diff --git a/java/dataset/pom.xml b/java/dataset/pom.xml
index 2121119af39..d411ab081fb 100644
--- a/java/dataset/pom.xml
+++ b/java/dataset/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <properties>
     <arrow.cpp.build.dir>../../../cpp/release-build/</arrow.cpp.build.dir>
     <parquet.version>1.13.1</parquet.version>
-    <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index f3639858d78..9a3ba942139 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     <dep.jackson-bom.version>2.17.0</dep.jackson-bom.version>
     <dep.hadoop.version>3.4.0</dep.hadoop.version>
     <dep.fbs.version>23.5.26</dep.fbs.version>
-    <dep.avro.version>1.11.3</dep.avro.version>
+    <dep.avro.version>1.12.0</dep.avro.version>
     <arrow.vector.classifier></arrow.vector.classifier>
     <forkCount>2</forkCount>
     <checkstyle.failOnViolation>true</checkstyle.failOnViolation>