diff --git a/scripts/in_container/install_airflow_and_providers.py b/scripts/in_container/install_airflow_and_providers.py
index 49fb52ffb62ea..1b3341ef954eb 100755
--- a/scripts/in_container/install_airflow_and_providers.py
+++ b/scripts/in_container/install_airflow_and_providers.py
@@ -393,6 +393,11 @@ def find_installation_spec(
                     github_repository=github_repository,
                     python_version=python_version,
                 )
+            if airflow_version.startswith("2."):
+                # We need to make sure that pydantic is added as extra for Airflow 2.x
+                # because it's not in extras by default, and pydantic incompatible version is
+                # installed by default in the container and breaks serialization import
+                airflow_extras = _add_pydantic_to_extras(airflow_extras)
             if airflow_extras:
                 airflow_distribution_spec += airflow_extras
         # We always install latest task-sdk - it's independent from Airflow
@@ -490,6 +495,8 @@ def find_installation_spec(
         sys.exit(1)
     else:
         compile_ui_assets = False
+        if use_airflow_version.startswith("2"):
+            airflow_extras = _add_pydantic_to_extras(airflow_extras)
         console.print(f"\nInstalling airflow via apache-airflow=={use_airflow_version}")
         airflow_distribution_spec = f"apache-airflow{airflow_extras}=={use_airflow_version}"
         airflow_core_distribution_spec = (
@@ -559,6 +566,16 @@ def find_installation_spec(
     return installation_spec
 
 
+def _add_pydantic_to_extras(airflow_extras: str) -> str:
+    console.print("[yellow]Adding pydantic to airflow extras for Airflow 2.x")
+    if airflow_extras:
+        airflow_extras = "[" + airflow_extras.strip("[]") + ",pydantic]"
+    else:
+        airflow_extras = "[pydantic]"
+    console.print(f"[yellow]New extras: {airflow_extras.strip('[]')}")
+    return airflow_extras
+
+
 def download_airflow_source_tarball(installation_spec: InstallationSpec):
     """Download Airflow source tarball from GitHub."""
     if not installation_spec.compile_ui_assets: