diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1826d73..906e8e3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
         <spark.version>2.4.0</spark.version>
         <kafka.version>2.2.0</kafka.version>
-        <avro.version>1.8.2</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
         <confluent.version>3.2.1</confluent.version>
     </properties>