diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 0398a5fdf..613006074 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ val jackSonVersion = "2.20.1"
 val log4jApiScalaVersion = "13.1.0"
 val log4jVersion = "2.25.2"
 val avro4sVersion = "4.1.2"
-val kafkaAvroSerializer = "8.1.0"
+val kafkaAvroSerializer = "8.1.1"
 
 val pureConfigDep = "com.github.pureconfig" %% "pureconfig" % pureconfigVersion