diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-pinecone/llama_index/vector_stores/pinecone/base.py b/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-pinecone/llama_index/vector_stores/pinecone/base.py
index 707306b09c5bd..e2b64c2d69019 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-pinecone/llama_index/vector_stores/pinecone/base.py
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-pinecone/llama_index/vector_stores/pinecone/base.py
@@ -420,9 +420,10 @@ def delete(self, ref_doc_id: str, **delete_kwargs: Any) -> None:
                 prefix=ref_doc_id, namespace=self.namespace
             )
             ids_to_delete = list(id_gen)
-            self._pinecone_index.delete(
-                ids=ids_to_delete, namespace=self.namespace, **delete_kwargs
-            )
+            if ids_to_delete:
+                self._pinecone_index.delete(
+                    ids=ids_to_delete, namespace=self.namespace, **delete_kwargs
+                )
 
     def delete_nodes(
         self,
diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-pinecone/pyproject.toml b/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-pinecone/pyproject.toml
index ab8aaf1fffc6a..f214666a1b785 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-pinecone/pyproject.toml
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-pinecone/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ exclude = ["**/BUILD"]
 license = "MIT"
 name = "llama-index-vector-stores-pinecone"
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.9,<3.13"