diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 023aa204..55911b11 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ lazy val core = crossProject(JVMPlatform)
       "org.scalameta" %% "munit" % "1.0.0" % Test,
       "org.scalameta" %% "munit-scalacheck" % "1.0.0" % Test,
       "org.typelevel" %% "munit-cats-effect" % "2.0.0" % Test,
-      ("org.apache.avro" % "avro" % "1.11.3").exclude("org.apache.commons", "commons-compress"),
+      ("org.apache.avro" % "avro" % "1.12.0").exclude("org.apache.commons", "commons-compress"),
       "org.apache.commons" % "commons-compress" % "1.26.2",
       "com.lihaoyi" %% "sourcecode" % "0.4.2",
       "org.typelevel" %% "log4cats-slf4j" % "2.7.0",