diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27effb5ffe0f..ca839992d745 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     <activemq.version>5.5.0</activemq.version>
     <ant.version>1.9.1</ant.version>
     <antlr.version>3.4</antlr.version>
-    <avro.version>1.7.5</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.11.4</avro.version>
     <bonecp.version>0.8.0.RELEASE</bonecp.version>
     <datanucleus-api-jdo.version>3.2.6</datanucleus-api-jdo.version>
     <datanucleus-core.version>3.2.10</datanucleus-core.version>