diff --git a/schema-registry-samples/kafka-streams-schema-evolution/kafka-streams-confluent-consumer/pom.xml b/schema-registry-samples/kafka-streams-schema-evolution/kafka-streams-confluent-consumer/pom.xml
index bc82bd7d..4eb80700 100644
--- a/schema-registry-samples/kafka-streams-schema-evolution/kafka-streams-confluent-consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/schema-registry-samples/kafka-streams-schema-evolution/kafka-streams-confluent-consumer/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <confluent.version>4.0.0</confluent.version>
-        <avro.version>1.8.2</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>