diff --git a/pkg/output/tui/bubbletee964.go b/pkg/output/tui/bubbletee964.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..41596688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/output/tui/bubbletee964.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ Copyright 2024 The Knative Authors
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package tui
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+)
+
+// safeguardBubbletee964 will safeguard the io.Reader by returning a new
+// io.Reader that will prevent the
+// https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea/issues/964 issue.
+//
+// TODO: Remove this function once the issue is resolved.
+func safeguardBubbletee964(in io.Reader) io.Reader {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if f, ok := in.(*os.File); ok {
+		if st, err := f.Stat(); err == nil {
+			log.Fatal("unexpected: ", err)
+		} else {
+			if !st.Mode().IsRegular() {
+				if st.Name() != os.DevNull {
+					log.Println("WARN: non-regular file given as input: ",
+						st.Name(), " (mode: ", st.Mode(),
+						"). Using `nil` as input.")
+				}
+				return bytes.NewBufferString("")
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return in
+}
diff --git a/pkg/output/tui/progress.go b/pkg/output/tui/progress.go
index 403816d0..7e7c5364 100644
--- a/pkg/output/tui/progress.go
+++ b/pkg/output/tui/progress.go
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func (b *BubbleProgress) start() {
 	b.prog = progress.New(progress.WithDefaultGradient())
 	out := b.OutOrStdout()
 	b.tea = tea.NewProgram(b,
-		tea.WithInput(b.InOrStdin()),
+		tea.WithInput(safeguardBubbletee964(b.InOrStdin())),
 		tea.WithOutput(out),
 	)
 	b.quitChan = make(chan struct{})
diff --git a/pkg/output/tui/spinner.go b/pkg/output/tui/spinner.go
index 6f44c4f5..76d5a34d 100644
--- a/pkg/output/tui/spinner.go
+++ b/pkg/output/tui/spinner.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (b *BubbleSpinner) start() {
 	)
 	out := b.OutOrStdout()
 	b.tea = tea.NewProgram(b,
-		tea.WithInput(b.InOrStdin()),
+		tea.WithInput(safeguardBubbletee964(b.InOrStdin())),
 		tea.WithOutput(out),
 	)
 	b.quitChan = make(chan struct{})