diff --git a/avro-builder/tests/codegen-111/build.gradle b/avro-builder/tests/codegen-111/build.gradle
index 7e77aad3..6c678519 100644
--- a/avro-builder/tests/codegen-111/build.gradle
+++ b/avro-builder/tests/codegen-111/build.gradle
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ compileJava.dependsOn runOwnCodegen
 dependencies {
     codegen project(":avro-builder:builder")
 
-    implementation ("org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.3") {
+    implementation ("org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.4") {
         exclude group: "org.mortbay.jetty"
         exclude group: "org.apache.velocity"
         exclude group: "commons-lang"
diff --git a/avro-builder/tests/tests-allavro/build.gradle b/avro-builder/tests/tests-allavro/build.gradle
index 31fbe9a1..c58cb084 100644
--- a/avro-builder/tests/tests-allavro/build.gradle
+++ b/avro-builder/tests/tests-allavro/build.gradle
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ dependencies {
     exclude group: "org.slf4j"
   }
 
-  avro111 ("org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.3") {
+  avro111 ("org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.4") {
     exclude group: "org.slf4j"
   }
-  avro111 ("org.apache.avro:avro-compiler:1.11.3") {
+  avro111 ("org.apache.avro:avro-compiler:1.11.4") {
     exclude group: "org.slf4j"
   }
 }
diff --git a/fastserde/avro-fastserde-tests111/build.gradle b/fastserde/avro-fastserde-tests111/build.gradle
index b9d90db2..c30c4078 100644
--- a/fastserde/avro-fastserde-tests111/build.gradle
+++ b/fastserde/avro-fastserde-tests111/build.gradle
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.4"
   testImplementation "com.sun.codemodel:codemodel:2.6"
 
-  testImplementation ("org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.3") {
+  testImplementation ("org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.4") {
     exclude group: "org.slf4j"
   }
 
@@ -44,8 +44,19 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.14'
 
   codegen project(":helper:helper")
-  codegen "org.apache.avro:avro-tools:1.11.3"
-  codegen "org.apache.avro:avro-compiler:1.11.3"
+
+  // trevni-avro and trevni-core no longer publish -test jars, but avro-tools still tries to pull in these test jars
+  // gradle does not support custom resolution strategy for classifier. The blocks below are to do a workaround by
+  // excluding trevni-avro and trevni-core first and then add them back without the test classifier
+  codegen ("org.apache.avro:avro-tools:1.11.4") {
+    exclude group: "org.apache.avro", module: "trevni-avro"
+    exclude group: "org.apache.avro", module: "trevni-core"
+  }
+  codegen ("org.apache.avro:trevni-avro:1.11.4") {
+    exclude group: "org.apache.avro", module: "trevni-core"
+  }
+  codegen "org.apache.avro:trevni-core:1.11.4"
+  codegen "org.apache.avro:avro-compiler:1.11.4"
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/helper/impls/helper-impl-111/build.gradle b/helper/impls/helper-impl-111/build.gradle
index 33763fe0..476a55ef 100644
--- a/helper/impls/helper-impl-111/build.gradle
+++ b/helper/impls/helper-impl-111/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencies {
   implementation (project(":helper:helper-common"))
-  compileOnly ("org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.3")
+  compileOnly ("org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.4")
   testImplementation project(":test-common")
   testImplementation("org.mockito:mockito-inline:4.11.0")
 }
diff --git a/helper/impls/helper-impl-111/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/avro111/Avro111Utils.java b/helper/impls/helper-impl-111/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/avro111/Avro111Utils.java
index a0466913..1b144b43 100644
--- a/helper/impls/helper-impl-111/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/avro111/Avro111Utils.java
+++ b/helper/impls/helper-impl-111/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/avro111/Avro111Utils.java
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 package com.linkedin.avroutil1.compatibility.avro111;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericDatumReader;
 import org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificData;
+import org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificDatumReader;
 
 
 /**
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@ public class Avro111Utils {
   private final static boolean IS_AT_LEAST_1_11_2;
   private final static boolean IS_AT_LEAST_1_11_3;
 
+  private final static boolean IS_AT_LEAST_1_11_4;
+
   static {
     Class<?>[] inners = GenericDatumReader.class.getDeclaredClasses(); //never null
     boolean found = false;
@@ -55,6 +59,19 @@ public class Avro111Utils {
       //expected in avro < 1.11.3
     }
     IS_AT_LEAST_1_11_3 = found;
+
+    found = false;
+    //added in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3985
+    //see https://github.com/apache/avro/pull/2980/files#diff-95af304493048b22c3dda8fbfc7efb0e0c1c5e876f0234c2b8d0635bb2bcb494R151
+    Method[] methods = SpecificDatumReader.class.getDeclaredMethods();
+    for (Method method : methods) {
+      if ("getTrustedPackages".equals(method.getName())) {
+        found = true;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    IS_AT_LEAST_1_11_4 = found;
   }
 
