diff --git a/images/pulsar-functions-python-runner/Dockerfile b/images/pulsar-functions-python-runner/Dockerfile
index 79780a0d4..9f9c8367a 100644
--- a/images/pulsar-functions-python-runner/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/pulsar-functions-python-runner/Dockerfile
@@ -44,5 +44,8 @@ RUN rm -rf /pulsar/instances/python-instance/pulsar/ \
 USER $USER
 # a temp solution from https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pull/15846 to fix python protobuf version error
 RUN pip3 install protobuf==3.20.2 --user
+# a temporary fix for https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pull/24544, it requires the protobuf version to be 6.31.1
+RUN grep -q 'from google.protobuf import runtime_version as _runtime_version' /pulsar/instances/python-instance/Function_pb2.py && \
+    pip install protobuf==6.31.1 || true
 # to make the python runner could print json logs
 RUN pip3 install python-json-logger --user
diff --git a/images/pulsar-functions-python-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile b/images/pulsar-functions-python-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile
index 182b2a299..f63170e6c 100644
--- a/images/pulsar-functions-python-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile
+++ b/images/pulsar-functions-python-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile
@@ -66,5 +66,8 @@ WORKDIR /pulsar
 USER $USER
 # a temp solution from https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pull/15846 to fix python protobuf version error
 RUN pip3 install protobuf==3.20.2 --user
+# a temporary fix for https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pull/24544, it requires the protobuf version to be 6.31.1
+RUN grep -q 'from google.protobuf import runtime_version as _runtime_version' /pulsar/instances/python-instance/Function_pb2.py && \
+    pip install protobuf==6.31.1 || true
 # to make the python runner could print json logs
 RUN pip3 install python-json-logger --user