diff --git a/metagpt/actions/research.py b/metagpt/actions/research.py
index bad8f139c..5086f10cf 100644
--- a/metagpt/actions/research.py
+++ b/metagpt/actions/research.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from pydantic import TypeAdapter, model_validator
 from metagpt.actions import Action
 from metagpt.config2 import config
 from metagpt.logs import logger
+from metagpt.tools.search_engine import SearchEngine
 from metagpt.tools.web_browser_engine import WebBrowserEngine
 from metagpt.utils.common import OutputParser
 from metagpt.utils.text import generate_prompt_chunk, reduce_message_length
diff --git a/metagpt/tools/search_engine.py b/metagpt/tools/search_engine.py
index 1372a8c7a..81629bb02 100644
--- a/metagpt/tools/search_engine.py
+++ b/metagpt/tools/search_engine.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 @File    : search_engine.py
 """
 import importlib
-from typing import Callable, Coroutine, Literal, Optional, Union, overload
+from typing import Annotated, Callable, Coroutine, Literal, Optional, Union, overload
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, model_validator
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, model_validator
 
 from metagpt.configs.search_config import SearchConfig
 from metagpt.logs import logger
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ class SearchEngine(BaseModel):
     model_config = ConfigDict(arbitrary_types_allowed=True, extra="allow")
 
     engine: SearchEngineType = SearchEngineType.SERPER_GOOGLE
-    run_func: Optional[Callable[[str, int, bool], Coroutine[None, None, Union[str, list[str]]]]] = None
+    run_func: Annotated[
+        Optional[Callable[[str, int, bool], Coroutine[None, None, Union[str, list[str]]]]], Field(exclude=True)
+    ] = None
     api_key: Optional[str] = None
     proxy: Optional[str] = None
 
diff --git a/metagpt/tools/web_browser_engine.py b/metagpt/tools/web_browser_engine.py
index 01339e51a..ff9ad0fa6 100644
--- a/metagpt/tools/web_browser_engine.py
+++ b/metagpt/tools/web_browser_engine.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import importlib
-from typing import Any, Callable, Coroutine, Optional, Union, overload
+from typing import Annotated, Any, Callable, Coroutine, Optional, Union, overload
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, model_validator
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, model_validator
 
 from metagpt.configs.browser_config import BrowserConfig
 from metagpt.tools import WebBrowserEngineType
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ class WebBrowserEngine(BaseModel):
     model_config = ConfigDict(arbitrary_types_allowed=True, extra="allow")
 
     engine: WebBrowserEngineType = WebBrowserEngineType.PLAYWRIGHT
-    run_func: Optional[Callable[..., Coroutine[Any, Any, Union[WebPage, list[WebPage]]]]] = None
+    run_func: Annotated[
+        Optional[Callable[..., Coroutine[Any, Any, Union[WebPage, list[WebPage]]]]],
+        Field(exclude=True),
+    ] = None
     proxy: Optional[str] = None
 
     @model_validator(mode="after")
diff --git a/tests/metagpt/roles/test_researcher.py b/tests/metagpt/roles/test_researcher.py
index ba05e1296..9ce3bc23b 100644
--- a/tests/metagpt/roles/test_researcher.py
+++ b/tests/metagpt/roles/test_researcher.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
 from random import random
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from metagpt.actions.research import CollectLinks
 from metagpt.roles import researcher
+from metagpt.team import Team
 from metagpt.tools import SearchEngineType
 from metagpt.tools.search_engine import SearchEngine
 
@@ -57,5 +59,13 @@ def test_write_report(mocker, context):
             assert (researcher.RESEARCH_PATH / f"{i+1}. metagpt.md").read_text().startswith("# Research Report")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_serialize():
+    team = Team()
+    team.hire([researcher.Researcher()])
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as dirname:
+        team.serialize(Path(dirname) / "team.json")
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     pytest.main([__file__, "-s"])