Update avro dep from 1.11.3 to 1.11.4

Author: cowtowncoder

avro/pom.xml

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ abstractions.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11.3</version>
+      <version>1.11.4</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- and for testing we need logback -->

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Active maintainers:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.18.3 (not yet released)
+
+* Upgrade `org.apache.avro:avro` dependency to 1.11.4
+
 2.18.2 (27-Nov-2024)
 
 No changes since 2.18.1