diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index df8cb1d1b6..89925b55d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         node-version: ["18", "20", "22"]
-        redis-version: ["rs-7.4.0-v1", "8.0.2", "8.2-rc1"]
+        redis-version: ["rs-7.4.0-v1", "8.0.2", "8.2-rc2-pre"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
diff --git a/packages/bloom/lib/test-utils.ts b/packages/bloom/lib/test-utils.ts
index 268ebca8cb..0f77acae6f 100644
--- a/packages/bloom/lib/test-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/bloom/lib/test-utils.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import RedisBloomModules from '.';
 export default  TestUtils.createFromConfig({
   dockerImageName: 'redislabs/client-libs-test',
   dockerImageVersionArgument: 'redis-version',
-  defaultDockerVersion: '8.2-rc1'
+  defaultDockerVersion: '8.2-rc2-pre'
 });
 
 export const GLOBAL = {
diff --git a/packages/client/lib/sentinel/test-util.ts b/packages/client/lib/sentinel/test-util.ts
index 7c4752a885..a88c981858 100644
--- a/packages/client/lib/sentinel/test-util.ts
+++ b/packages/client/lib/sentinel/test-util.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export class SentinelFramework extends DockerBase {
     this.#testUtils = TestUtils.createFromConfig({
       dockerImageName: 'redislabs/client-libs-test',
       dockerImageVersionArgument: 'redis-version',
-      defaultDockerVersion: '8.2-rc1'
+      defaultDockerVersion: '8.2-rc2-pre'
     });
     this.#nodeMap = new Map<string, ArrayElement<Awaited<ReturnType<SentinelFramework['spawnRedisSentinelNodes']>>>>();
     this.#sentinelMap = new Map<string, ArrayElement<Awaited<ReturnType<SentinelFramework['spawnRedisSentinelSentinels']>>>>();
diff --git a/packages/client/lib/test-utils.ts b/packages/client/lib/test-utils.ts
index 86b6ed294a..62509dee14 100644
--- a/packages/client/lib/test-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/client/lib/test-utils.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import RedisBloomModules from '@redis/bloom';
 const utils = TestUtils.createFromConfig({
   dockerImageName: 'redislabs/client-libs-test',
   dockerImageVersionArgument: 'redis-version',
-  defaultDockerVersion: '8.2-rc1'
+  defaultDockerVersion: '8.2-rc2-pre'
 });
 
 export default utils;
diff --git a/packages/entraid/lib/test-utils.ts b/packages/entraid/lib/test-utils.ts
index e5d977a6b4..1b63a955bf 100644
--- a/packages/entraid/lib/test-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/entraid/lib/test-utils.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { EntraidCredentialsProvider } from './entraid-credentials-provider';
 export const testUtils = TestUtils.createFromConfig({
   dockerImageName: 'redislabs/client-libs-test',
   dockerImageVersionArgument: 'redis-version',
-  defaultDockerVersion: '8.2-rc1'
+  defaultDockerVersion: '8.2-rc2-pre'
 });
 
 const DEBUG_MODE_ARGS = testUtils.isVersionGreaterThan([7]) ?
diff --git a/packages/json/lib/test-utils.ts b/packages/json/lib/test-utils.ts
index cba2d95e73..81a546fcd6 100644
--- a/packages/json/lib/test-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/json/lib/test-utils.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import RedisJSON from '.';
 export default TestUtils.createFromConfig({
   dockerImageName: 'redislabs/client-libs-test',
   dockerImageVersionArgument: 'redis-version',
-  defaultDockerVersion: '8.2-rc1'
+  defaultDockerVersion: '8.2-rc2-pre'
 });
 
 export const GLOBAL = {
diff --git a/packages/search/lib/commands/CREATE.spec.ts b/packages/search/lib/commands/CREATE.spec.ts
index 2c54d3d023..268421ef35 100644
--- a/packages/search/lib/commands/CREATE.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/search/lib/commands/CREATE.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { strict as assert } from 'node:assert';
 import testUtils, { GLOBAL } from '../test-utils';
-import CREATE, { SCHEMA_FIELD_TYPE, SCHEMA_TEXT_FIELD_PHONETIC, SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM, REDISEARCH_LANGUAGE } from './CREATE';
+import CREATE, { SCHEMA_FIELD_TYPE, SCHEMA_TEXT_FIELD_PHONETIC, SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM, REDISEARCH_LANGUAGE, VAMANA_COMPRESSION_ALGORITHM } from './CREATE';
 import { parseArgs } from '@redis/client/lib/commands/generic-transformers';
 
