diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 92ed9be86544d..7bd84d0c899c3 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     <java.security.egd>file:///dev/urandom</java.security.egd>
 
     <!-- avro version -->
-    <avro.version>1.7.7</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.9.0</avro.version>
 
     <!-- jersey version -->
     <jersey.version>1.19</jersey.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 139b96647240a..b14b040ab35f0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
                   <pluginExecutionFilter>
                     <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
                     <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <versionRange>[1.5.3,)</versionRange>
+                    <versionRange>[1.9.0,)</versionRange>
                     <goals>
                       <goal>schema</goal>
                       <goal>protocol</goal>