diff --git a/pulsar-io/flume/pom.xml b/pulsar-io/flume/pom.xml
index 649803a8e0e03..1a41f28a61885 100644
--- a/pulsar-io/flume/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-io/flume/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
             <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.1</version>
+            <version>1.12.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>