diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 4b3e04084d56c..30be9f76ef7ad 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@
   </properties>
   
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.thoughtworks.paranamer</groupId>
-      <artifactId>paranamer</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
@@ -46,7 +42,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro-mapred</artifactId>
-      <classifier>${avro.mapred.classifier}</classifier>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
@@ -171,6 +166,10 @@
       <artifactId>jakarta.servlet-api</artifactId>
       <version>${jakartaservlet.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/collection/unsafe/sort/UnsafeInMemorySorter.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/collection/unsafe/sort/UnsafeInMemorySorter.java
index 33be899b6b438..765ee035855d6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/collection/unsafe/sort/UnsafeInMemorySorter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/util/collection/unsafe/sort/UnsafeInMemorySorter.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 
-import org.apache.avro.reflect.Nullable;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import org.apache.spark.TaskContext;
 import org.apache.spark.memory.MemoryConsumer;
diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7-hive-2.3 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7-hive-2.3
index 3d0b5d8133933..e878bb83b242c 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7-hive-2.3
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7-hive-2.3
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ arrow-memory-netty/2.0.0//arrow-memory-netty-2.0.0.jar
 arrow-vector/2.0.0//arrow-vector-2.0.0.jar
 audience-annotations/0.5.0//audience-annotations-0.5.0.jar
 automaton/1.11-8//automaton-1.11-8.jar
-avro-ipc/1.8.2//avro-ipc-1.8.2.jar
-avro-mapred/1.8.2/hadoop2/avro-mapred-1.8.2-hadoop2.jar
-avro/1.8.2//avro-1.8.2.jar
+avro-ipc/1.10.1//avro-ipc-1.10.1.jar
+avro-mapred/1.10.1//avro-mapred-1.10.1.jar
+avro/1.10.1//avro-1.10.1.jar
 bonecp/0.8.0.RELEASE//bonecp-0.8.0.RELEASE.jar
 breeze-macros_2.12/1.0//breeze-macros_2.12-1.0.jar
 breeze_2.12/1.0//breeze_2.12-1.0.jar
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ xbean-asm7-shaded/4.15//xbean-asm7-shaded-4.15.jar
 xercesImpl/2.12.0//xercesImpl-2.12.0.jar
 xml-apis/1.4.01//xml-apis-1.4.01.jar
 xmlenc/0.52//xmlenc-0.52.jar
-xz/1.5//xz-1.5.jar
+xz/1.8//xz-1.8.jar
 zjsonpatch/0.3.0//zjsonpatch-0.3.0.jar
 zookeeper-jute/3.6.2//zookeeper-jute-3.6.2.jar
 zookeeper/3.6.2//zookeeper-3.6.2.jar
diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-3.2-hive-2.3 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-3.2-hive-2.3
index 99a8153c8590e..ebd156045ab2c 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-3.2-hive-2.3
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-3.2-hive-2.3
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ arrow-memory-netty/2.0.0//arrow-memory-netty-2.0.0.jar
 arrow-vector/2.0.0//arrow-vector-2.0.0.jar
 audience-annotations/0.5.0//audience-annotations-0.5.0.jar
 automaton/1.11-8//automaton-1.11-8.jar
-avro-ipc/1.8.2//avro-ipc-1.8.2.jar
-avro-mapred/1.8.2/hadoop2/avro-mapred-1.8.2-hadoop2.jar
-avro/1.8.2//avro-1.8.2.jar
+avro-ipc/1.10.1//avro-ipc-1.10.1.jar
+avro-mapred/1.10.1//avro-mapred-1.10.1.jar
+avro/1.10.1//avro-1.10.1.jar
 bonecp/0.8.0.RELEASE//bonecp-0.8.0.RELEASE.jar
 breeze-macros_2.12/1.0//breeze-macros_2.12-1.0.jar
 breeze_2.12/1.0//breeze_2.12-1.0.jar
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ transaction-api/1.1//transaction-api-1.1.jar
 univocity-parsers/2.9.1//univocity-parsers-2.9.1.jar
 velocity/1.5//velocity-1.5.jar
 xbean-asm7-shaded/4.15//xbean-asm7-shaded-4.15.jar
-xz/1.5//xz-1.5.jar
+xz/1.8//xz-1.8.jar
 zjsonpatch/0.3.0//zjsonpatch-0.3.0.jar
 zookeeper-jute/3.6.2//zookeeper-jute-3.6.2.jar
 zookeeper/3.6.2//zookeeper-3.6.2.jar
diff --git a/docs/sql-data-sources-avro.md b/docs/sql-data-sources-avro.md
index 9ecc6eb91da5a..eeb4bffa57d17 100644
--- a/docs/sql-data-sources-avro.md
+++ b/docs/sql-data-sources-avro.md
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ applications. Read the [Advanced Dependency Management](https://spark.apache
 Submission Guide for more details. 
 
