diff --git a/spf4j-config-discovery-maven-plugin/src/it/simple-it/pom.xml b/spf4j-config-discovery-maven-plugin/src/it/simple-it/pom.xml
index 1901e0dbd4..434ea7bd65 100644
--- a/spf4j-config-discovery-maven-plugin/src/it/simple-it/pom.xml
+++ b/spf4j-config-discovery-maven-plugin/src/it/simple-it/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8.1</version>
+      <version>1.11.3</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>