diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/hudi/TestHoodieSparkUtils.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/hudi/TestHoodieSparkUtils.scala
index 3da7a3ddd4c52..89d8faaf2e702 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/hudi/TestHoodieSparkUtils.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/hudi/TestHoodieSparkUtils.scala
@@ -196,7 +196,11 @@ class TestHoodieSparkUtils {
       fail("createRdd should fail, because records don't have a column which is not nullable in the passed in schema")
     } catch {
       case e: Exception =>
-        assertTrue(e.getMessage.contains("null of string in field new_nested_col of test_namespace.test_struct_name.nullableInnerStruct of union"))
+        if (HoodieSparkUtils.gteqSpark3_3) {
+          assertTrue(e.getMessage.contains("null value for (non-nullable) string at test_struct_name.nullableInnerStruct[nullableInnerStruct].new_nested_col"))
+        } else {
+          assertTrue(e.getMessage.contains("null of string in field new_nested_col of test_namespace.test_struct_name.nullableInnerStruct of union"))
+        }
     }
     spark.stop()
   }
diff --git a/packaging/hudi-hive-sync-bundle/pom.xml b/packaging/hudi-hive-sync-bundle/pom.xml
index 71334018a1c49..d108779ffedb3 100644
--- a/packaging/hudi-hive-sync-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/hudi-hive-sync-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
                   <include>org.apache.hudi:hudi-hive-sync</include>
 
                   <include>com.beust:jcommander</include>
+                  <include>org.apache.avro:avro</include>
                   <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-common</include>
                   <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-client</include>
                   <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-hadoop-compat</include>
@@ -256,5 +257,13 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
 
+    <!-- Avro -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+      <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+      <version>${avro.version}</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9357efff67b29..62817b127edfc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@
         <scalatest.version>${scalatest.spark3.version}</scalatest.version>
         <kafka.version>${kafka.spark3.version}</kafka.version>
         <parquet.version>1.12.2</parquet.version>
-        <avro.version>1.11.0</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.11.1</avro.version>
         <orc.version>1.7.4</orc.version>
         <antlr.version>4.8</antlr.version>
         <fasterxml.spark3.version>2.13.3</fasterxml.spark3.version>
@@ -2124,7 +2124,7 @@
         <scalatest.version>${scalatest.spark3.version}</scalatest.version>
         <kafka.version>${kafka.spark3.version}</kafka.version>
         <parquet.version>1.12.2</parquet.version>
-        <avro.version>1.11.0</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.11.1</avro.version>
         <orc.version>1.7.4</orc.version>
         <antlr.version>4.8</antlr.version>
         <fasterxml.spark3.version>2.13.3</fasterxml.spark3.version>