 ## Supported types for Avro -> Spark SQL conversion
-Currently Spark supports reading all [primitive types](https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.8.2/spec.html#schema_primitive) and [complex types](https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.8.2/spec.html#schema_complex) under records of Avro.
+Currently Spark supports reading all [primitive types](https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.10.1/spec.html#schema_primitive) and [complex types](https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.10.1/spec.html#schema_complex) under records of Avro.
 <table class="table">
   <tr><th><b>Avro type</b></th><th><b>Spark SQL type</b></th></tr>
   <tr>
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ In addition to the types listed above, it supports reading `union` types. The fo
 3. `union(something, null)`, where something is any supported Avro type. This will be mapped to the same Spark SQL type as that of something, with nullable set to true.
 All other union types are considered complex. They will be mapped to StructType where field names are member0, member1, etc., in accordance with members of the union. This is consistent with the behavior when converting between Avro and Parquet.
 
-It also supports reading the following Avro [logical types](https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.8.2/spec.html#Logical+Types):
+It also supports reading the following Avro [logical types](https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.10.1/spec.html#Logical+Types):
 
 <table class="table">
   <tr><th><b>Avro logical type</b></th><th><b>Avro type</b></th><th><b>Spark SQL type</b></th></tr>
diff --git a/external/avro/pom.xml b/external/avro/pom.xml
index a8614c4ff76ab..b4ec472639c0a 100644
--- a/external/avro/pom.xml
+++ b/external/avro/pom.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
       <artifactId>spark-tags_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.tukaani</groupId>
+      <artifactId>xz</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/external/avro/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/AvroOptions.scala b/external/avro/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/AvroOptions.scala
index 8972b0553c522..a2228f2564dd0 100644
--- a/external/avro/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/AvroOptions.scala
+++ b/external/avro/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/AvroOptions.scala
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ private[sql] class AvroOptions(
 
   /**
    * Top level record name in write result, which is required in Avro spec.
-   * See https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.8.2/spec.html#schema_record .
+   * See https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.10.1/spec.html#schema_record .
    * Default value is "topLevelRecord"
    */
   val recordName: String = parameters.getOrElse("recordName", "topLevelRecord")
 
   /**
    * Record namespace in write result. Default value is "".
-   * See Avro spec for details: https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.8.2/spec.html#schema_record .
+   * See Avro spec for details: https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.10.1/spec.html#schema_record .
    */
   val recordNamespace: String = parameters.getOrElse("recordNamespace", "")
 
