diff --git a/extensions-core/parquet-extensions/pom.xml b/extensions-core/parquet-extensions/pom.xml
index 582c70b34288..8746850578e7 100644
--- a/extensions-core/parquet-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions-core/parquet-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@
       <artifactId>parquet-avro</artifactId>
       <version>${parquet.version}</version>
       <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-          <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>commons-pool</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-pool</artifactId>
@@ -145,10 +141,6 @@
           <groupId>aopalliance</groupId>
           <artifactId>aopalliance</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-          <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
@@ -209,10 +201,6 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.yetus</groupId>
           <artifactId>audience-annotations</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-          <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
@@ -414,7 +402,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <version>${avro.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>