diff --git a/spf4j-avro-components/spf4j-avro-adapter-fork/pom.xml b/spf4j-avro-components/spf4j-avro-adapter-fork/pom.xml
index d3a5a9b614..f3b8544bf7 100644
--- a/spf4j-avro-components/spf4j-avro-adapter-fork/pom.xml
+++ b/spf4j-avro-components/spf4j-avro-adapter-fork/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.10.0.2p</version>
+      <version>1.11.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>