diff --git a/doc/examples/java-example/pom.xml b/doc/examples/java-example/pom.xml
index 458c6da6278..03dbc87df1c 100644
--- a/doc/examples/java-example/pom.xml
+++ b/doc/examples/java-example/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <name>java-example</name>
   <url>https://maven.apache.org</url>
   <properties>
-    <avro.version>1.11.0</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>