diff --git a/kafkastats/pom.xml b/kafkastats/pom.xml
index 3c9ef9d..53c482a 100644
--- a/kafkastats/pom.xml
+++ b/kafkastats/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
                 <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.8.2</version>
+                <version>1.10.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <stringType>String</stringType>
                 </configuration>