diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d27788932c..05afa5b11c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     <fastutil.version>8.5.15</fastutil.version>
     <semver.api.version>0.9.33</semver.api.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.33</slf4j.version>
-    <avro.version>1.11.5</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.12.1</avro.version>
     <guava.version>33.5.0-jre</guava.version>
     <brotli-codec.version>0.1.1</brotli-codec.version>
     <mockito.version>5.21.0</mockito.version>