diff --git a/tests/unit/aiplatform/test_language_models.py b/tests/unit/aiplatform/test_language_models.py
index 4d5e286070..1c4781c9bc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/aiplatform/test_language_models.py
+++ b/tests/unit/aiplatform/test_language_models.py
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ def test_text_generation_ga(self):
             target=prediction_service_client.PredictionServiceClient,
             attribute="predict",
             return_value=gca_predict_response,
-        ):
+        ) as mock_predict:
             response = model.predict(
                 "What is the best recipe for banana bread? Recipe:",
                 max_output_tokens=128,
@@ -624,8 +624,33 @@ def test_text_generation_ga(self):
                 top_k=5,
             )
 
+        prediction_parameters = mock_predict.call_args[1]["parameters"]
+        assert prediction_parameters["maxDecodeSteps"] == 128
+        assert prediction_parameters["temperature"] == 0
+        assert prediction_parameters["topP"] == 1
+        assert prediction_parameters["topK"] == 5
         assert response.text == _TEST_TEXT_GENERATION_PREDICTION["content"]
 
+        # Validating that unspecified parameters are not passed to the model
+        # (except `max_output_tokens`).
+        with mock.patch.object(
+            target=prediction_service_client.PredictionServiceClient,
+            attribute="predict",
+            return_value=gca_predict_response,
+        ) as mock_predict:
+            model.predict(
+                "What is the best recipe for banana bread? Recipe:",
+            )
+
+        prediction_parameters = mock_predict.call_args[1]["parameters"]
+        assert (
+            prediction_parameters["maxDecodeSteps"]
+            == language_models.TextGenerationModel._DEFAULT_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS
+        )
+        assert "temperature" not in prediction_parameters
+        assert "topP" not in prediction_parameters
+        assert "topK" not in prediction_parameters
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "job_spec",
         [_TEST_PIPELINE_SPEC_JSON, _TEST_PIPELINE_JOB],
diff --git a/vertexai/language_models/_language_models.py b/vertexai/language_models/_language_models.py
index 4cd02a1142..620bc4e708 100644
--- a/vertexai/language_models/_language_models.py
+++ b/vertexai/language_models/_language_models.py
@@ -290,12 +290,19 @@ def _batch_predict(
             A list of `TextGenerationResponse` objects that contain the texts produced by the model.
         """
         instances = [{"content": str(prompt)} for prompt in prompts]
-        prediction_parameters = {
-            "temperature": temperature,
-            "maxDecodeSteps": max_output_tokens,
-            "topP": top_p,
-            "topK": top_k,
-        }
+        prediction_parameters = {}
+
+        if max_output_tokens:
+            prediction_parameters["maxDecodeSteps"] = max_output_tokens
+
+        if temperature is not None:
+            prediction_parameters["temperature"] = temperature
+
+        if top_p:
+            prediction_parameters["topP"] = top_p
+
+        if top_k:
+            prediction_parameters["topK"] = top_k
 
         prediction_response = self._endpoint.predict(
             instances=instances,