diff --git a/.ci/environments/quarkus-lts/patches/0001_align-protobuf-and-grpc.patch b/.ci/environments/quarkus-lts/patches/0001_align-protobuf-and-grpc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88e78df996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/environments/quarkus-lts/patches/0001_align-protobuf-and-grpc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-greeting-rpc-quarkus/serverless-workflow-greeting-server-rpc-quarkus/pom.xml b/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-greeting-rpc-quarkus/serverless-workflow-greeting-server-rpc-quarkus/pom.xml
+index c2ca6f930..a50429305 100644
+--- a/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-greeting-rpc-quarkus/serverless-workflow-greeting-server-rpc-quarkus/pom.xml
++++ b/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-greeting-rpc-quarkus/serverless-workflow-greeting-server-rpc-quarkus/pom.xml
+@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
+         <version.compiler.plugin>3.8.1</version.compiler.plugin>
+         <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+         <version.surefire.plugin>3.0.0-M7</version.surefire.plugin>
+-        <version.com.google.protobuf>3.22.0</version.com.google.protobuf>
+-        <version.io.grpc>1.51.1</version.io.grpc>
++        <!-- Quarkus 2.13.x is using protobuf 3.19.6, but the correct version should be 3.21.1 to work properly with current io.grpc version -->
++        <version.com.google.protobuf>3.21.1</version.com.google.protobuf>
++        <version.io.grpc>1.49.0</version.io.grpc>
+         <version.kr.motd.maven.os>1.6.0</version.kr.motd.maven.os>
+         <version.org.xolstice.maven.protobuf>0.6.1</version.org.xolstice.maven.protobuf>
+         <version.jib-maven-plugin>3.3.0</version.jib-maven-plugin>