diff --git a/driver-kafka/pom.xml b/driver-kafka/pom.xml
index c43f3c7b8..88f4ee778 100644
--- a/driver-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
             <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-            <version>1.11.0</version>
+            <version>1.11.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.confluent/kafka-avro-serializer -->