diff --git a/langchain_postgres/v2/async_vectorstore.py b/langchain_postgres/v2/async_vectorstore.py
index fd0bfd7..ddb0e94 100644
--- a/langchain_postgres/v2/async_vectorstore.py
+++ b/langchain_postgres/v2/async_vectorstore.py
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ async def create(
                 hybrid_search_config.tsv_column = ""
         if embedding_column not in columns:
             raise ValueError(f"Embedding column, {embedding_column}, does not exist.")
-        if columns[embedding_column] != "USER-DEFINED":
+        if columns[embedding_column] not in ["USER-DEFINED", "vector"]:
             raise ValueError(
                 f"Embedding column, {embedding_column}, is not type Vector."
             )