diff --git a/labs/42-schema-support/schema-sink/pom.xml b/labs/42-schema-support/schema-sink/pom.xml
index 3d0e74b..52f10ac 100644
--- a/labs/42-schema-support/schema-sink/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/42-schema-support/schema-sink/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
 			<artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-			<version>1.8.2</version>
+			<version>1.11.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>