diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 943f44d..2a3c6ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
-    <avro.version>1.8.2</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.11.5</avro.version>
     <bigquery.version>1.133.1</bigquery.version>
     <cdap.version>6.4.0</cdap.version>
     <delta.version>0.9.0</delta.version>