diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 9823881ce..200739d09 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ val slf4jVersion = "1.7.36"
 // this depends on Kafka, and should be upgraded to such latest version
 // that depends on the same Kafka version, as is defined above
 // See https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.confluent/kafka-avro-serializer?repo=confluent-packages
-val confluentAvroSerializerVersion = "7.0.3"
+val confluentAvroSerializerVersion = "7.0.5"
 val confluentLibsExclusionRules = Seq(
   ExclusionRule("log4j", "log4j"),
   ExclusionRule("org.slf4j", "slf4j-log4j12"),