diff --git a/kafka-exercises-solutions/6.2-java-avro-clients/java-avro-producer/pom.xml b/kafka-exercises-solutions/6.2-java-avro-clients/java-avro-producer/pom.xml
index c23ec766..31fc727a 100644
--- a/kafka-exercises-solutions/6.2-java-avro-clients/java-avro-producer/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-exercises-solutions/6.2-java-avro-clients/java-avro-producer/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
-        <avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.12.1</avro.version>
         <confluent.version>8.1.0</confluent.version>
     </properties>