diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8fe5bb4078..f0a1780746 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -11279,6 +11279,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "object-store",
  "parquet",
  "parquet_opendal",
+ "prost 0.13.3",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "snafu 0.8.5",
diff --git a/src/sst-convert/Cargo.toml b/src/sst-convert/Cargo.toml
index 140e4c5c6a..e7819e3d40 100644
--- a/src/sst-convert/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/sst-convert/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ mito2.workspace = true
 object-store.workspace = true
 parquet.workspace = true
 parquet_opendal = "0.3.0"
+prost.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 snafu.workspace = true
diff --git a/src/sst-convert/src/error.rs b/src/sst-convert/src/error.rs
index c60fb7d504..88269e4232 100644
--- a/src/sst-convert/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/sst-convert/src/error.rs
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ pub enum Error {
         #[snafu(implicit)]
         location: Location,
     },
+
+    #[snafu(display("Decode error"))]
+    Decode {
+        #[snafu(source)]
+        error: prost::DecodeError,
+        #[snafu(implicit)]
+        location: Location,
+    },
 }
 
 pub type Result<T, E = Error> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
@@ -111,6 +119,7 @@ impl ErrorExt for Error {
             Error::Datanode { source, .. } => source.status_code(),
             Error::Meta { source, .. } => source.status_code(),
             Error::MetaClient { source, .. } => source.status_code(),
+            Error::Decode { .. } => StatusCode::InvalidArguments,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/sst-convert/src/reader/remote_write.rs b/src/sst-convert/src/reader/remote_write.rs
index 654f6e278e..3f3260a440 100644
--- a/src/sst-convert/src/reader/remote_write.rs
+++ b/src/sst-convert/src/reader/remote_write.rs
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-//! Prometheus remote write JSON support.
+//! Prometheus remote write support.
 //!
-//! The Prometheus remote write JSON format is a NDJSON representation of the Prometheus remote write protocol.
+//! The Prometheus remote write format is a Parquet representation of the Prometheus remote write protocol.
 //! - Each Line contains a single timeseries.
 //! - Each series only occurs once.
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use api::prom_store::remote::{Label, TimeSeries};
 use api::v1::OpType;
 use arrow_array::{
-    Array, Float64Array, StringArray, TimestampMillisecondArray, UInt64Array, UInt8Array,
+    Array, BinaryArray, Float64Array, TimestampMillisecondArray, UInt64Array, UInt8Array,
 };
 use datatypes::value::ValueRef;
 use futures::{AsyncBufReadExt, StreamExt};
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ use object_store::{FuturesAsyncReader, ObjectStore, Reader};
 use parquet::arrow::async_reader::ParquetRecordBatchStream;
 use parquet::arrow::ParquetRecordBatchStreamBuilder;
 use parquet_opendal::AsyncReader;
+use prost::Message;
 use snafu::{OptionExt, ResultExt};
 use store_api::metadata::RegionMetadataRef;
 use store_api::storage::consts::ReservedColumnId;
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ use store_api::storage::{ColumnId, SequenceNumber};
 use table::metadata::TableId;
 
 use crate::error::{
-    IoSnafu, JsonSnafu, MissingColumnSnafu, MissingMetricNameSnafu, MissingTableSnafu, MitoSnafu,
-    ObjectStoreSnafu, Result,
+    DecodeSnafu, IoSnafu, JsonSnafu, MissingColumnSnafu, MissingMetricNameSnafu, MissingTableSnafu,
+    MitoSnafu, ObjectStoreSnafu, Result,
 };
 use crate::table::TableMetadataHelper;
 
@@ -198,8 +199,8 @@ pub struct TimeSeriesParquetReader {
     stream: ParquetRecordBatchStream<AsyncReader>,
     /// Is the stream EOF.
     eof: bool,
-    /// Current string array.
-    array: Option<StringArray>,
+    /// Current binary array.
+    array: Option<BinaryArray>,
     /// Current row in the record batch.
     /// Only valid when the record batch is Some.
     row_index: usize,
@@ -260,21 +261,21 @@ impl TimeSeriesParquetReader {
                 self.eof = true;
                 return Ok(None);
             };
-            self.array = Some(
-                record_batch
-                    .column(0)
-                    .as_any()
-                    .downcast_ref::<StringArray>()
-                    .context(MissingColumnSnafu {
-                        column_name: "remote write json column",
-                    })?
-                    .clone(),
-            );
+            let array = record_batch
+                .column(0)
+                .as_any()
+                .downcast_ref::<BinaryArray>()
+                .context(MissingColumnSnafu {
+                    column_name: "remote write json column",
+                })?
+                .clone();
+            assert!(!array.is_empty());
+            self.array = Some(array);
         }
 
         let array = self.array.as_ref().unwrap();
         let value = array.value(self.row_index);
-        let time_series = serde_json::from_str(value).context(JsonSnafu)?;
+        let time_series = TimeSeries::decode(value).context(DecodeSnafu)?;
         self.row_index += 1;
 
         Ok(Some(time_series))