diff --git a/spark/core/build.gradle b/spark/core/build.gradle
index f884862c2..7df69350e 100644
--- a/spark/core/build.gradle
+++ b/spark/core/build.gradle
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ sparkVariants {
 
             if (variant.scalaMajorVersion == '2.10') {
                 add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.apache.spark:spark-unsafe_${variant.scalaMajorVersion}:${variant.sparkVersion}")
-                add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.apache.avro:avro:1.7.7")
+                add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.apache.avro:avro:1.10.2")
                 add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "log4j:log4j:1.2.17")
                 add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2")
                 add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.json4s:json4s-ast_2.10:3.6.12")