diff --git a/daprdocs/content/en/python-sdk-docs/python-client.md b/daprdocs/content/en/python-sdk-docs/python-client.md
index 46358437..43afdd0b 100644
--- a/daprdocs/content/en/python-sdk-docs/python-client.md
+++ b/daprdocs/content/en/python-sdk-docs/python-client.md
@@ -227,6 +227,56 @@ with DaprClient() as d:
     resp = d.publish_event(pubsub_name='pubsub', topic_name='TOPIC_A', data='{"message":"Hello World"}')
 ```
 
+
+Send [CloudEvents](https://cloudevents.io/) messages with a json payload:
+```python
+from dapr.clients import DaprClient
+import json
+
+with DaprClient() as d:
+    cloud_event = {
+        'specversion': '1.0',
+        'type': 'com.example.event',
+        'source': 'my-service',
+        'id': 'myid',
+        'data': {'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'},
+        'datacontenttype': 'application/json',
+    }
+
+    # Set the data content type to 'application/cloudevents+json'
+    resp = d.publish_event(
+        pubsub_name='pubsub',
+        topic_name='TOPIC_CE',
+        data=json.dumps(cloud_event),
+        data_content_type='application/cloudevents+json',
+    )
+```
+
+Publish [CloudEvents](https://cloudevents.io/) messages with plain text payload:
+```python
+from dapr.clients import DaprClient
+import json
+
+with DaprClient() as d:
+    cloud_event = {
+        'specversion': '1.0',
+        'type': 'com.example.event',
+        'source': 'my-service',
+        'id': "myid",
+        'data': 'hello world',
+        'datacontenttype': 'text/plain',
+    }
+
+    # Set the data content type to 'application/cloudevents+json'
+    resp = d.publish_event(
+        pubsub_name='pubsub',
+        topic_name='TOPIC_CE',
+        data=json.dumps(cloud_event),
+        data_content_type='application/cloudevents+json',
+    )
+```
+
+
 #### Subscribe to messages
 
 ```python
diff --git a/examples/pubsub-simple/README.md b/examples/pubsub-simple/README.md
index f4730a42..8abfad96 100644
--- a/examples/pubsub-simple/README.md
+++ b/examples/pubsub-simple/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ expected_stdout_lines:
   - '== APP == Dead-Letter Subscriber received: id=7, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
   - '== APP == Dead-Letter Subscriber. Received via deadletter topic: TOPIC_D_DEAD'
   - '== APP == Dead-Letter Subscriber. Originally intended topic: TOPIC_D'
+  - '== APP == Subscriber received: TOPIC_CE'
+  - '== APP == Subscriber received a json cloud event: id=8, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
+  - '== APP == Subscriber received: TOPIC_CE'
+  - '== APP == Subscriber received plain text cloud event: hello world, content_type="text/plain"'
+    
 output_match_mode: substring
 background: true
 match_order: none
@@ -45,7 +50,7 @@ sleep: 3
 
 ```bash
 # 1. Start Subscriber (expose gRPC server receiver on port 50051)
-dapr run --app-id python-subscriber --app-protocol grpc --app-port 50051 python3 subscriber.py
+dapr run --app-id python-subscriber --app-protocol grpc --app-port 50051 -- python3 subscriber.py
 ```
 
 <!-- END_STEP -->
@@ -60,6 +65,10 @@ expected_stdout_lines:
   - "== APP == {'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'}"
   - "== APP == {'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'}"
   - "== APP == {'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "== APP == {'id': 6, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "== APP == {'id': 7, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "== APP == {'specversion': '1.0', 'type': 'com.example.event', 'source': 'my-service', 'id': 'abc-8', 'data': {'id': 8, 'message': 'hello world'}, 'datacontenttype': 'application/json'}"
+  - "== APP == {'specversion': '1.0', 'type': 'com.example.event', 'source': 'my-service', 'id': 'abc-10', 'data': 'hello world', 'datacontenttype': 'text/plain'}"
 background: true
 sleep: 15
 -->
diff --git a/examples/pubsub-simple/publisher.py b/examples/pubsub-simple/publisher.py
index f6681f9e..e5954c65 100644
--- a/examples/pubsub-simple/publisher.py
+++ b/examples/pubsub-simple/publisher.py
@@ -66,3 +66,51 @@
 
     # Print the request
     print(req_data, flush=True)
+
+    ## Send a cloud event with json data
+    id = 8
+    cloud_event = {
+        'specversion': '1.0',
+        'type': 'com.example.event',
+        'source': 'my-service',
+        'id': f'abc-{id}',
+        'data': {'id': id, 'message': 'hello world'},
+        'datacontenttype': 'application/json',
+    }
+
+    # Set the data content type to 'application/cloudevents+json'
+    resp = d.publish_event(
+        pubsub_name='pubsub',
+        topic_name='TOPIC_CE',
+        data=json.dumps(cloud_event),
+        data_content_type='application/cloudevents+json',
+    )
+
+    # Print the request
+    print(cloud_event, flush=True)
+
+    time.sleep(0.5)
+
+    # Send a cloud event with plain text data
+    id = 10
+    cloud_event = {
+        'specversion': '1.0',
+        'type': 'com.example.event',
+        'source': 'my-service',
+        'id': f'abc-{id}',
+        'data': 'hello world',
+        'datacontenttype': 'text/plain',
+    }
+
+    # Set the data content type to 'application/cloudevents+json'
+    resp = d.publish_event(
+        pubsub_name='pubsub',
+        topic_name='TOPIC_CE',
+        data=json.dumps(cloud_event),
+        data_content_type='application/cloudevents+json',
+    )
+
+    # Print the request
+    print(cloud_event, flush=True)
+
+    time.sleep(0.5)
diff --git a/examples/pubsub-simple/subscriber.py b/examples/pubsub-simple/subscriber.py
index b905aaa6..daa11bc8 100644
--- a/examples/pubsub-simple/subscriber.py
+++ b/examples/pubsub-simple/subscriber.py
@@ -40,6 +40,42 @@ def mytopic(event: v1.Event) -> TopicEventResponse:
     return TopicEventResponse('success')
 
 
+@app.subscribe(pubsub_name='pubsub', topic='TOPIC_CE')
+def receive_cloud_events(event: v1.Event) -> TopicEventResponse:
+    print('Subscriber received: ' + event.Subject(), flush=True)
+
+    content_type = event.content_type
+    data = event.Data()
+
+    try:
+        if content_type == 'application/json':
+            # Handle JSON data
+            json_data = json.loads(data)
+            print(
+                f'Subscriber received a json cloud event: id={json_data["id"]}, message="{json_data["message"]}", '
+                f'content_type="{event.content_type}"',
+                flush=True,
+            )
+        elif content_type == 'text/plain':
+            # Handle plain text data
+            if isinstance(data, bytes):
+                data = data.decode('utf-8')
+            print(
+                f'Subscriber received plain text cloud event: {data}, '
+                f'content_type="{content_type}"',
+                flush=True,
+            )
+        else:
+            print(f'Received unknown content type: {content_type}', flush=True)
+            return TopicEventResponse('fail')
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print('Failed to process event data:', e, flush=True)
+        return TopicEventResponse('fail')
+
+    return TopicEventResponse('success')
+
+
 @app.subscribe(pubsub_name='pubsub', topic='TOPIC_D', dead_letter_topic='TOPIC_D_DEAD')
 def fail_and_send_to_dead_topic(event: v1.Event) -> TopicEventResponse:
     return TopicEventResponse('retry')