diff --git a/svc-bie-kafka/build.gradle b/svc-bie-kafka/build.gradle
index 16f19694e8..5e83ba78b6 100644
--- a/svc-bie-kafka/build.gradle
+++ b/svc-bie-kafka/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies {
 
   // avro schema and kafka
   implementation 'org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.3'
-  implementation 'io.confluent:kafka-avro-serializer:7.6.1'
+  implementation 'io.confluent:kafka-avro-serializer:7.6.2'
   implementation 'org.apache.kafka:connect-api:7.6.2-ce'
   implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.26.2'
   implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:33.2.1-jre'