder: (
+        ProviderSpec
         | BaseEmbeddingsProvider[Any]
         | type[BaseEmbeddingsProvider[Any]]
-        | None = None,
-        collection_name: str | None = None,
-    ) -> None:
-        self.collection_name = collection_name
-        self._client: BaseClient | None = None
+        | None
+    ) = Field(default=None, exclude=True)
+    _client: BaseClient | None = PrivateAttr(default=None)
 
+    @model_validator(mode="after")
+    def _init_client(self) -> Self:
         warnings.filterwarnings(
             "ignore",
             message=r".*'model_fields'.*is deprecated.*",
             module=r"^chromadb(\.|$)",
         )
 
-        if embedder:
-            embedding_function = build_embedder(embedder)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        if self.embedder:
+            embedding_function = build_embedder(self.embedder)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
             config = ChromaDBConfig(
                 embedding_function=cast(
                     ChromaEmbeddingFunctionWrapper, embedding_function
                 )
             )
             self._client = create_client(config)
+        return self
 
     def _get_client(self) -> BaseClient:
         """Get the appropriate client - instance-specific or global."""