diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a2cc0ef..dca2e68 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <properties>
     <!-- Keep versions as properties to allow easy modification -->
-    <avro.version>1.8.2</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
     <!-- Maven properties for compilation -->
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>