diff --git a/msk-lambda-schema-avro-java-sam/kafka_event_consumer_function/pom.xml b/msk-lambda-schema-avro-java-sam/kafka_event_consumer_function/pom.xml
index 620a4e21d..32047516c 100644
--- a/msk-lambda-schema-avro-java-sam/kafka_event_consumer_function/pom.xml
+++ b/msk-lambda-schema-avro-java-sam/kafka_event_consumer_function/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
             <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-            <version>1.11.1</version>
+            <version>1.11.4</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/msk-lambda-schema-avro-java-sam/kafka_event_producer_function/pom.xml b/msk-lambda-schema-avro-java-sam/kafka_event_producer_function/pom.xml
index 897989544..54ea861a6 100644
--- a/msk-lambda-schema-avro-java-sam/kafka_event_producer_function/pom.xml
+++ b/msk-lambda-schema-avro-java-sam/kafka_event_producer_function/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-		<avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
+		<avro.version>1.11.4</avro.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>