diff --git a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/tools/pom.xml b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/tools/pom.xml
index 58a858e95..06f8af3a4 100644
--- a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/tools/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
             <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-            <version>1.11.4</version>
+            <version>1.11.5</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>