diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 73fefe3e5..cb857682b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.1
 	github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner v1.8.0
 	github.com/gosimple/slug v1.14.0
-	github.com/hamba/avro/v2 v2.22.2-0.20240625062549-66aad10411d9
+	github.com/hamba/avro/v2 v2.27.0
 	github.com/influxdata/influxdb1-client v0.0.0-20220302092344-a9ab5670611c
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.18.3
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bd0f0ba55..3ae00913b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1319,8 +1319,8 @@ github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.22.0 h1:asbCHRVmodnJTuQ3qamDwqVOIjw
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.22.0/go.mod h1:ggCgvZ2r7uOoQjOyu2Y1NhHmEPPzzuhWgcza5M1Ji1I=
 github.com/hailocab/go-hostpool v0.0.0-20160125115350-e80d13ce29ed h1:5upAirOpQc1Q53c0bnx2ufif5kANL7bfZWcc6VJWJd8=
 github.com/hailocab/go-hostpool v0.0.0-20160125115350-e80d13ce29ed/go.mod h1:tMWxXQ9wFIaZeTI9F+hmhFiGpFmhOHzyShyFUhRm0H4=
-github.com/hamba/avro/v2 v2.22.2-0.20240625062549-66aad10411d9 h1:NEoabXt33PDWK4fXryK4e+XX+fSKDmmu9vg3yb9YI2M=
-github.com/hamba/avro/v2 v2.22.2-0.20240625062549-66aad10411d9/go.mod h1:fQVdB2mFZBhPW1D5Abej41LMvrErARGrrdjOnKbm5yw=
+github.com/hamba/avro/v2 v2.27.0 h1:IAM4lQ0VzUIKBuo4qlAiLKfqALSrFC+zi1iseTtbBKU=
+github.com/hamba/avro/v2 v2.27.0/go.mod h1:jN209lopfllfrz7IGoZErlDz+AyUJ3vrBePQFZwYf5I=
 github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=
 github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 h1:OxrOeh75EUXMY8TBjag2fzXGZ40LB6IKw45YeGUDY2I=
 github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=
diff --git a/internal/impl/confluent/serde_hamba_avro.go b/internal/impl/confluent/serde_hamba_avro.go
index 9b2383f47..ba19603cd 100644
--- a/internal/impl/confluent/serde_hamba_avro.go
+++ b/internal/impl/confluent/serde_hamba_avro.go
@@ -67,9 +67,10 @@ func (s *schemaRegistryDecoder) getHambaAvroDecoder(ctx context.Context, schema
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to extract bytes from message: %w", err)
 		}
-		var native any
-		if err := avro.Unmarshal(codec, b, &native); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to unmarshal avro: %w", err)
+		r := avro.NewReader(nil, 0).Reset(b)
+		native := r.ReadNext(codec)
+		if r.Error != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to unmarshal avro: %w", r.Error)
 		}
 		var w avroSchemaWalker
 		w.unnestUnions = s.cfg.avro.rawUnions