diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index 374a717..3620f8e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -2063,7 +2063,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
         <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-        <version>1.11.3</version>
+        <version>1.12.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.iceberg</groupId>