 describe('FT.CREATE', () => {
@@ -206,6 +206,33 @@ describe('FT.CREATE', () => {
             ]
           );
         });
+
+        it('VAMANA algorithm', () => {
+          assert.deepEqual(
+            parseArgs(CREATE, 'index', {
+              field: {
+                type: SCHEMA_FIELD_TYPE.VECTOR,
+                ALGORITHM: SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM.VAMANA,
+                TYPE: "FLOAT32",
+                COMPRESSION: VAMANA_COMPRESSION_ALGORITHM.LVQ8,
+                DIM: 1024,
+                DISTANCE_METRIC: 'COSINE',
+                CONSTRUCTION_WINDOW_SIZE: 300,
+                GRAPH_MAX_DEGREE: 128,
+                SEARCH_WINDOW_SIZE: 20,
+                EPSILON: 0.02,
+                TRAINING_THRESHOLD: 20480,
+                REDUCE: 512,
+              }
+            }),
+            [
+              'FT.CREATE', 'index', 'SCHEMA', 'field', 'VECTOR', 'SVS-VAMANA', '20', 'TYPE',
+              'FLOAT32', 'DIM', '1024', 'DISTANCE_METRIC', 'COSINE', 'COMPRESSION', 'LVQ8',
+              'CONSTRUCTION_WINDOW_SIZE', '300', 'GRAPH_MAX_DEGREE', '128', 'SEARCH_WINDOW_SIZE', '20',
+              'EPSILON', '0.02', 'TRAINING_THRESHOLD', '20480', 'REDUCE', '512'
+            ]
+          );
+        });
       });
 
       describe('GEOSHAPE', () => {
@@ -556,4 +583,87 @@ describe('FT.CREATE', () => {
       "OK"
     );
   }, GLOBAL.SERVERS.OPEN);
+
+  testUtils.testWithClientIfVersionWithinRange([[8, 2], 'LATEST'], 'client.ft.create vector svs-vamana', async client => {
+    assert.equal(
+      await client.ft.create("index_svs_vamana_min_config", {
+        field: {
+          type: SCHEMA_FIELD_TYPE.VECTOR,
+          ALGORITHM: SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM.VAMANA,
+          TYPE: "FLOAT32",
+          DIM: 768,
+          DISTANCE_METRIC: 'L2',
+        },
+      }),
+      "OK"
+    );
+
+    assert.equal(
+      await client.ft.create("index_svs_vamana_no_compression", {
+        field: {
+          type: SCHEMA_FIELD_TYPE.VECTOR,
+          ALGORITHM: SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM.VAMANA,
+          TYPE: "FLOAT32",
+          DIM: 512,
+          DISTANCE_METRIC: 'L2',
+          CONSTRUCTION_WINDOW_SIZE: 200,
+          GRAPH_MAX_DEGREE: 64,
+          SEARCH_WINDOW_SIZE: 50,
+          EPSILON: 0.01
+        },
+      }),
+      "OK"
+    );
+
+    assert.equal(
+      await client.ft.create("index_svs_vamana_compression", {
+        field: {
+          type: SCHEMA_FIELD_TYPE.VECTOR,
+          ALGORITHM: SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM.VAMANA,
+          TYPE: "FLOAT32",
+          COMPRESSION: VAMANA_COMPRESSION_ALGORITHM.LeanVec4x8,
+          DIM: 1024,
+          DISTANCE_METRIC: 'COSINE',
+          CONSTRUCTION_WINDOW_SIZE: 300,
+          GRAPH_MAX_DEGREE: 128,
+          SEARCH_WINDOW_SIZE: 20,
+          EPSILON: 0.02,
+          TRAINING_THRESHOLD: 20480,
+          REDUCE: 512,
+        },
+      }),
+      "OK"
+    );
+
+    assert.equal(
+      await client.ft.create("index_svs_vamana_float16", {
+        field: {
+          type: SCHEMA_FIELD_TYPE.VECTOR,
+          ALGORITHM: SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM.VAMANA,
+          TYPE: "FLOAT16",
+          DIM: 128,
+          DISTANCE_METRIC: 'IP',
+        },
+      }),
+      "OK"
+    );
+
+    await assert.rejects(
+      client.ft.create("index_svs_vamana_invalid_config", {
+        field: {
+          type: SCHEMA_FIELD_TYPE.VECTOR,
+          ALGORITHM: SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM.VAMANA,
+          TYPE: "FLOAT32",
+          DIM: 2,
+          DISTANCE_METRIC: 'L2',
+          CONSTRUCTION_WINDOW_SIZE: 200,
+          GRAPH_MAX_DEGREE: 64,
+          SEARCH_WINDOW_SIZE: 50,
+          EPSILON: 0.01,
+          // TRAINING_THRESHOLD should error without COMPRESSION
+          TRAINING_THRESHOLD: 2048
+        },
+      }),
+    )
+  }, GLOBAL.SERVERS.OPEN);
 });
diff --git a/packages/search/lib/commands/CREATE.ts b/packages/search/lib/commands/CREATE.ts
index 9f24a256fa..3f892df40d 100644
--- a/packages/search/lib/commands/CREATE.ts
+++ b/packages/search/lib/commands/CREATE.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ interface SchemaTagField extends SchemaCommonField<typeof SCHEMA_FIELD_TYPE['TAG
 
