diff --git a/.github/workflows/trivy.yml b/.github/workflows/trivy.yml
index 914f6958..eb732fc1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trivy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trivy.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ jobs:
           image-ref: 'pulsar-functions-java-runner:latest'
           format: 'table'
           exit-code: '0'
-          output: '${{ github.workspace }}/scan-java-runner_output.txt'
 
       - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner for python
         id: scan-python-runner
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ jobs:
           image-ref: 'pulsar-functions-python-runner:latest'
           format: 'table'
           exit-code: '0'
-          output: '${{ github.workspace }}/scan-python-runner_output.txt'
 
       - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner for go
         id: scan-go-runner
@@ -90,7 +88,6 @@ jobs:
           image-ref: 'pulsar-functions-go-runner:latest'
           format: 'table'
           exit-code: '0'
-          output: '${{ github.workspace }}/scan-go-runner_output.txt'
 
       - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner for java with pulsarctl
         id: scan-java-pulsarctl-runner
@@ -99,7 +96,6 @@ jobs:
           image-ref: 'pulsar-functions-pulsarctl-java-runner:latest'
           format: 'table'
           exit-code: '0'
-          output: '${{ github.workspace }}/scan-java-pulsarctl-runner_output.txt'
 
       - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner for python with pulsarctl
         id: scan-python-pulsarctl-runner
@@ -108,7 +104,6 @@ jobs:
           image-ref: 'pulsar-functions-pulsarctl-python-runner:latest'
           format: 'table'
           exit-code: '0'
-          output: '${{ github.workspace }}/scan-python-pulsarctl-runner_output.txt'
 
       - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner for go with pulsarctl
         id: scan-go-pulsarctl-runner
@@ -117,7 +112,6 @@ jobs:
           image-ref: 'pulsar-functions-pulsarctl-go-runner:latest'
           format: 'table'
           exit-code: '0'
-          output: '${{ github.workspace }}/scan-go-pulsarctl-runner_output.txt'
 
       # Comment on PR with the scan output since the action won't fail with CVEs
       - name: Comment on PR
@@ -139,12 +133,12 @@ jobs:
             
             // Combine outputs from different steps
             const outputs = [
-              { label: 'Java Runner', output: getOutput('scan-java-runner') },
-              { label: 'Python Runner', output: getOutput('scan-python-runner') },
-              { label: 'Go Runner', output: getOutput('scan-go-runner') },
-              { label: 'Java Runner with Pulsarctl', output: getOutput('scan-java-pulsarctl-runner') },
-              { label: 'Python Runner with Pulsarctl', output: getOutput('scan-python-pulsarctl-runner') },
-              { label: 'Go Runner with Pulsarctl', output: getOutput('scan-go-pulsarctl-runner') },
+              { label: 'Java Runner', output: '${{ steps.scan-java-runner.outputs.result }}'; },
+              { label: 'Python Runner', output: '${{ steps.scan-python-runner.outputs.result }}' },
+              { label: 'Go Runner', output: '${{ steps.scan-go-runner.outputs.result }}' },
+              { label: 'Java Runner with Pulsarctl', output: '${{ steps.scan-java-pulsarctl-runner.outputs.result }}' },
+              { label: 'Python Runner with Pulsarctl', output: '${{ steps.scan-python-pulsarctl-runner.outputs.result }}' },
+              { label: 'Go Runner with Pulsarctl', output: '${{ steps.scan-go-pulsarctl-runner.outputs.result }}' },
             ].filter(item => item.output !== '');
             
             // Format the combined message
diff --git a/images/pulsar-functions-base-runner/Dockerfile b/images/pulsar-functions-base-runner/Dockerfile
index 811e4975..665c8261 100644
--- a/images/pulsar-functions-base-runner/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/pulsar-functions-base-runner/Dockerfile
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ COPY --from=pulsar --chown=$UID:$GID /pulsar/conf /pulsar/conf
 COPY --from=pulsar --chown=$UID:$GID /pulsar/bin /pulsar/bin
 COPY --from=pulsar --chown=$UID:$GID /pulsar/lib /pulsar/lib
 
+# remove the vertx jar since it's not need ans has a cve
+RUN rm -rf /pulsar/lib/io.vertx-vertx-core-*.jar || true
+
 # remove presto dependencies because they are not needed
 RUN rm -rf /pulsar/lib/presto || true
 RUN rm -rf /pulsar/conf/presto || true
diff --git a/images/pulsar-functions-base-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile b/images/pulsar-functions-base-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile
index 123cba40..fe6deecc 100644
--- a/images/pulsar-functions-base-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile
+++ b/images/pulsar-functions-base-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /pulsar/bin/ \
     && chown -R $UID:$GID /pulsar \
     && chmod -R g=u /pulsar \
     && apk update && apk add --no-cache wget bash \
-         && wget https://github.com/streamnative/pulsarctl/releases/latest/download/pulsarctl-amd64-linux.tar.gz -P /pulsar/bin/ \
+         && wget wget https://github.com/streamnative/pulsarctl/releases/download/v3.2.2.6/pulsarctl-amd64-linux.tar.gz -P /pulsar/bin/ \
          && tar -xzf /pulsar/bin/pulsarctl-amd64-linux.tar.gz -C /pulsar/bin/ \
          && rm -rf /pulsar/bin/pulsarctl-amd64-linux.tar.gz \
          && chmod +x /pulsar/bin/pulsarctl-amd64-linux/pulsarctl \
diff --git a/images/pulsar-functions-java-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile b/images/pulsar-functions-java-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile
index 29992a90..a34c6dc6 100644
--- a/images/pulsar-functions-java-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile
+++ b/images/pulsar-functions-java-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ COPY --from=pulsar --chown=$UID:$GID /pulsar/lib /pulsar/lib
 COPY --from=pulsar --chown=$UID:$GID /pulsar/instances/java-instance.jar /pulsar/instances/java-instance.jar
 COPY --from=pulsar --chown=$UID:$GID /pulsar/instances/deps /pulsar/instances/deps
 
+# remove the vertx jar since it's not need ans has a cve
+RUN rm -rf /pulsar/lib/io.vertx-vertx-core-*.jar || true
+
 # remove presto dependencies because they are not needed
 RUN rm -rf /pulsar/lib/presto || true
 RUN rm -rf /pulsar/conf/presto || true
diff --git a/images/pulsar-functions-python-runner/Dockerfile b/images/pulsar-functions-python-runner/Dockerfile
index f160602d..a2c5875f 100644
--- a/images/pulsar-functions-python-runner/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/pulsar-functions-python-runner/Dockerfile
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ 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==3.20.1 --user
+RUN pip3 install protobuf==3.20.2 --user
 # 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 24106d63..29dbc58c 100644
--- a/images/pulsar-functions-python-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile
+++ b/images/pulsar-functions-python-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ 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==3.20.1 --user
+RUN pip3 install protobuf==3.20.2 --user
 # to make the python runner could print json logs
 RUN pip3 install python-json-logger --user