diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
index 5f2d0d10b..856b353f0 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
     <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 b4557b1f3..86093a36a 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 3275cfbd1..f6ac371ad 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 b9cc2b621..8a8d3e63a 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>