diff --git a/src/milvus_haystack/milvus_embedding_retriever.py b/src/milvus_haystack/milvus_embedding_retriever.py
index 5817c33..d8611ac 100644
--- a/src/milvus_haystack/milvus_embedding_retriever.py
+++ b/src/milvus_haystack/milvus_embedding_retriever.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
-from haystack import Document, component
+from haystack import DeserializationError, Document, component, default_from_dict, default_to_dict
 
 from milvus_haystack import MilvusDocumentStore
 
@@ -23,6 +23,35 @@ def __init__(self, document_store: MilvusDocumentStore, filters: Optional[Dict[s
         self.top_k = top_k
         self.document_store = document_store
 
+    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Returns a dictionary representation of the retriever component.
+
+        :returns:
+            A dictionary representation of the retriever component.
+        """
+        return default_to_dict(
+            self, document_store=self.document_store.to_dict(), filters=self.filters, top_k=self.top_k
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_dict(cls, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> "MilvusEmbeddingRetriever":
+        """
+        Creates a new retriever from a dictionary.
+
+        :param data: The dictionary to use to create the retriever.
+        :return: A new retriever.
+        """
+        init_params = data.get("init_parameters", {})
+        if "document_store" not in init_params:
+            err_msg = "Missing 'document_store' in serialization data"
+            raise DeserializationError(err_msg)
+
+        docstore = MilvusDocumentStore.from_dict(init_params["document_store"])
+        data["init_parameters"]["document_store"] = docstore
+
+        return default_from_dict(cls, data)
+
     @component.output_types(documents=List[Document])
     def run(self, query_embedding: List[float]) -> Dict[str, List[Document]]:
         """
diff --git a/tests/test_embedding_retriever.py b/tests/test_embedding_retriever.py
index 0c88538..f41b482 100644
--- a/tests/test_embedding_retriever.py
+++ b/tests/test_embedding_retriever.py
@@ -44,3 +44,81 @@ def test_run(self, document_store: MilvusDocumentStore):
         query_embedding = [-10.0] * 128
         res = retriever.run(query_embedding)
         assert res["documents"] == documents
+
+    def test_to_dict(self, document_store: MilvusDocumentStore):
+        expected_dict = {
+            "type": "src.milvus_haystack.document_store.MilvusDocumentStore",
+            "init_parameters": {
+                "collection_name": "HaystackCollection",
+                "collection_description": "",
+                "collection_properties": None,
+                "connection_args": {"host": "localhost", "port": "19530", "user": "", "password": "", "secure": False},
+                "consistency_level": "Session",
+                "index_params": None,
+                "search_params": None,
+                "drop_old": True,
+                "primary_field": "id",
+                "text_field": "text",
+                "vector_field": "vector",
+                "partition_key_field": None,
+                "partition_names": None,
+                "replica_number": 1,
+                "timeout": None,
+            },
+        }
+        retriever = MilvusEmbeddingRetriever(document_store)
+        result = retriever.to_dict()
+
+        assert result["type"] == "src.milvus_haystack.milvus_embedding_retriever.MilvusEmbeddingRetriever"
+        assert result["init_parameters"]["document_store"] == expected_dict
+
+    def test_from_dict(self, document_store: MilvusDocumentStore):
+        retriever_dict = {
+            "type": "src.milvus_haystack.milvus_embedding_retriever.MilvusEmbeddingRetriever",
+            "init_parameters": {
+                "document_store": {
+                    "type": "milvus_haystack.document_store.MilvusDocumentStore",
+                    "init_parameters": {
+                        "collection_name": "HaystackCollection",
+                        "collection_description": "",
+                        "collection_properties": None,
+                        "connection_args": {
+                            "host": "localhost",
+                            "port": "19530",
+                            "user": "",
+                            "password": "",
+                            "secure": False,
+                        },
+                        "consistency_level": "Session",
+                        "index_params": None,
+                        "search_params": None,
+                        "drop_old": True,
+                        "primary_field": "id",
+                        "text_field": "text",
+                        "vector_field": "vector",
+                        "partition_key_field": None,
+                        "partition_names": None,
+                        "replica_number": 1,
+                        "timeout": None,
+                    },
+                },
+                "filters": None,
+                "top_k": 10,
+            },
+        }
+
+        retriever = MilvusEmbeddingRetriever(document_store)
+
+        reconstructed_retriever = MilvusEmbeddingRetriever.from_dict(retriever_dict)
+        for field in vars(reconstructed_retriever):
+            if field.startswith("__"):
+                continue
+            elif field == "document_store":
+                for doc_store_field in vars(document_store):
+                    if doc_store_field.startswith("__"):
+                        continue
+                    assert getattr(reconstructed_retriever.document_store, doc_store_field) == getattr(
+                        document_store, doc_store_field
+                    )
+            else:
+                assert getattr(reconstructed_retriever, field) == getattr(retriever, field)