diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
index cfc233700..acd808df8 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11.4</version>
+      <version>1.12.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 8078f374f..acc198618 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11.4</version>
+      <version>1.12.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 7f32fb22b..834f539af 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11.4</version>
+      <version>1.12.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index de49df355..503853ece 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11.4</version>
+      <version>1.12.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>