diff --git a/hudi-flink/pom.xml b/hudi-flink/pom.xml
index 54f1bf4a4d12a..c8fac38be5b18 100644
--- a/hudi-flink/pom.xml
+++ b/hudi-flink/pom.xml
@@ -144,12 +144,6 @@
       <artifactId>flink-hadoop-compatibility_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <version>${flink.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-      <artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
-      <version>${flink.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
       <artifactId>flink-parquet_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/AvroSchemaConverter.java b/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/AvroSchemaConverter.java
index df815a82e4fb7..8c9537fe3c663 100644
--- a/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/AvroSchemaConverter.java
+++ b/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/AvroSchemaConverter.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
  * SQL API.
  *
  * <p>Note: Changes in this class need to be kept in sync with the corresponding runtime classes
- * {@link org.apache.flink.formats.avro.AvroRowDeserializationSchema} and {@link org.apache.flink.formats.avro.AvroRowSerializationSchema}.
+ * {@code org.apache.flink.formats.avro.AvroRowDeserializationSchema} and {@code org.apache.flink.formats.avro.AvroRowSerializationSchema}.
  *
  * <p>NOTE: reference from Flink release 1.12.0, should remove when Flink version upgrade to that.
  */
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ public static Schema convertToSchema(LogicalType logicalType, String rowName) {
     }
   }
 
-  private static LogicalType extractValueTypeToAvroMap(LogicalType type) {
+  public static LogicalType extractValueTypeToAvroMap(LogicalType type) {
     LogicalType keyType;
     LogicalType valueType;
     if (type instanceof MapType) {
diff --git a/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/AvroToRowDataConverters.java b/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/AvroToRowDataConverters.java
index 1ce467f5467e4..d903632a6bec5 100644
--- a/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/AvroToRowDataConverters.java
+++ b/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/AvroToRowDataConverters.java
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import static org.apache.flink.formats.avro.typeutils.AvroSchemaConverter.extractValueTypeToAvroMap;
-
 /**
  * Tool class used to convert from Avro {@link GenericRecord} to {@link RowData}.
  *
@@ -188,7 +186,7 @@ private static AvroToRowDataConverter createMapConverter(LogicalType type) {
     final AvroToRowDataConverter keyConverter =
         createConverter(DataTypes.STRING().getLogicalType());
     final AvroToRowDataConverter valueConverter =
-        createNullableConverter(extractValueTypeToAvroMap(type));
+        createNullableConverter(AvroSchemaConverter.extractValueTypeToAvroMap(type));
 
     return avroObject -> {
       final Map<?, ?> map = (Map<?, ?>) avroObject;
diff --git a/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/RowDataToAvroConverters.java b/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/RowDataToAvroConverters.java
index c282f5aebb812..26e21770b1680 100644
--- a/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/RowDataToAvroConverters.java
+++ b/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/RowDataToAvroConverters.java
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import static org.apache.flink.formats.avro.typeutils.AvroSchemaConverter.extractValueTypeToAvroMap;
-
 /**
  * Tool class used to convert from {@link RowData} to Avro {@link GenericRecord}.
  *
@@ -279,7 +277,7 @@ public Object convert(Schema schema, Object object) {
   }
 
   private static RowDataToAvroConverter createMapConverter(LogicalType type) {
-    LogicalType valueType = extractValueTypeToAvroMap(type);
+    LogicalType valueType = AvroSchemaConverter.extractValueTypeToAvroMap(type);
     final ArrayData.ElementGetter valueGetter = ArrayData.createElementGetter(valueType);
     final RowDataToAvroConverter valueConverter = createConverter(valueType);
 
diff --git a/packaging/hudi-flink-bundle/pom.xml b/packaging/hudi-flink-bundle/pom.xml
index 7cb0e00a76669..443eb42cd3a08 100644
--- a/packaging/hudi-flink-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/hudi-flink-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@
                   <inclide>com.esotericsoftware:kryo-shaded</inclide>
 
                   <include>org.apache.flink:flink-hadoop-compatibility_${scala.binary.version}</include>
-                  <include>org.apache.flink:flink-avro</include>
                   <include>org.apache.flink:flink-json</include>
                   <include>org.apache.flink:flink-parquet_${scala.binary.version}</include>
 
@@ -223,6 +222,11 @@
                   <pattern>org.eclipse.jetty.</pattern>
                   <shadedPattern>${flink.bundle.shade.prefix}org.apache.jetty.</shadedPattern>
                 </relocation>
+                <!-- Shade kryo-shaded because it may conflict with kryo used by flink -->
+                <relocation>
+                  <pattern>com.esotericsoftware.kryo.</pattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>${flink.bundle.shade.prefix}com.esotericsoftware.kryo.</shadedPattern>
+                </relocation>
               </relocations>
               <filters>
                 <filter>
@@ -329,12 +333,6 @@
       <version>${flink.version}</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-      <artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
-      <version>${flink.version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
       <artifactId>flink-parquet_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
@@ -459,6 +457,10 @@
           <groupId>org.pentaho</groupId>
           <artifactId>*</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
+          <artifactId>kryo-shaded</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -575,12 +577,6 @@
       <version>4.0.2</version>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.esotericsoftware.kryo</groupId>
-      <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
-      <version>2.24.0</version>
-    </dependency>
-
     <!-- ORC -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>