diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
index e0612038f6..34096b1f01 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.10.2</version>
+      <version>1.11.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index edd0d4091e..5b32c54cde 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>1.10.2</version>
+      <version>1.11.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index ca576d8991..5b9bba4582 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>1.10.2</version>
+      <version>1.11.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index c2f2a3835d..18b440b7cb 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.10.2</version>
+      <version>1.11.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>