diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dde330c7..1c5dbf4a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         <kotlin.compiler.incremental>true</kotlin.compiler.incremental>
         <testcontainers.version>1.20.4</testcontainers.version>
         <neo4j.java.driver.version>4.4.19</neo4j.java.driver.version>
-        <avro.version>1.11.4</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
         <mockito.version>5.12.0</mockito.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <kafka.avro.serializer.version>5.2.2</kafka.avro.serializer.version>