diff --git a/component-runtime-testing/component-runtime-junit/pom.xml b/component-runtime-testing/component-runtime-junit/pom.xml
index b9871cb32d5f5..60be9df985592 100644
--- a/component-runtime-testing/component-runtime-junit/pom.xml
+++ b/component-runtime-testing/component-runtime-junit/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <dependency><!-- cause of previous dependency -->
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11.2</version>
+      <version>${avro.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b8057a24cb9de..65dd285090fd2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
     <jackson.version>2.15.2</jackson.version>
     <jackson-databind.version>2.15.2</jackson-databind.version>
     <avro-jackson.version>1.9.13</avro-jackson.version>
-    <avro.version>1.11.2</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
     <jsoup.version>1.15.3</jsoup.version>
 
     <!-- deprecated after -->