diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-qdrant/llama_index/vector_stores/qdrant/base.py b/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-qdrant/llama_index/vector_stores/qdrant/base.py
index 151de9d4e18aa..2242092669eb9 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-qdrant/llama_index/vector_stores/qdrant/base.py
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-qdrant/llama_index/vector_stores/qdrant/base.py
@@ -871,10 +871,11 @@ def _build_query_filter(self, query: VectorStoreQuery) -> Optional[Any]:
         return Filter(must=must_conditions)
 
     def use_old_sparse_encoder(self, collection_name: str) -> bool:
+        collection_info = self.client.get_collection(collection_name)
         return (
             self._collection_exists(collection_name)
-            and SPARSE_VECTOR_NAME_OLD
-            in self.client.get_collection(collection_name).config.params.vectors
+            and collection_info.config.params.sparse_vectors is not None
+            and SPARSE_VECTOR_NAME_OLD in collection_info.config.params.sparse_vectors
         )
 
     @property
diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-qdrant/pyproject.toml b/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-qdrant/pyproject.toml
index 1a0f0c9b4cab4..e8e721914501c 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-qdrant/pyproject.toml
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-qdrant/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ exclude = ["**/BUILD"]
 license = "MIT"
 name = "llama-index-vector-stores-qdrant"
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.9,<3.13"