diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml
index d7778c896..b2f72d023 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>
-        <avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.12.1</avro.version>
         <protobuf.version>4.33.0</protobuf.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/powertools-kafka/pom.xml b/powertools-kafka/pom.xml
index a6a090b5d..b60005073 100644
--- a/powertools-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <kafka-clients.version>4.1.0</kafka-clients.version>
-        <avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.12.1</avro.version>
         <protobuf.version>4.33.0</protobuf.version>
         <lambda-serialization.version>1.1.6</lambda-serialization.version>
     </properties>