diff --git a/mysql-replicator/src/test/java/com/booking/replication/it/slave_failover/SlaveFailoverTest.java b/mysql-replicator/src/test/java/com/booking/replication/it/slave_failover/SlaveFailoverTest.java
index eb3f25fd..347bed27 100644
--- a/mysql-replicator/src/test/java/com/booking/replication/it/slave_failover/SlaveFailoverTest.java
+++ b/mysql-replicator/src/test/java/com/booking/replication/it/slave_failover/SlaveFailoverTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.booking.replication.it.slave_failover;
 
-import avro.shaded.com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.booking.replication.Replicator;
 import com.booking.replication.applier.Applier;
 import com.booking.replication.applier.Partitioner;
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@
 import com.booking.replication.it.util.MySQLRunner;
 import com.booking.replication.supplier.Supplier;
 import com.booking.replication.supplier.mysql.binlog.BinaryLogSupplier;
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee8c5b3d..ea9f8dd2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <commons-dbcp2.version>2.4.0</commons-dbcp2.version>
         <kafka.version>1.1.0</kafka.version>
         <dropwizard.metrics.version>4.0.2</dropwizard.metrics.version>
-        <avro.version>1.8.2</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.9.1</avro.version>
         <confluent.version>0.1.0</confluent.version>
         <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>
         <sonar.tests>src/test/java</sonar.tests>