diff --git a/sdk/RELEASE.md b/sdk/RELEASE.md
index 5816e3b358d..8df41513c46 100644
--- a/sdk/RELEASE.md
+++ b/sdk/RELEASE.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 * Enables output definitions when compiling components as pipelines. [\#8848](https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/pull/8848)
 * Fix bug when passing data between tasks using f-strings [\#8879](https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/pull/8879)
 * Fix environment variable set in component yaml lost during compilation [\#8885](https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/pull/8885)
+* Fix attribute error when running Containerized Python Components [\#8887](https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/pull/8887)
 
 ## Documentation updates
 
diff --git a/sdk/python/kfp/components/executor.py b/sdk/python/kfp/components/executor.py
index 3ff9a6bd962..240c573b57a 100644
--- a/sdk/python/kfp/components/executor.py
+++ b/sdk/python/kfp/components/executor.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import os
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
+from kfp.components import python_component
 from kfp.components import task_final_status
 from kfp.components.types import artifact_types
 from kfp.components.types import type_annotations
@@ -24,8 +25,13 @@
 class Executor():
     """Executor executes v2-based Python function components."""
 
-    def __init__(self, executor_input: Dict, function_to_execute: Callable):
-        self._func = function_to_execute
+    def __init__(self, executor_input: Dict,
+                 function_to_execute: Union[Callable,
+                                            python_component.PythonComponent]):
+        if hasattr(function_to_execute, 'python_func'):
+            self._func = function_to_execute.python_func
+        else:
+            self._func = function_to_execute
 
         self._input = executor_input
         self._input_artifacts: Dict[str,