diff --git a/docker/pulsar-all/Dockerfile b/docker/pulsar-all/Dockerfile
index 81ad74b65000f..42e7b096bf42b 100644
--- a/docker/pulsar-all/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/pulsar-all/Dockerfile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 ARG PULSAR_IMAGE
 FROM busybox as pulsar-all
+ENV PTHREAD_STACK_MIN 2097152
 
 ARG PULSAR_IO_DIR
 ARG PULSAR_OFFLOADER_TARBALL
diff --git a/docker/pulsar/Dockerfile b/docker/pulsar/Dockerfile
index 81446ae5ee5ce..fb491945002fe 100644
--- a/docker/pulsar/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/pulsar/Dockerfile
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ FROM apachepulsar/glibc-base:2.38 as glibc
 ## and add OpenJDK and Python dependencies (for Pulsar functions)
 FROM alpine:$ALPINE_VERSION
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
+ENV PTHREAD_STACK_MIN 2097152
 
 # Install some utilities, some are required by Pulsar scripts
 RUN apk add --no-cache \