diff --git a/integrations/chroma/.gitignore b/integrations/chroma/.gitignore
index d1c340c1f..a3d827e06 100644
--- a/integrations/chroma/.gitignore
+++ b/integrations/chroma/.gitignore
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ cover/
 # Django stuff:
 *.log
 local_settings.py
-db.sqlite3
-db.sqlite3-journal
+*.sqlite3
+*.sqlite3-journal
 
 # Flask stuff:
 instance/
diff --git a/integrations/chroma/pyproject.toml b/integrations/chroma/pyproject.toml
index 2653c491f..f8265a1e7 100644
--- a/integrations/chroma/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/chroma/pyproject.toml
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ module = [
   "chromadb.*",
   "haystack.*",
   "haystack_integrations.*",
-  "pytest.*"
+  "pytest.*",
+  "numpy.*"
 ]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
diff --git a/integrations/chroma/src/haystack_integrations/components/retrievers/chroma/retriever.py b/integrations/chroma/src/haystack_integrations/components/retrievers/chroma/retriever.py
index e19d4acbe..10f97f01f 100644
--- a/integrations/chroma/src/haystack_integrations/components/retrievers/chroma/retriever.py
+++ b/integrations/chroma/src/haystack_integrations/components/retrievers/chroma/retriever.py
@@ -73,18 +73,6 @@ def run(
 
         return {"documents": self.document_store.search([query], top_k)[0]}
 
-    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """
-        Serializes the component to a dictionary.
-
-        :returns:
-            Dictionary with serialized data.
-        """
-        d = default_to_dict(self, filters=self.filters, top_k=self.top_k)
-        d["init_parameters"]["document_store"] = self.document_store.to_dict()
-
-        return d
-
     @classmethod
     def from_dict(cls, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> "ChromaQueryTextRetriever":
         """
@@ -99,6 +87,20 @@ def from_dict(cls, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> "ChromaQueryTextRetriever":
         data["init_parameters"]["document_store"] = document_store
         return default_from_dict(cls, data)
 
+    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Serializes the component to a dictionary.
+
+        :returns:
+            Dictionary with serialized data.
+        """
+        return default_to_dict(
+            self,
+            filters=self.filters,
+            top_k=self.top_k,
+            document_store=self.document_store.to_dict(),
+        )
+
 
 @component
 class ChromaEmbeddingRetriever(ChromaQueryTextRetriever):
diff --git a/integrations/chroma/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/chroma/document_store.py b/integrations/chroma/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/chroma/document_store.py
index 8bb90aa2e..1dbeddbd3 100644
--- a/integrations/chroma/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/chroma/document_store.py
+++ b/integrations/chroma/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/chroma/document_store.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import chromadb
 import numpy as np
 from chromadb.api.types import GetResult, QueryResult, validate_where, validate_where_document
+from haystack import default_from_dict, default_to_dict
 from haystack.dataclasses import Document
 from haystack.document_stores.types import DuplicatePolicy
 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._collection_name = collection_name
         self._embedding_function = embedding_function
         self._embedding_function_params = embedding_function_params
+        self._persist_path = persist_path
         # Create the client instance
         if persist_path is None:
             self._chroma_client = chromadb.Client()
@@ -252,20 +254,22 @@ def from_dict(cls, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> "ChromaDocumentStore":
         :returns:
             Deserialized component.
         """
-        return ChromaDocumentStore(**data)
+        return default_from_dict(cls, data)
 
     def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """
         Serializes the component to a dictionary.
 
         :returns:
-           Dictionary with serialized data.
+            Dictionary with serialized data.
         """
-        return {
-            "collection_name": self._collection_name,
-            "embedding_function": self._embedding_function,
+        return default_to_dict(
+            self,
+            collection_name=self._collection_name,
+            embedding_function=self._embedding_function,
+            persist_path=self._persist_path,
             **self._embedding_function_params,
-        }
+        )
 
     @staticmethod
     def _normalize_filters(filters: Dict[str, Any]) -> Tuple[List[str], Dict[str, Any], Dict[str, Any]]:
diff --git a/integrations/chroma/tests/test_document_store.py b/integrations/chroma/tests/test_document_store.py
index 506920ac2..8d61e63ed 100644
--- a/integrations/chroma/tests/test_document_store.py
+++ b/integrations/chroma/tests/test_document_store.py
@@ -97,16 +97,28 @@ def test_to_json(self, request):
         )
         ds_dict = ds.to_dict()
         assert ds_dict == {
-            "collection_name": request.node.name,
-            "embedding_function": "HuggingFaceEmbeddingFunction",
-            "api_key": "1234567890",
+            "type": "haystack_integrations.document_stores.chroma.document_store.ChromaDocumentStore",
+            "init_parameters": {
+                "collection_name": "test_to_json",
+                "embedding_function": "HuggingFaceEmbeddingFunction",
+                "persist_path": None,
+                "api_key": "1234567890",
+            },
         }
 
     @pytest.mark.integration
     def test_from_json(self):
         collection_name = "test_collection"
         function_name = "HuggingFaceEmbeddingFunction"
-        ds_dict = {"collection_name": collection_name, "embedding_function": function_name, "api_key": "1234567890"}
+        ds_dict = {
+            "type": "haystack_integrations.document_stores.chroma.document_store.ChromaDocumentStore",
+            "init_parameters": {
+                "collection_name": "test_collection",
+                "embedding_function": "HuggingFaceEmbeddingFunction",
+                "persist_path": None,
+                "api_key": "1234567890",
+            },
+        }
 
         ds = ChromaDocumentStore.from_dict(ds_dict)
         assert ds._collection_name == collection_name
diff --git a/integrations/chroma/tests/test_retriever.py b/integrations/chroma/tests/test_retriever.py
index 88969d725..b430e5fda 100644
--- a/integrations/chroma/tests/test_retriever.py
+++ b/integrations/chroma/tests/test_retriever.py
@@ -18,9 +18,13 @@ def test_retriever_to_json(request):
             "filters": {"foo": "bar"},
             "top_k": 99,
             "document_store": {
-                "collection_name": request.node.name,
-                "embedding_function": "HuggingFaceEmbeddingFunction",
-                "api_key": "1234567890",
+                "type": "haystack_integrations.document_stores.chroma.document_store.ChromaDocumentStore",
+                "init_parameters": {
+                    "collection_name": "test_retriever_to_json",
+                    "embedding_function": "HuggingFaceEmbeddingFunction",
+                    "persist_path": None,
+                    "api_key": "1234567890",
+                },
             },
         },
     }
@@ -34,9 +38,13 @@ def test_retriever_from_json(request):
             "filters": {"bar": "baz"},
             "top_k": 42,
             "document_store": {
-                "collection_name": request.node.name,
-                "embedding_function": "HuggingFaceEmbeddingFunction",
-                "api_key": "1234567890",
+                "type": "haystack_integrations.document_stores.chroma.document_store.ChromaDocumentStore",
+                "init_parameters": {
+                    "collection_name": "test_retriever_from_json",
+                    "embedding_function": "HuggingFaceEmbeddingFunction",
+                    "persist_path": ".",
+                    "api_key": "1234567890",
+                },
             },
         },
     }
@@ -44,5 +52,6 @@ def test_retriever_from_json(request):
     assert retriever.document_store._collection_name == request.node.name
     assert retriever.document_store._embedding_function == "HuggingFaceEmbeddingFunction"
     assert retriever.document_store._embedding_function_params == {"api_key": "1234567890"}
+    assert retriever.document_store._persist_path == "."
     assert retriever.filters == {"bar": "baz"}
     assert retriever.top_k == 42