diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d581ccce..96406e52f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed an issue in `RivaSTTService` where a runtime error occurred due to a
+  mismatch in the _handle_transcription method's signature.
+
 - Fixed multiple pipeline task cancellation issues. `asyncio.CancelledError` is
   now handled properly in `PipelineTask` making it possible to cancel an asyncio
   task that it's executing a `PipelineRunner` cleanly. Also,
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/riva/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/riva/stt.py
index ccd166536..eddd3da9e 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/riva/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/riva/stt.py
@@ -583,7 +583,9 @@ class RivaSegmentedSTTService(SegmentedSTTService):
             self._config.language_code = self._language
 
     @traced_stt
-    async def _handle_transcription(self, transcript: str, is_final: bool, language: Optional[Language] = None):
+    async def _handle_transcription(
+        self, transcript: str, is_final: bool, language: Optional[Language] = None
+    ):
         """Handle a transcription result with tracing."""
         pass