diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 04555181..7b59fed4 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "algolia/algoliasearch-client-php": "^3.2",
-        "typesense/typesense-php": "^4.9.2",
+        "typesense/typesense-php": "^4.9.3",
         "meilisearch/meilisearch-php": "^1.0",
         "mockery/mockery": "^1.0",
         "orchestra/testbench": "^7.31|^8.11|^9.0",
diff --git a/src/Engines/TypesenseEngine.php b/src/Engines/TypesenseEngine.php
index fd12b076..b55622a5 100644
--- a/src/Engines/TypesenseEngine.php
+++ b/src/Engines/TypesenseEngine.php
@@ -496,10 +496,10 @@ public function deleteIndex($name)
      */
     protected function getOrCreateCollectionFromModel($model): TypesenseCollection
     {
-        $index = $this->typesense->getCollections()->{$model->searchableAs()};
+        $collection = $this->typesense->getCollections()->{$model->searchableAs()};
 
-        if ($index->exists() === true) {
-            return $index;
+        if ($collection->exists() === true) {
+            return $collection;
         }
 
         $schema = config('scout.typesense.model-settings.'.get_class($model).'.collection-schema') ?? [];
@@ -514,7 +514,9 @@ protected function getOrCreateCollectionFromModel($model): TypesenseCollection
 
         $this->typesense->getCollections()->create($schema);
 
-        return $this->typesense->getCollections()->{$model->searchableAs()};
+        $collection->setExists(true);
+
+        return $collection;
     }
 
     /**