diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 56cf30372..12131340b 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 javaSourceCompatibilityVersion=1.8
 
-avroVersion=1.8.1
+avroVersion=1.9.1
 parquetVersion=1.9.0
 hadoopVersion=2.9.2
 aspectjVersion=1.7.4
diff --git a/gradle/sqoop-package.gradle b/gradle/sqoop-package.gradle
index c7465e9dc..9c069fff6 100644
--- a/gradle/sqoop-package.gradle
+++ b/gradle/sqoop-package.gradle
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dependencies {
         exclude module: 'netty'
         exclude group: 'org.apache.velocity', module: 'velocity'
     }
-    redist(group: 'org.apache.avro', name: 'avro-mapred', version: avroVersion, classifier: 'hadoop2') {
+    redist(group: 'org.apache.avro', name: 'avro-mapred', version: avroVersion) {
         exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-api'
         exclude group: 'org.mortbay.jetty', module: 'jetty'
         exclude group: 'org.mortbay.jetty', module: 'jetty-util'