diff --git a/spring-ai-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/vectorstore/VectorStore.java b/spring-ai-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/vectorstore/VectorStore.java
index dadcdda3b18..0e75a228872 100644
--- a/spring-ai-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/vectorstore/VectorStore.java
+++ b/spring-ai-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/vectorstore/VectorStore.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.springframework.ai.document.Document;
+import org.springframework.ai.document.DocumentRetriever;
 import org.springframework.ai.document.DocumentWriter;
 
 /**
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
  * This interface allows for adding, deleting, and searching documents based on their
  * similarity to a given query.
  */
-public interface VectorStore extends DocumentWriter {
+public interface VectorStore extends DocumentWriter, DocumentRetriever {
 
 	default String getName() {
 		return this.getClass().getSimpleName();
@@ -74,4 +75,14 @@ default List<Document> similaritySearch(String query) {
 		return this.similaritySearch(SearchRequest.query(query));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Retrieves relevant documents
+	 * @param query query string
+	 * @return relevant documents
+	 */
+	@Override
+	default List<Document> retrieve(String query) {
+		return similaritySearch(query);
+	}
+
 }