diff --git a/.changeset/clean-camels-nail.md b/.changeset/clean-camels-nail.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b225c15c1b6367120866d8fa6214dcfd19767ccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clean-camels-nail.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"llamaindex": patch
+---
+
+feat: enhance pinecone usage
diff --git a/examples/pinecone-vector-store/README.md b/examples/pinecone-vector-store/README.md
index b0576bc26c4a6a8b4cff0a74150190f48acffe6e..a2ade6cbf6dd61b69ae7258cf22831a73b5444e0 100644
--- a/examples/pinecone-vector-store/README.md
+++ b/examples/pinecone-vector-store/README.md
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ There are two scripts available here: load-docs.ts and query.ts
 You'll need a Pinecone account, project, and index. Pinecone does not allow automatic creation of indexes on the free plan,
 so this vector store does not check and create the index (unlike, e.g., the PGVectorStore)
 
-Set the **PINECONE_API_KEY** and **PINECONE_ENVIRONMENT** environment variables to match your specific values. You will likely also need to set **PINECONE_INDEX_NAME**, unless your
-index is the default value "llama".
+Set the **PINECONE_API_KEY** and **PINECONE_ENVIRONMENT** environment variables to match your specific values.
+You will likely also need to set **PINECONE_INDEX_NAME**, unless your index is the default value "llama".
+By default, all operations take place inside the default namespace '', but you can set **PINECONE_NAMESPACE** to a different value if you need to.
 
 You'll also need a value for OPENAI_API_KEY in your environment.
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/storage/vectorStore/PineconeVectorStore.ts b/packages/core/src/storage/vectorStore/PineconeVectorStore.ts
index 10e4c757aae7a53d3fc42e3cc80747922d73330d..ae4f6923b7cd20e0477a139b8426fe4b6d8698c6 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/storage/vectorStore/PineconeVectorStore.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/storage/vectorStore/PineconeVectorStore.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@ import type {
   Index,
   ScoredPineconeRecord,
 } from "@pinecone-database/pinecone";
-import { Pinecone } from "@pinecone-database/pinecone";
+import { type Pinecone } from "@pinecone-database/pinecone";
 import type { BaseNode, Metadata } from "../../Node.js";
 import { metadataDictToNode, nodeToMetadata } from "./utils.js";
 
 type PineconeParams = {
   indexName?: string;
   chunkSize?: number;
+  namespace?: string;
+  textKey?: string;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -37,18 +39,23 @@ export class PineconeVectorStore implements VectorStore {
   */
   db?: Pinecone;
   indexName: string;
+  namespace: string;
   chunkSize: number;
+  textKey: string;
 
   constructor(params?: PineconeParams) {
     this.indexName =
       params?.indexName ?? process.env.PINECONE_INDEX_NAME ?? "llama";
+    this.namespace = params?.namespace ?? process.env.PINECONE_NAMESPACE ?? "";
     this.chunkSize =
       params?.chunkSize ??
       Number.parseInt(process.env.PINECONE_CHUNK_SIZE ?? "100");
+    this.textKey = params?.textKey ?? "text";
   }
 
   private async getDb(): Promise<Pinecone> {
     if (!this.db) {
+      const { Pinecone } = await import("@pinecone-database/pinecone");
       this.db = await new Pinecone();
     }
 
@@ -148,24 +155,23 @@ export class PineconeVectorStore implements VectorStore {
     };
 
     const idx = await this.index();
-    const results = await idx.query(options);
+    const results = await idx.namespace(this.namespace).query(options);
 
     const idList = results.matches.map((row) => row.id);
-    const records: FetchResponse<any> = await idx.fetch(idList);
+    const records: FetchResponse<any> = await idx
+      .namespace(this.namespace)
+      .fetch(idList);
     const rows = Object.values(records.records);
 
     const nodes = rows.map((row) => {
-      const metadata = this.metaWithoutText(row.metadata);
-      const text = this.textFromResultRow(row);
-      const node = metadataDictToNode(metadata, {
+      const node = metadataDictToNode(row.metadata, {
         fallback: {
           id: row.id,
-          text,
-          metadata,
+          text: this.textFromResultRow(row),
+          metadata: this.metaWithoutText(row.metadata),
           embedding: row.values,
         },
       });
-      node.setContent(text);
       return node;
     });
 
@@ -199,12 +205,12 @@ export class PineconeVectorStore implements VectorStore {
   }
 
   textFromResultRow(row: ScoredPineconeRecord<Metadata>): string {
-    return row.metadata?.text ?? "";
+    return row.metadata?.[this.textKey] ?? "";
   }
 
   metaWithoutText(meta: Metadata): any {
     return Object.keys(meta)
-      .filter((key) => key != "text")
+      .filter((key) => key != this.textKey)
       .reduce((acc: any, key: string) => {
         acc[key] = meta[key];
         return acc;
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-custom/index.js b/packages/eslint-config-custom/index.js
index c2c6700597a958b9ed7f93c3376b5278daccf875..56bad41be4eb8f2f775691c12e130b5d1c9577da 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-custom/index.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-custom/index.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ module.exports = {
           "PINECONE_INDEX_NAME",
           "PINECONE_CHUNK_SIZE",
           "PINECONE_INDEX_NAME",
+          "PINECONE_NAMESPACE",
 
           "AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY",
           "AZURE_OPENAI_API_INSTANCE_NAME",