diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a18a836..f091e214 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
 			<artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-			<version>1.8.2</version>
+			<version>1.9.1</version>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
 			<artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-			<version>1.8.2</version>
+			<version>1.9.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>