diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 830f4bce809..3ad7582bd3a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <!-- dependency versions -->
     <alpn.agent.version>2.0.10</alpn.agent.version>
     <ant.version>1.10.14</ant.version>
-    <apache.avro.version>1.11.2</apache.avro.version>
+    <apache.avro.version>1.11.3</apache.avro.version>
     <apache.httpclient.version>4.5.14</apache.httpclient.version>
     <apache.httpcore.version>4.4.16</apache.httpcore.version>
     <asciidoctorj-diagram.version>2.2.13</asciidoctorj-diagram.version>