diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b86918528..4d0512de31 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ This section is for maintaining a changelog for all breaking changes for the cli
 ### Fixed
 - Fix queries not preserving boost and name when converted to builders ([#1181](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-java/pull/1181))
 - Remove required check on ShardStats.shards ([#1177](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-java/pull/1177))
+- Fixed `TextEmbeddingProcessor` returning the wrong processor kind ([#1127](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-java/pull/1127))
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/java-client/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/opensearch/ingest/TextEmbeddingProcessor.java b/java-client/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/opensearch/ingest/TextEmbeddingProcessor.java
index 09a114cdeb..0f610a8cd4 100644
--- a/java-client/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/opensearch/ingest/TextEmbeddingProcessor.java
+++ b/java-client/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/opensearch/ingest/TextEmbeddingProcessor.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public static TextEmbeddingProcessor of(Function<Builder, ObjectBuilder<TextEmbe
      */
     @Override
     public Processor.Kind _processorKind() {
-        return Processor.Kind.Inference;
+        return Processor.Kind.TextEmbedding;
     }
 
     /**