diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1c99a1d6a..7d317cdfa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     <!-- version properties -->
     <apache-commons.version>1.2</apache-commons.version>
     <asm.version>7.1</asm.version>
-    <avro.version>1.11.0</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.11.4</avro.version>
     <cassandra.version>3.11.12</cassandra.version>
     <cassandraunit.version>2.0.2.2</cassandraunit.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.10</commons-codec.version>