diff --git a/test/collection/test_classes_generative.py b/test/collection/test_classes_generative.py
index 5d9496417..cd4a6768d 100644
--- a/test/collection/test_classes_generative.py
+++ b/test/collection/test_classes_generative.py
@@ -98,14 +98,13 @@ def test_generative_parameters_images_parsing(
             ),
         ),
         (
-            GenerativeConfig.aws(
+            GenerativeConfig.aws_sagemaker(
                 endpoint="http://localhost:8080",
-                model="text-to-image",
                 region="us-west-2",
-                service="sagemaker",
                 target_model="arn:aws:sagemaker:us-west-2:123456789012:model/text-to-image",
                 target_variant="variant-1",
                 temperature=0.5,
+                stop_sequences=["\n"],
             )._to_grpc(
                 _GenerativeConfigRuntimeOptions(
                     return_metadata=True, images=[LOGO_ENCODED], image_properties=["image"]
@@ -115,12 +114,12 @@ def test_generative_parameters_images_parsing(
                 return_metadata=True,
                 aws=generative_pb2.GenerativeAWS(
                     endpoint="http://localhost:8080",
-                    model="text-to-image",
                     region="us-west-2",
                     service="sagemaker",
                     target_model="arn:aws:sagemaker:us-west-2:123456789012:model/text-to-image",
                     target_variant="variant-1",
                     temperature=0.5,
+                    stop_sequences=base_pb2.TextArray(values=["\n"]),
                     images=base_pb2.TextArray(values=[LOGO_ENCODED]),
                     image_properties=base_pb2.TextArray(values=["image"]),
                 ),
diff --git a/weaviate/collections/classes/generative.py b/weaviate/collections/classes/generative.py
index d5c1a5de2..2a6ec96ee 100644
--- a/weaviate/collections/classes/generative.py
+++ b/weaviate/collections/classes/generative.py
@@ -130,9 +130,10 @@ def _to_grpc(self, opts: _GenerativeConfigRuntimeOptions) -> generative_pb2.Gene
                 target_variant=self.target_variant,
                 temperature=self.temperature,
                 max_tokens=self.max_tokens,
+                stop_sequences=_to_text_array(self.stop_sequences),
                 images=_to_text_array(opts.images),
                 image_properties=_to_text_array(opts.image_properties),
-                # TODO - add top_k, top_p & stop_sequences here when added to server-side proto
+                # TODO - add top_k & top_p here when added to server-side proto
                 # Check the latest availble version of `grpc/proto/v1/generative.proto` (see GenerativeAWS) in the server repo
             ),
         )