 export const SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM = {
   FLAT: 'FLAT',
-  HNSW: 'HNSW'
+  HNSW: 'HNSW',
+  /**
+   * available since 8.2
+  */
+  VAMANA: 'SVS-VAMANA'
 } as const;
 
 export type SchemaVectorFieldAlgorithm = typeof SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM[keyof typeof SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM];
@@ -79,6 +83,37 @@ interface SchemaHNSWVectorField extends SchemaVectorField {
   EF_RUNTIME?: number;
 }
 
+export const VAMANA_COMPRESSION_ALGORITHM = {
+  LVQ4: 'LVQ4',
+  LVQ8: 'LVQ8',
+  LVQ4x4: 'LVQ4x4',
+  LVQ4x8: 'LVQ4x8',
+  LeanVec4x8: 'LeanVec4x8',
+  LeanVec8x8: 'LeanVec8x8'
+} as const;
+
+export type VamanaCompressionAlgorithm = 
+  typeof VAMANA_COMPRESSION_ALGORITHM[keyof typeof VAMANA_COMPRESSION_ALGORITHM];
+
+interface SchemaVAMANAVectorField extends SchemaVectorField {
+  ALGORITHM: typeof SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM['VAMANA'];
+  TYPE: 'FLOAT16' | 'FLOAT32';
+  // VAMANA-specific parameters
+  COMPRESSION?: VamanaCompressionAlgorithm;
+  CONSTRUCTION_WINDOW_SIZE?: number;
+  GRAPH_MAX_DEGREE?: number;
+  SEARCH_WINDOW_SIZE?: number;
+  EPSILON?: number;
+  /**
+   * applicable only with COMPRESSION
+   */
+  TRAINING_THRESHOLD?: number;
+  /**
+   * applicable only with LeanVec COMPRESSION
+   */
+  REDUCE?: number;
+}
+
 export const SCHEMA_GEO_SHAPE_COORD_SYSTEM = {
   SPHERICAL: 'SPHERICAL',
   FLAT: 'FLAT'
@@ -98,6 +133,7 @@ export interface RediSearchSchema {
     SchemaTagField |
     SchemaFlatVectorField |
     SchemaHNSWVectorField |
+    SchemaVAMANAVectorField |
     SchemaGeoShapeField |
     SchemaFieldType
   );
@@ -142,7 +178,7 @@ export function parseSchema(parser: CommandParser, schema: RediSearchSchema) {
           parser.push('NOSTEM');
         }
 
-        if (fieldOptions.WEIGHT) {
+        if (fieldOptions.WEIGHT !== undefined) {
           parser.push('WEIGHT', fieldOptions.WEIGHT.toString());
         }
 
