diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 7357cf598415b..f6da0acda5e10 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     <java.security.egd>file:///dev/urandom</java.security.egd>
 
     <!-- avro version -->
-    <avro.version>1.7.7</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
 
     <!-- jersey version -->
     <jersey.version>1.19.4</jersey.version>