diff --git a/flex-templates/python/modules/cloudbuild.yaml b/flex-templates/python/modules/cloudbuild.yaml
index 9b1e498b..02ad1565 100644
--- a/flex-templates/python/modules/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/flex-templates/python/modules/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ steps:
 - name: 'gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk'
   args: ['/bin/bash', '-c', './py-modules.sh ${_APACHE_BEAM_VERSION} https://${_DEFAULT_REGION}-python.pkg.dev/$PROJECT_ID/${_REPOSITORY_ID}/ ${_PYTHON_VERSION} ${_IMPLEMENTATION} ${_APPLICATION_BINARY_INTERFACE} ${_PLATFORM}']
 substitutions:
-  _APACHE_BEAM_VERSION: '2.49.0' # default value
+  _APACHE_BEAM_VERSION: '2.46.0' # default value
   _DEFAULT_REGION: 'us-east4' # default value
   _REPOSITORY_ID: 'python-modules' # default value
   _PYTHON_VERSION: '38' # default value
diff --git a/flex-templates/python/modules/requirements.txt b/flex-templates/python/modules/requirements.txt
index 0d127a9b..50b494b9 100644
--- a/flex-templates/python/modules/requirements.txt
+++ b/flex-templates/python/modules/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-apache-beam[gcp]==2.49.0
+apache-beam[gcp]==2.46.0
 google-cloud-dlp==3.12.2
diff --git a/flex-templates/python/regional_dlp_de_identification/requirements.txt b/flex-templates/python/regional_dlp_de_identification/requirements.txt
index c6ecb383..919689d8 100644
--- a/flex-templates/python/regional_dlp_de_identification/requirements.txt
+++ b/flex-templates/python/regional_dlp_de_identification/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-apache-beam==2.49.0
+apache-beam==2.46.0
 google-cloud-dlp==3.12.2
diff --git a/flex-templates/python/regional_dlp_transform/requirements.txt b/flex-templates/python/regional_dlp_transform/requirements.txt
index c6ecb383..919689d8 100644
--- a/flex-templates/python/regional_dlp_transform/requirements.txt
+++ b/flex-templates/python/regional_dlp_transform/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-apache-beam==2.49.0
+apache-beam==2.46.0
 google-cloud-dlp==3.12.2