diff --git a/haystack/preview/components/embedders/sentence_transformers_text_embedder.py b/haystack/preview/components/embedders/sentence_transformers_text_embedder.py
index 08ced5a8c..c22e04379 100644
--- a/haystack/preview/components/embedders/sentence_transformers_text_embedder.py
+++ b/haystack/preview/components/embedders/sentence_transformers_text_embedder.py
@@ -80,22 +80,22 @@ class SentenceTransformersTextEmbedder:
                 model_name_or_path=self.model_name_or_path, device=self.device, use_auth_token=self.use_auth_token
             )
 
-    @component.output_types(embeddings=List[List[float]])
-    def run(self, texts: List[str]):
-        """Embed a list of strings."""
-        if not isinstance(texts, list) or not isinstance(texts[0], str):
+    @component.output_types(embedding=List[float])
+    def run(self, text: str):
+        """Embed a string."""
+        if not isinstance(text, str):
             raise TypeError(
-                "SentenceTransformersTextEmbedder expects a list of strings as input."
+                "SentenceTransformersTextEmbedder expects a string as input."
                 "In case you want to embed a list of Documents, please use the SentenceTransformersDocumentEmbedder."
             )
         if not hasattr(self, "embedding_backend"):
             raise RuntimeError("The embedding model has not been loaded. Please call warm_up() before running.")
 
-        texts_to_embed = [self.prefix + text + self.suffix for text in texts]
-        embeddings = self.embedding_backend.embed(
-            texts_to_embed,
+        text_to_embed = self.prefix + text + self.suffix
+        embedding = self.embedding_backend.embed(
+            [text_to_embed],
             batch_size=self.batch_size,
             show_progress_bar=self.progress_bar,
             normalize_embeddings=self.normalize_embeddings,
-        )
-        return {"embeddings": embeddings}
+        )[0]
+        return {"embedding": embedding}
diff --git a/test/preview/components/embedders/test_sentence_transformers_text_embedder.py b/test/preview/components/embedders/test_sentence_transformers_text_embedder.py
index 9aa20696a..70ab959c7 100644
--- a/test/preview/components/embedders/test_sentence_transformers_text_embedder.py
+++ b/test/preview/components/embedders/test_sentence_transformers_text_embedder.py
@@ -139,27 +139,20 @@ class TestSentenceTransformersTextEmbedder:
         embedder.embedding_backend = MagicMock()
         embedder.embedding_backend.embed = lambda x, **kwargs: np.random.rand(len(x), 16).tolist()
 
-        texts = ["sentence1", "sentence2"]
+        text = "a nice text to embed"
 
-        result = embedder.run(texts=texts)
-        embeddings = result["embeddings"]
+        result = embedder.run(text=text)
+        embedding = result["embedding"]
 
-        assert isinstance(embeddings, list)
-        assert len(embeddings) == len(texts)
-        for embedding in embeddings:
-            assert isinstance(embedding, list)
-            assert isinstance(embedding[0], float)
+        assert isinstance(embedding, list)
+        assert all(isinstance(el, float) for el in embedding)
 
     @pytest.mark.unit
     def test_run_wrong_input_format(self):
         embedder = SentenceTransformersTextEmbedder(model_name_or_path="model")
         embedder.embedding_backend = MagicMock()
 
-        string_input = "text"
         list_integers_input = [1, 2, 3]
 
-        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="SentenceTransformersTextEmbedder expects a list of strings as input"):
-            embedder.run(texts=string_input)
-
-        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="SentenceTransformersTextEmbedder expects a list of strings as input"):
-            embedder.run(texts=list_integers_input)
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="SentenceTransformersTextEmbedder expects a string as input"):
+            embedder.run(text=list_integers_input)