diff --git a/chromadb/api/models/Collection.py b/chromadb/api/models/Collection.py
index 6aa9958d6df..b081446fef2 100644
--- a/chromadb/api/models/Collection.py
+++ b/chromadb/api/models/Collection.py
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ def query(
             validate_where_document(where_document) if where_document else None
         )
         query_embeddings = (
-            maybe_cast_one_to_many(query_embeddings) if query_embeddings else None
+            maybe_cast_one_to_many(query_embeddings) if query_embeddings is not None else None
         )
-        query_texts = maybe_cast_one_to_many(query_texts) if query_texts else None
+        query_texts = maybe_cast_one_to_many(query_texts) if query_texts is not None else None
         include = validate_include(include, allow_distances=True)
 
         # If neither query_embeddings nor query_texts are provided, or both are provided, raise an error