diff --git a/ads/aqua/common/enums.py b/ads/aqua/common/enums.py
index 4a423788d..f1d1cd661 100644
--- a/ads/aqua/common/enums.py
+++ b/ads/aqua/common/enums.py
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ class InferenceContainerTypeFamily(str, metaclass=ExtendedEnumMeta):
     AQUA_VLLM_CONTAINER_FAMILY = "odsc-vllm-serving"
     AQUA_TGI_CONTAINER_FAMILY = "odsc-tgi-serving"
     AQUA_LLAMA_CPP_CONTAINER_FAMILY = "odsc-llama-cpp-serving"
+
+
+class CustomInferenceContainerTypeFamily(str, metaclass=ExtendedEnumMeta):
     AQUA_TEI_CONTAINER_FAMILY = "odsc-tei-serving"
 
 
diff --git a/ads/aqua/extension/model_handler.py b/ads/aqua/extension/model_handler.py
index 42f90ffef..68c9cedaa 100644
--- a/ads/aqua/extension/model_handler.py
+++ b/ads/aqua/extension/model_handler.py
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 from tornado.web import HTTPError
 
 from ads.aqua.common.decorator import handle_exceptions
+from ads.aqua.common.enums import (
+    CustomInferenceContainerTypeFamily,
+)
 from ads.aqua.common.errors import AquaRuntimeError, AquaValueError
 from ads.aqua.common.utils import (
     get_hf_model_info,
@@ -163,7 +166,9 @@ def put(self, id):
             raise HTTPError(400, Errors.NO_INPUT_DATA)
 
         inference_container = input_data.get("inference_container")
+        inference_container_uri = input_data.get("inference_container_uri")
         inference_containers = AquaModelApp.list_valid_inference_containers()
+        inference_containers.extend(CustomInferenceContainerTypeFamily.values())
         if (
             inference_container is not None
             and inference_container not in inference_containers
@@ -176,7 +181,13 @@ def put(self, id):
         task = input_data.get("task")
         app = AquaModelApp()
         self.finish(
-            app.edit_registered_model(id, inference_container, enable_finetuning, task)
+            app.edit_registered_model(
+                id,
+                inference_container,
+                inference_container_uri,
+                enable_finetuning,
+                task,
+            )
         )
         app.clear_model_details_cache(model_id=id)
 
diff --git a/ads/aqua/model/model.py b/ads/aqua/model/model.py
index 02e0df00f..064f5fab4 100644
--- a/ads/aqua/model/model.py
+++ b/ads/aqua/model/model.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from ads.aqua import ODSC_MODEL_COMPARTMENT_OCID, logger
 from ads.aqua.app import AquaApp
 from ads.aqua.common.enums import (
+    CustomInferenceContainerTypeFamily,
     FineTuningContainerTypeFamily,
     InferenceContainerTypeFamily,
     Tags,
@@ -376,8 +377,10 @@ def delete_model(self, model_id):
                 f"Failed to delete model:{model_id}. Only registered models or finetuned model can be deleted."
             )
 
-    @telemetry(entry_point="plugin=model&action=delete", name="aqua")
-    def edit_registered_model(self, id, inference_container, enable_finetuning, task):
+    @telemetry(entry_point="plugin=model&action=edit", name="aqua")
+    def edit_registered_model(
+        self, id, inference_container, inference_container_uri, enable_finetuning, task
+    ):
         """Edits the default config of unverified registered model.
 
         Parameters
@@ -386,6 +389,8 @@ def edit_registered_model(self, id, inference_container, enable_finetuning, task
             The model OCID.
         inference_container: str.
             The inference container family name
+        inference_container_uri: str
+            The inference container uri for embedding models
         enable_finetuning: str
             Flag to enable or disable finetuning over the model. Defaults to None
         task:
@@ -401,19 +406,44 @@ def edit_registered_model(self, id, inference_container, enable_finetuning, task
         if ds_model.freeform_tags.get(Tags.BASE_MODEL_CUSTOM, None):
             if ds_model.freeform_tags.get(Tags.AQUA_SERVICE_MODEL_TAG, None):
                 raise AquaRuntimeError(
-                    f"Failed to edit model:{id}. Only registered unverified models can be edited."
+                    "Only registered unverified models can be edited."
                 )
             else:
                 custom_metadata_list = ds_model.custom_metadata_list
                 freeform_tags = ds_model.freeform_tags
                 if inference_container:
-                    custom_metadata_list.add(
-                        key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER,
-                        value=inference_container,
-                        category=MetadataCustomCategory.OTHER,
-                        description="Deployment container mapping for SMC",
-                        replace=True,
-                    )
+                    if (
+                        inference_container in CustomInferenceContainerTypeFamily
+                        and inference_container_uri is None
+                    ):
+                        raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                            "Inference container URI must be provided."
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        custom_metadata_list.add(
+                            key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER,
+                            value=inference_container,
+                            category=MetadataCustomCategory.OTHER,
+                            description="Deployment container mapping for SMC",
+                            replace=True,
+                        )
+                if inference_container_uri:
+                    if (
+                        inference_container in CustomInferenceContainerTypeFamily
+                        or inference_container is None
+                    ):
+                        custom_metadata_list.add(
+                            key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER_URI,
+                            value=inference_container_uri,
+                            category=MetadataCustomCategory.OTHER,
+                            description=f"Inference container URI for {ds_model.display_name}",
+                            replace=True,
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                            f"Inference container URI can be edited only with container values: {CustomInferenceContainerTypeFamily.values()}"
+                        )
+
                 if enable_finetuning is not None:
                     if enable_finetuning.lower() == "true":
                         custom_metadata_list.add(
@@ -448,9 +478,7 @@ def edit_registered_model(self, id, inference_container, enable_finetuning, task
                 )
                 AquaApp().update_model(id, update_model_details)
         else:
-            raise AquaRuntimeError(
-                f"Failed to edit model:{id}. Only registered unverified models can be edited."
-            )
+            raise AquaRuntimeError("Only registered unverified models can be edited.")
 
     def _fetch_metric_from_metadata(
         self,
@@ -869,8 +897,7 @@ def _create_model_catalog_entry(
             # only add cmd vars if inference container is not an SMC
             if (
                 inference_container not in smc_container_set
-                and inference_container
-                == InferenceContainerTypeFamily.AQUA_TEI_CONTAINER_FAMILY
+                and inference_container in CustomInferenceContainerTypeFamily.values()
             ):
                 cmd_vars = generate_tei_cmd_var(os_path)
                 metadata.add(