diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 574af523..ffd3ec0e 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
     <external.protobuf.version>2.5.0</external.protobuf.version>
     <protobuf.plugin.version>0.5.0</protobuf.plugin.version>
     <commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
-    <avro.version>1.7.7</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.9.0</avro.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.6</commons-lang3.version>
     <!--This property is for hadoops netty. HBase netty
          comes in via hbase-thirdparty hbase-shaded-netty-->