   private Avro111Utils() {
@@ -72,4 +89,8 @@ public static boolean isAtLeast1112() {
   public static boolean isAtLeast1113() {
     return IS_AT_LEAST_1_11_3;
   }
+
+  public static boolean isAtLeast1114() {
+    return IS_AT_LEAST_1_11_4;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/helper/tests/codegen-111/build.gradle b/helper/tests/codegen-111/build.gradle
index 8271f36d..25ace2a9 100644
--- a/helper/tests/codegen-111/build.gradle
+++ b/helper/tests/codegen-111/build.gradle
@@ -161,15 +161,25 @@ compileJava.dependsOn runVanillaAvroCodegen, runCompatAvroCodegen, runCompatAvro
 jar.dependsOn runResourceGeneration
 
 dependencies {
-  codegen "org.apache.avro:avro-tools:1.11.3"
-  codegen "org.apache.avro:avro-compiler:1.11.3"
+  // trevni-avro and trevni-core no longer publish -test jars, but avro-tools still tries to pull in these test jars
+  // gradle does not support custom resolution strategy for classifier. The blocks below are to do a workaround by
+  // excluding trevni-avro and trevni-core first and then add them back without the test classifier
+  codegen ("org.apache.avro:avro-tools:1.11.4") {
+    exclude group: "org.apache.avro", module: "trevni-avro"
+    exclude group: "org.apache.avro", module: "trevni-core"
+  }
+  codegen ("org.apache.avro:trevni-avro:1.11.4") {
+    exclude group: "org.apache.avro", module: "trevni-core"
+  }
+  codegen "org.apache.avro:trevni-core:1.11.4"
+  codegen "org.apache.avro:avro-compiler:1.11.4"
   codegen files('../codegenClasspath')
   codegen project(":helper:tests:helper-tests-common")
   codegen project(":helper:helper")
 
   //required because generated code depends on the helper
   implementation project(":helper:helper")
-  implementation "org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.3"
+  implementation "org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.4"
 
   //this block required for resource generation code
   implementation project(":helper:tests:helper-tests-common")
diff --git a/helper/tests/helper-tests-111/build.gradle b/helper/tests/helper-tests-111/build.gradle
index dd323a63..14295cd0 100644
--- a/helper/tests/helper-tests-111/build.gradle
+++ b/helper/tests/helper-tests-111/build.gradle
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ dependencies {
     exclude group: "org.apache.avro"
   }
 
-  testImplementation "org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.3"
-  testImplementation "org.apache.avro:avro-compiler:1.11.3"
+  testImplementation "org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.4"
+  testImplementation "org.apache.avro:avro-compiler:1.11.4"
   testImplementation "com.google.guava:guava:28.2-jre"
   testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:3.2.4"
 }
diff --git a/helper/tests/helper-tests-111/src/test/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/avro111/Avro111UtilsTest.java b/helper/tests/helper-tests-111/src/test/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/avro111/Avro111UtilsTest.java
index 68e98bc3..56ae6f7c 100644
--- a/helper/tests/helper-tests-111/src/test/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/avro111/Avro111UtilsTest.java
+++ b/helper/tests/helper-tests-111/src/test/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/avro111/Avro111UtilsTest.java
@@ -14,19 +14,25 @@ public class Avro111UtilsTest {
 
   @Test
   public void testAvro1111Detection() throws Exception {
-    //at time of writing we use 1.11.3
+    //at time of writing we use 1.11.4
     Assert.assertTrue(Avro111Utils.isAtLeast1111());
   }
 
   @Test
   public void testAvro1112Detection() throws Exception {
-    //at time of writing we use 1.11.3
+    //at time of writing we use 1.11.4
     Assert.assertTrue(Avro111Utils.isAtLeast1112());
   }
 
   @Test
   public void testAvro1113Detection() throws Exception {
-    //at time of writing we use 1.11.3
+    //at time of writing we use 1.11.4
     Assert.assertTrue(Avro111Utils.isAtLeast1113());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testAvro1114Detection() throws Exception {
+    //at time of writing we use 1.11.4
+    Assert.assertTrue(Avro111Utils.isAtLeast1114());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/helper/tests/helper-tests-allavro/build.gradle b/helper/tests/helper-tests-allavro/build.gradle
index 807357a4..2d76b2ac 100644
--- a/helper/tests/helper-tests-allavro/build.gradle
+++ b/helper/tests/helper-tests-allavro/build.gradle
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@ dependencies {
     exclude group: "org.slf4j"
   }
 
-  avro111 ("org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.3") {
+  avro111 ("org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.4") {
     exclude group: "org.slf4j"
   }
-  avro111 ("org.apache.avro:avro-compiler:1.11.3") {
+  avro111 ("org.apache.avro:avro-compiler:1.11.4") {
     exclude group: "org.slf4j"
   }
-  avro111NoCompiler ("org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.3") {
+  avro111NoCompiler ("org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.4") {
     exclude group: "org.slf4j"
   }
 }