diff --git a/cloud-stream-kafka-avro-example/pom.xml b/cloud-stream-kafka-avro-example/pom.xml
index b0c3dff..70baf7a 100644
--- a/cloud-stream-kafka-avro-example/pom.xml
+++ b/cloud-stream-kafka-avro-example/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
 			<artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-			<version>1.8.2</version>
+			<version>1.11.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>