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title: "@ai-sdk/cohere Breaking Changes on npm | Since.dev"
description: "What each @ai-sdk/cohere release removed, renamed or changed: 18 breaking changes in 2 versions on npm, each with its source."
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# @ai-sdk/cohere breaking changes

Every breaking API change we have recorded in @ai-sdk/cohere on npm: 18 breaking changes in 2 versions. Below are its newest 2 versions, removals and renames first, each with its source.

Newest change June 25, 2026

## 4.0.0

12 breaking changes, first published June 25, 2026.

- **Signature changed** `CohereChatModelOptions`  

Was type CohereLanguageModelOptions = InferSchema<typeof cohereLanguageModelOptions>; now type CohereLanguageModelChatOptions = z.infer<typeof cohereLanguageModelChatOptions>. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/cohere/v/4.0.0)
- **Signature changed** `CohereEmbeddingModelOptions`  

Was type CohereEmbeddingModelOptions = InferSchema<typeof cohereEmbeddingModelOptions>; now type CohereEmbeddingModelOptions = z.infer<typeof cohereEmbeddingModelOptions>. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/cohere/v/4.0.0)
- **Signature changed** `CohereLanguageModelOptions`  

Was type CohereLanguageModelOptions = InferSchema<typeof cohereLanguageModelOptions>; now type CohereLanguageModelChatOptions = z.infer<typeof cohereLanguageModelChatOptions>. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/cohere/v/4.0.0)
- **Signature changed** `CohereProvider`  

Was interface CohereProvider extends ProviderV3; now interface CohereProvider extends ProviderV4. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/cohere/v/4.0.0)
- **Signature changed** `CohereProvider.__call`  

Was (modelId: CohereChatModelId): LanguageModelV3; now (modelId: CohereChatModelId): LanguageModelV4. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/cohere/v/4.0.0)
- **Signature changed** `CohereProvider.embedding`  

Was embedding(modelId: CohereEmbeddingModelId): EmbeddingModelV3; now embedding(modelId: CohereEmbeddingModelId): EmbeddingModelV4. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/cohere/v/4.0.0)
- **Signature changed** `CohereProvider.embeddingModel`  

Was embeddingModel(modelId: CohereEmbeddingModelId): EmbeddingModelV3; now embeddingModel(modelId: CohereEmbeddingModelId): EmbeddingModelV4. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/cohere/v/4.0.0)
- **Signature changed** `CohereProvider.languageModel`  

Was languageModel(modelId: CohereChatModelId): LanguageModelV3; now languageModel(modelId: CohereChatModelId): LanguageModelV4. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/cohere/v/4.0.0)
- **Signature changed** `CohereProvider.reranking`  

Was reranking(modelId: CohereRerankingModelId): RerankingModelV3; now reranking(modelId: CohereRerankingModelId): RerankingModelV4. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/cohere/v/4.0.0)
- **Signature changed** `CohereProvider.rerankingModel`  

Was rerankingModel(modelId: CohereRerankingModelId): RerankingModelV3; now rerankingModel(modelId: CohereRerankingModelId): RerankingModelV4. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/cohere/v/4.0.0)

And 2 more in this version.

## 3.0.0

6 breaking changes, first published December 22, 2025.

- **Signature changed** `CohereChatModelOptions`  

Was type CohereChatModelOptions = InferSchema<typeof cohereChatModelOptions>; now type CohereChatModelOptions = z.infer<typeof cohereChatModelOptions>. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/cohere/v/3.0.0)
- **Signature changed** `CohereProvider`  

Was interface CohereProvider extends ProviderV2; now interface CohereProvider extends ProviderV3. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/cohere/v/3.0.0)
- **Signature changed** `CohereProvider.__call`  

Was (modelId: CohereChatModelId): LanguageModelV2; now (modelId: CohereChatModelId): LanguageModelV3. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/cohere/v/3.0.0)
- **Signature changed** `CohereProvider.embedding`  

Was embedding(modelId: CohereEmbeddingModelId): EmbeddingModelV2<string>; now embedding(modelId: CohereEmbeddingModelId): EmbeddingModelV3. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/cohere/v/3.0.0)
- **Signature changed** `CohereProvider.languageModel`  

Was languageModel(modelId: CohereChatModelId): LanguageModelV2; now languageModel(modelId: CohereChatModelId): LanguageModelV3. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/cohere/v/3.0.0)
- **Signature changed** `CohereProvider.textEmbeddingModel`  

Was textEmbeddingModel(modelId: CohereEmbeddingModelId): EmbeddingModelV2<string>; now textEmbeddingModel(modelId: CohereEmbeddingModelId): EmbeddingModelV3. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/cohere/v/3.0.0)

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