diff --git a/dataset/pom.xml b/dataset/pom.xml
index 6bca75bdd..2d582268a 100644
--- a/dataset/pom.xml
+++ b/dataset/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ under the License.
   <properties>
     <arrow.cpp.build.dir>../../../cpp/release-build/</arrow.cpp.build.dir>
     <parquet.version>1.16.0</parquet.version>
-    <avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.12.1</avro.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e734396e..ab843b86b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ under the License.
     <dep.jackson-bom.version>2.18.3</dep.jackson-bom.version>
     <dep.hadoop.version>3.4.2</dep.hadoop.version>
     <dep.fbs.version>25.2.10</dep.fbs.version>
-    <dep.avro.version>1.12.0</dep.avro.version>
+    <dep.avro.version>1.12.1</dep.avro.version>
     <dep.mockito-bom.version>5.17.0</dep.mockito-bom.version>
     <arrow.vector.classifier></arrow.vector.classifier>
     <forkCount>2</forkCount>