diff --git a/apache-libraries/pom.xml b/apache-libraries/pom.xml
index 3d788698650f..476b4337ae6d 100644
--- a/apache-libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-libraries/pom.xml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <avro.version>1.8.2</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.11.5</avro.version>
         <beam.version>2.19.0</beam.version>
         <bval.version>1.1.2</bval.version>
         <javax.validation.validation-api.version>1.1.0.Final</javax.validation.validation-api.version>