diff --git a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Java_Avro_Versions.json b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Java_Avro_Versions.json
index 1efc8e9e4405..3f63c0c9975f 100644
--- a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Java_Avro_Versions.json
+++ b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Java_Avro_Versions.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
     "comment": "Modify this file in a trivial way to cause this test suite to run",
-    "modification": 1
+    "modification": 2
 }
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index d0fede5cb5f9..c5c74325722f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 
 ## Security Fixes
 * Fixed (CVE-YYYY-NNNN)[https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-YYYY-NNNN] (Java/Python/Go) ([#X](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/X)).
+* Fixed (CVE-2024-47561)[https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47561] (Java) by upgrading Avro version to 1.11.4
 
 ## Known Issues
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
index 5af91ec2f056..fe550e468b62 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ class BeamModulePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         antlr_runtime                               : "org.antlr:antlr4-runtime:4.7",
         args4j                                      : "args4j:args4j:2.33",
         auto_value_annotations                      : "com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations:$autovalue_version",
-        avro                                        : "org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.3",
+        avro                                        : "org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.4",
         avro_tests                                  : "org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.3:tests",
         aws_java_sdk_cloudwatch                     : "com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-cloudwatch:$aws_java_sdk_version",
         aws_java_sdk_core                           : "com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-core:$aws_java_sdk_version",