diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index e5bf77c5..4b1a85a3 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.build.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.outputEncoding>
 		<maven.compiler>2.0.2</maven.compiler>
-		<avro.version>1.7.5</avro.version>
+		<avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
 		<maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
 	</properties>