diff --git a/libs/langchain-community/src/vectorstores/chroma.ts b/libs/langchain-community/src/vectorstores/chroma.ts
index f7dd250872b2..fd9cc08eaa9f 100644
--- a/libs/langchain-community/src/vectorstores/chroma.ts
+++ b/libs/langchain-community/src/vectorstores/chroma.ts
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ export class Chroma extends VectorStore {
       throw new Error("cannot provide both `filter` and `this.filter`");
     }
     const _filter = filter ?? this.filter;
+    const where = _filter === undefined ? undefined : { ..._filter };
 
     const collection = await this.ensureCollection();
 
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ export class Chroma extends VectorStore {
     const result = await collection.query({
       queryEmbeddings: query,
       nResults: k,
-      where: { ..._filter },
+      where,
     });
 
     const { ids, distances, documents, metadatas } = result;
diff --git a/libs/langchain-community/src/vectorstores/tests/chroma.test.ts b/libs/langchain-community/src/vectorstores/tests/chroma.test.ts
index 023c36560df1..3fc58c3bedcc 100644
--- a/libs/langchain-community/src/vectorstores/tests/chroma.test.ts
+++ b/libs/langchain-community/src/vectorstores/tests/chroma.test.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ describe("Chroma", () => {
     expect(mockCollection.query).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
       queryEmbeddings: query,
       nResults: expectedResultCount,
-      where: {},
+      where: undefined,
     });
     expect(results).toHaveLength(5);
   });