diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
index 60d2463a9..7a1ecfc55 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
     <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 c7e67157b..e55c20424 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 dc903b6c5..249a1a421 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 9d1318f91..a5d5ced60 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>