diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-huggingface-openvino/llama_index/embeddings/huggingface_openvino/base.py b/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-huggingface-openvino/llama_index/embeddings/huggingface_openvino/base.py
index 0a164040c63d4eab076447a97a124d2aaaae062e..f12527847e3219eb27cdea3a878aaf8194e5963b 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-huggingface-openvino/llama_index/embeddings/huggingface_openvino/base.py
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-huggingface-openvino/llama_index/embeddings/huggingface_openvino/base.py
@@ -82,9 +82,8 @@ class OpenVINOEmbedding(BaseEmbedding):
     def class_name(cls) -> str:
         return "OpenVINOEmbedding"
 
-    @classmethod
+    @staticmethod
     def create_and_save_openvino_model(
-        cls,
         model_name_or_path: str,
         output_path: str,
         export_kwargs: Optional[dict] = None,
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ class OpenVINOEmbedding(BaseEmbedding):
 
         export_kwargs = export_kwargs or {}
         model = OVModelForFeatureExtraction.from_pretrained(
-            model_name_or_path, export=True, **export_kwargs
+            model_name_or_path, export=True, compile=False, **export_kwargs
         )
         tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name_or_path)
 
diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-huggingface-openvino/pyproject.toml b/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-huggingface-openvino/pyproject.toml
index 72e48ebcab08b9129c80844e95514b1150e67996..c61fbcd732891f8d7cef70df04c33108cc129edf 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-huggingface-openvino/pyproject.toml
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/embeddings/llama-index-embeddings-huggingface-openvino/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ exclude = ["**/BUILD"]
 license = "MIT"
 name = "llama-index-embeddings-openvino"
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.1.5"
+version = "0.1.6"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"