diff --git a/litellm/llms/bedrock.py b/litellm/llms/bedrock.py
index 16a0abbed7..b67061c76b 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/bedrock.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/bedrock.py
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ def _embedding_func_single(
     encoding=None,
     logging_obj=None,
 ):
-    if type(input) != str:
+    if isinstance(input, str) is False:
         raise BedrockError(
             message="Bedrock Embedding API input must be type str | List[str]",
             status_code=400,
@@ -800,7 +800,8 @@ def embedding(
         aws_role_name=aws_role_name,
         aws_session_name=aws_session_name,
     )
-    if type(input) == str:
+    if isinstance(input, str):
+        ## Embedding Call
         embeddings = [
             _embedding_func_single(
                 model,
@@ -810,8 +811,8 @@ def embedding(
                 logging_obj=logging_obj,
             )
         ]
-    elif type(input) == list:
-        ## Embedding Call
+    elif isinstance(input, list):
+        ## Embedding Call - assuming this is a List[str]
         embeddings = [
             _embedding_func_single(
                 model,