diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8038cfa..90e42ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
     <external.protobuf.version>2.5.0</external.protobuf.version>
     <protobuf.plugin.version>0.5.0</protobuf.plugin.version>
     <commons-io.version>2.11.0</commons-io.version>
-    <avro.version>1.7.7</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.11.4</avro.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
     <!--This property is for hadoops netty. HBase netty
          comes in via hbase-thirdparty hbase-shaded-netty-->