diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1e27df97f..8909bdcd2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ smol_str = "0.3.1"
 http-body-util = "0.1.2"
 hyper-util = "0.1.5"
 rdkafka = "0.37"
-apache-avro = "0.17.0"
+apache-avro = "0.18.0"
 time = "0.3.36"
 rumqttc = "0.24.0"
 fluvio = "0.24.0"