diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1d9e2f3..ab00df8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyyaml>=6.0",
     "pandas>=2.0.0",
     "pyarrow>=12.0.0",
-    "fastavro>=1.8.0",
+    "fastavro>=1.12.2",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]