diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92f1743f4..e466b08ce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 ### Security
 ### Dependencies
 - Bumps `com.google.guava:guava` from 11.0 to 23.0
-- Bumps `org.apache.avro:avro` from 1.7.7 to 1.11.1
 - Bumps `commons-codec:commons-codec` from 1.4 to 1.15
 - Bumps `com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind` from 2.7.8 to 2.14.2
 
diff --git a/spark/core/build.gradle b/spark/core/build.gradle
index 9cf69390a..d13b35116 100644
--- a/spark/core/build.gradle
+++ b/spark/core/build.gradle
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ 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:1.11.1")
+                add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.apache.avro:avro:1.7.7")
                 add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "log4j:log4j:1.2.17")
                 add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:2.0.1")
                 add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.json4s:json4s-ast_2.10:3.2.10")
diff --git a/spark/sql-13/build.gradle b/spark/sql-13/build.gradle
index babc4a599..234beff05 100644
--- a/spark/sql-13/build.gradle
+++ b/spark/sql-13/build.gradle
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ sparkVariants {
 
             if ('2.10'.equals(scalaMajorVersion)) {
                 add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.apache.spark:spark-unsafe_${variant.scalaMajorVersion}:$variant.sparkVersion")
-                add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.1")
+                add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.apache.avro:avro:1.7.7")
                 add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "log4j:log4j:1.2.17")
                 add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:2.0.1")
                 add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.json4s:json4s-ast_2.10:3.2.10")
diff --git a/spark/sql-20/build.gradle b/spark/sql-20/build.gradle
index 959f89067..f4bf87373 100644
--- a/spark/sql-20/build.gradle
+++ b/spark/sql-20/build.gradle
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ sparkVariants {
 
             if ('2.10' == scalaMajorVersion) {
                 add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.apache.spark:spark-unsafe_${variant.scalaMajorVersion}:$variant.sparkVersion")
-                add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.1")
+                add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.apache.avro:avro:1.7.7")
                 add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "log4j:log4j:1.2.17")
                 add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:2.0.1")
                 add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.json4s:json4s-ast_2.10:3.2.10")