@@ -197,31 +233,62 @@ export function parseSchema(parser: CommandParser, schema: RediSearchSchema) {
           'DISTANCE_METRIC', fieldOptions.DISTANCE_METRIC
         );
 
-        if (fieldOptions.INITIAL_CAP) {
+        if (fieldOptions.INITIAL_CAP !== undefined) {
           args.push('INITIAL_CAP', fieldOptions.INITIAL_CAP.toString());
         }
 
         switch (fieldOptions.ALGORITHM) {          
           case SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM.FLAT:
-            if (fieldOptions.BLOCK_SIZE) {
+            if (fieldOptions.BLOCK_SIZE !== undefined) {
               args.push('BLOCK_SIZE', fieldOptions.BLOCK_SIZE.toString());
             }
 
             break;
 
           case SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM.HNSW:
-            if (fieldOptions.M) {
+            if (fieldOptions.M !== undefined) {
               args.push('M', fieldOptions.M.toString());
             }
 
-            if (fieldOptions.EF_CONSTRUCTION) {
+            if (fieldOptions.EF_CONSTRUCTION !== undefined) {
               args.push('EF_CONSTRUCTION', fieldOptions.EF_CONSTRUCTION.toString());
             }
 
-            if (fieldOptions.EF_RUNTIME) {
+            if (fieldOptions.EF_RUNTIME !== undefined) {
               args.push('EF_RUNTIME', fieldOptions.EF_RUNTIME.toString());
             }
 
+            break;
+
+          case SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM['VAMANA']:
+            if (fieldOptions.COMPRESSION) {
+              args.push('COMPRESSION', fieldOptions.COMPRESSION);
+            }
+
+            if (fieldOptions.CONSTRUCTION_WINDOW_SIZE !== undefined) {
+              args.push('CONSTRUCTION_WINDOW_SIZE', fieldOptions.CONSTRUCTION_WINDOW_SIZE.toString());
+            }
+
+            if (fieldOptions.GRAPH_MAX_DEGREE !== undefined) {
+              args.push('GRAPH_MAX_DEGREE', fieldOptions.GRAPH_MAX_DEGREE.toString());
+            }
+
+            if (fieldOptions.SEARCH_WINDOW_SIZE !== undefined) {
+              args.push('SEARCH_WINDOW_SIZE', fieldOptions.SEARCH_WINDOW_SIZE.toString());
+            }
+
+            if (fieldOptions.EPSILON !== undefined) {
+              args.push('EPSILON', fieldOptions.EPSILON.toString());
+            }
+
+            if (fieldOptions.TRAINING_THRESHOLD !== undefined) {
+              args.push('TRAINING_THRESHOLD', fieldOptions.TRAINING_THRESHOLD.toString());
+            }
+
+            if (fieldOptions.REDUCE !== undefined) {
+              args.push('REDUCE', fieldOptions.REDUCE.toString());
+            }
+
             break;
         }
         parser.pushVariadicWithLength(args);
diff --git a/packages/search/lib/test-utils.ts b/packages/search/lib/test-utils.ts
index d4d91307b9..ef4c759b43 100644
--- a/packages/search/lib/test-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/search/lib/test-utils.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { RespVersions } from '@redis/client';
 export default TestUtils.createFromConfig({
   dockerImageName: 'redislabs/client-libs-test',
   dockerImageVersionArgument: 'redis-version',
-  defaultDockerVersion: '8.2-rc1'
+  defaultDockerVersion: '8.2-rc2-pre'
 });
 
 export const GLOBAL = {
diff --git a/packages/time-series/lib/test-utils.ts b/packages/time-series/lib/test-utils.ts
index 9c59918e70..388069ca8a 100644
--- a/packages/time-series/lib/test-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/time-series/lib/test-utils.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import TimeSeries from '.';
 export default TestUtils.createFromConfig({
   dockerImageName: 'redislabs/client-libs-test',
   dockerImageVersionArgument: 'redis-version',
-  defaultDockerVersion: '8.2-rc1'
+  defaultDockerVersion: '8.2-rc2-pre'
 });
 
 export const GLOBAL = {