diff --git a/apache-libraries/pom.xml b/apache-libraries/pom.xml
index 41432be107..10babec6fb 100644
--- a/apache-libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-libraries/pom.xml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <avro.version>1.8.2</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.11.5</avro.version>
         <beam.version>2.45.0</beam.version>
         <bval.version>2.0.6</bval.version>
         <javax.validation.validation-api.version>2.0.1.Final</javax.validation.validation-api.version>