diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fc04d0ab3..d9a58211e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
 				<artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-				<version>1.8.2</version>
+				<version>1.11.3</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>