diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/tools/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/tools/pom.xml
index e6f2654d1..7fb12f136 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/tools/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.12.1</avro.version>
         <protobuf.version>4.31.0</protobuf.version>
         <kafka-clients.version>4.0.0</kafka-clients.version>
     </properties>