diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
index 360082889..f77eaebcc 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11.4</version>
+      <version>1.12.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index fea8582fb..664e392e7 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11.4</version>
+      <version>1.12.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index c5a168670..21944bb6e 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11.4</version>
+      <version>1.12.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index bca129a81..a2e2a4f4d 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11.4</version>
+      <version>1.12.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>