Use latest protobuf in python image

Author: jiangpengcheng

images/pulsar-functions-python-runner/Dockerfile

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ 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==3.20.2 --user
+RUN pip3 install protobuf --upgrade --user
 # to make the python runner could print json logs
 RUN pip3 install python-json-logger --user

images/pulsar-functions-python-runner/pulsarctl.Dockerfile

@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ RUN rm -rf /pulsar/instances/python-instance/pulsar/ \
 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
+RUN pip3 install protobuf --upgrade --user
 # to make the python runner could print json logs
 RUN pip3 install python-json-logger --user