diff --git a/vector-stores/spring-ai-pinecone-store/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/vectorstore/PineconeVectorStoreHints.java b/vector-stores/spring-ai-pinecone-store/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/vectorstore/PineconeVectorStoreHints.java
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+++ b/vector-stores/spring-ai-pinecone-store/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/vectorstore/PineconeVectorStoreHints.java
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+package org.springframework.ai.vectorstore;
+
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.MemberCategory;
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHints;
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHintsRegistrar;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Registration of AOT hints for Pinecone's vector store.
+ *
+ * @author Josh Long
+ *
+ */
+class PineconeVectorStoreHints implements RuntimeHintsRegistrar {
+
+	@Override
+	public void registerHints(RuntimeHints hints, ClassLoader classLoader) {
+		for (var t : Set.of(com.google.protobuf.Value.class, com.google.protobuf.Value.Builder.class,
+				com.google.protobuf.Struct.class)) {
+			hints.reflection().registerType(t, MemberCategory.values());
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/vector-stores/spring-ai-pinecone-store/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/aot.factories b/vector-stores/spring-ai-pinecone-store/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/aot.factories
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+org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHintsRegistrar=org.springframework.ai.vectorstore.PineconeVectorStoreHints
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