diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-sql-avro-confluent-registry/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE b/flink-formats/flink-sql-avro-confluent-registry/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE
index 9922d753a9e5d..5c816a2f21a2a 100644
--- a/flink-formats/flink-sql-avro-confluent-registry/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE
+++ b/flink-formats/flink-sql-avro-confluent-registry/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ This project bundles the following dependencies under the Apache Software Licens
 - commons-io:commons-io:2.15.1
 - io.confluent:common-utils:7.5.3
 - io.confluent:kafka-schema-registry-client:7.5.3
-- org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.4
+- org.apache.avro:avro:1.12.1
 - org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.26.0
 - org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.18.0
 - org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:7.5.3-ccs
diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-sql-avro/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE b/flink-formats/flink-sql-avro/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE
index 0456a35a6718a..ac7c1306e6f13 100644
--- a/flink-formats/flink-sql-avro/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE
+++ b/flink-formats/flink-sql-avro/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
 
 This project bundles the following dependencies under the Apache Software License 2.0. (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt)
 
-- org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.4
+- org.apache.avro:avro:1.12.1
 - com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.20.1
 - com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.20.1
 - com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.20
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index df109cffb5f5c..a783e7310b9de 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ under the License.
 		<!-- Project `flink-benchmarks` uses zk testing server in `curator-test` for performance
 		benchmark, please confirm it will not affect the benchmarks when the version is bumped. -->
 		<curator.version>5.4.0</curator.version>
-		<avro.version>1.11.4</avro.version>
+		<avro.version>1.12.1</avro.version>
 		<!-- Version for transitive Jackson dependencies that are not used within Flink itself.-->
 		<jackson.mapper.asl.version>1.9.14.jdk17-redhat-00001</jackson.mapper.asl.version>
 		<jackson-bom.version>2.20.1</jackson-bom.version>