diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a0fdb388..c5c8eb39 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "@graphql-codegen/typescript-resolvers": "^2.7.6",
     "@graphql-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^3.12.0",
     "@ndla/types-backend": "^0.2.16",
-    "@ndla/types-embed": "^2.0.7",
+    "@ndla/types-embed": "^3.0.0",
     "@ndla/types-taxonomy": "^1.0.18",
     "@types/bunyan": "^1.8.5",
     "@types/compression": "^1.7.2",
diff --git a/src/api/embedsApi.ts b/src/api/embedsApi.ts
index 04959087..f3043ecb 100644
--- a/src/api/embedsApi.ts
+++ b/src/api/embedsApi.ts
@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ export const transformEmbed = async (
       embedData: embedData,
       status: 'success',
       data: meta,
-      seq: index,
     } as EmbedMetaData;
 
     embed.embed.attr('data-json', JSON.stringify(embedMeta));
@@ -425,8 +424,7 @@ export const transformEmbed = async (
       resource: embedData.resource,
       embedData: embedData,
       status: 'error',
-      seq: index,
-      message: `Failed to fetch data for embed of type ${embedData.resource} with seq ${index}`,
+      message: `Failed to fetch data for embed of type ${embedData.resource} with index ${index}`,
     } as EmbedMetaData;
 
     embed.embed.attr('data-json', JSON.stringify(embedMeta));
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e153c7f5..4fd3e7b1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1490,10 +1490,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@ndla/types-backend/-/types-backend-0.2.16.tgz#d59191fa4b73c69013652f05729fd0ab8cf92018"
   integrity sha512-E8nCfDfmhc9C4SWXQ4ruRQkDfYaj1jtVlxMt0fOpqZM9P3FoEaED1SFe/xwXZGhvySCNe1ksWNJTL8xrarj1Vw==
 
-"@ndla/types-embed@^2.0.7":
-  version "2.0.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@ndla/types-embed/-/types-embed-2.0.7.tgz#552728fb23e03943c47689209513b88fbfdf833a"
-  integrity sha512-u48azjdULP6fqHbVqrhPSoIJXUU+fstcuOmnoVMWVcl0/R9CR7agpRfpqPb+F2scDx8obsKy8l16v4bNwZCUDg==
+"@ndla/types-embed@^3.0.0":
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@ndla/types-embed/-/types-embed-3.0.0.tgz#273d70a2c81f8457af9f4aedd1bb97ae63c6548a"
+  integrity sha512-MJsCCJPtyosgFF2aptJ+gTcbMsE1GljsDc8stheO8zZo4E6w1EyvXUhEHHR/HgUx7ojMToCRu2CbCIEfCtdGOQ==
 
 "@ndla/types-taxonomy@^1.0.18":
   version "1.0.18"