diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 350e5269cd5..32f18113d23 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -350,6 +350,8 @@ Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
 
     HADOOP-7594. Support HTTP REST in HttpServer.  (szetszwo)
 
+    HADOOP-7595. Upgrade dependency to Avro 1.5.3. (Alejandro Abdelnur via atm)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
   
     HADOOP-7333. Performance improvement in PureJavaCrc32. (Eric Caspole
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/pom.xml
index 83c1aae03ef..be98eb7cdf9 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
         <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.2</version>
+        <version>1.5.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>generate-sources</phase>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
index 825d39237de..4374a377472 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.2</version>
+      <version>1.5.3</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
index 358bd81bca3..baafc84f353 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.2</version>
+      <version>1.5.3</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index bdb81f315c7..9e996470806 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -364,12 +364,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
         <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.2</version>
+        <version>1.5.3</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
         <artifactId>avro-ipc</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.2</version>
+        <version>1.5.3</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>net.sf.kosmosfs</groupId>
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
           <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.5.2</version>
+          <version>1.5.3</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.jspc</groupId>