diff --git a/etc/benchmarks/avro-serialization-implementations/deps/avro/pom.xml b/etc/benchmarks/avro-serialization-implementations/deps/avro/pom.xml
index 84d1e54f..255aa233 100644
--- a/etc/benchmarks/avro-serialization-implementations/deps/avro/pom.xml
+++ b/etc/benchmarks/avro-serialization-implementations/deps/avro/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.11.3</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>