diff --git a/external/avro/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/AvroSuite.scala b/external/avro/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/AvroSuite.scala
index d3bfb716f515c..6f6e8c7c4cc63 100644
--- a/external/avro/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/AvroSuite.scala
+++ b/external/avro/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/AvroSuite.scala
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ abstract class AvroSuite
           .save(s"$tempDir/${UUID.randomUUID()}")
       }.getCause.getMessage
       assert(message.contains("Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: " +
-        "in test_schema in string null of string in field Name"))
+        "null of string in string in field Name of test_schema in test_schema"))
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/external/kafka-0-10-assembly/pom.xml b/external/kafka-0-10-assembly/pom.xml
index 121bc56c0ac49..bc5c77f3c18c7 100644
--- a/external/kafka-0-10-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/external/kafka-0-10-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro-mapred</artifactId>
-      <classifier>${avro.mapred.classifier}</classifier>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/external/kinesis-asl-assembly/pom.xml b/external/kinesis-asl-assembly/pom.xml
index 9a98d7cca5ca3..ae41cf69fc704 100644
--- a/external/kinesis-asl-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/external/kinesis-asl-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -100,15 +100,9 @@
       <artifactId>${hadoop-client-runtime.artifact}</artifactId>
       <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-      <artifactId>avro-ipc</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro-mapred</artifactId>
-      <classifier>${avro.mapred.classifier}</classifier>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f3cc07137f016..fe13056f0932c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@
     the link to metrics.dropwizard.io in docs/monitoring.md.
     -->
     <codahale.metrics.version>4.1.1</codahale.metrics.version>
-    <avro.version>1.8.2</avro.version>
-    <avro.mapred.classifier>hadoop2</avro.mapred.classifier>
+    <avro.version>1.10.1</avro.version>
     <aws.kinesis.client.version>1.12.0</aws.kinesis.client.version>
     <!-- Should be consistent with Kinesis client dependency -->
     <aws.java.sdk.version>1.11.655</aws.java.sdk.version>
@@ -194,10 +193,6 @@
     <jpam.version>1.1</jpam.version>
     <selenium.version>3.141.59</selenium.version>
     <htmlunit.version>2.40.0</htmlunit.version>
-    <!--
-    Managed up from older version from Avro; sync with jackson-module-paranamer dependency version
-    -->
-    <paranamer.version>2.8</paranamer.version>
     <maven-antrun.version>1.8</maven-antrun.version>
     <commons-crypto.version>1.1.0</commons-crypto.version>
     <!--
@@ -1206,48 +1201,16 @@
         <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
         <version>${avro.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-        <artifactId>avro-ipc</artifactId>
-        <version>${avro.version}</version>
-        <exclusions>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
-            <artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-        </exclusions>
-      </dependency>
-      <!-- avro-mapred for some reason depends on avro-ipc's test jar, so undo that. -->
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-        <artifactId>avro-ipc</artifactId>
-        <classifier>tests</classifier>
-        <version>${avro.version}</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
         <artifactId>avro-mapred</artifactId>
         <version>${avro.version}</version>
-        <classifier>${avro.mapred.classifier}</classifier>
         <scope>${hive.deps.scope}</scope>
         <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+            <artifactId>avro-ipc-jetty</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
@@ -1266,10 +1229,19 @@
           </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
-            <artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>velocity-engine-core</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.tukaani</groupId>
+        <artifactId>xz</artifactId>
+        <version>1.8</version>
+      </dependency>
       <!-- See SPARK-23654 for info on this dependency;
       It is used to keep javax.activation at v1.1.1 after dropping
       jets3t as a dependency.
@@ -2389,12 +2361,6 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.thoughtworks.paranamer</groupId>
-        <artifactId>paranamer</artifactId>
-        <version>${paranamer.version}</version>
-        <scope>runtime</scope>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
         <artifactId>arrow-vector</artifactId>
diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 817ab90bee6dc..5fedfecd7e00b 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ object DependencyOverrides {
     dependencyOverrides += "com.google.guava" % "guava" % guavaVersion,
     dependencyOverrides += "xerces" % "xercesImpl" % "2.12.0",
     dependencyOverrides += "jline" % "jline" % "2.14.6",
-    dependencyOverrides += "org.apache.avro" % "avro" % "1.8.2")
+    dependencyOverrides += "org.apache.avro" % "avro" % "1.10.1")
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index c33a96772d5a1..0a73b26c8f699 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe" % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "0.8.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-unidoc" % "0.4.3")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.cavorite" % "sbt-avro" % "2.1.1")
-libraryDependencies += "org.apache.avro" % "avro-compiler" % "1.8.2"
+libraryDependencies += "org.apache.avro" % "avro-compiler" % "1.10.1"
 
 addSbtPlugin("io.spray" % "sbt-revolver" % "0.9.1")
 
diff --git a/sql/hive/pom.xml b/sql/hive/pom.xml
index 74b1f9d987c41..4930e03d3f807 100644
--- a/sql/hive/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/hive/pom.xml
@@ -122,12 +122,9 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <!-- use the build matching the hadoop api of avro-mapred (i.e. no classifier for hadoop 1 API,
-    hadoop2 classifier for hadoop 2 API. avro-mapred is a dependency of org.spark-project.hive:hive-serde -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro-mapred</artifactId>
-      <classifier>${avro.mapred.classifier}</classifier>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>