Merge branch '0.1.x' into 0.2.x by srishti-saraswat

Author: ConfluentJenkins

pom.xml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         <confluent.version>5.4.0</confluent.version>
         <confluent.avro.generator.version>0.3.0</confluent.avro.generator.version>
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <avro.version>1.8.1</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
         <licenses.version>5.4.0</licenses.version>
         <maven.release.plugin.version>2.5.3</maven.release.plugin.version>
     </properties>