diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f9101172b8464..053d57b1499cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Bump `com.azure:azure-storage-common` from 12.30.2 to 12.30.3 ([#19615](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19615))
 - Bump `peter-evans/create-issue-from-file` from 5 to 6 ([#19616](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19616))
 - Bump `com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp` from 5.1.0 to 5.2.1 ([#19614](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19614))
+- Bump `org.apache.avro:avro` from 1.12.0 to 1.12.1 ([#19692](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19692))
 - Bump `com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations` from 4.9.6 to 4.9.8 ([#19691](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19691))
 - Bump `stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action` from 6 to 7 ([#19689](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19689))
 
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
index 95d4efdd4d6c3..9eda11c9e4c9d 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ dependencies {
   }
   api 'org.apache.htrace:htrace-core4:4.2.0-incubating'
   api "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:${versions.log4j}"
-  api 'org.apache.avro:avro:1.12.0'
+  api 'org.apache.avro:avro:1.12.1'
   api "com.google.code.gson:gson:${versions.gson}"
   runtimeOnly "com.google.guava:guava:${versions.guava}"
   api "commons-logging:commons-logging:${versions.commonslogging}"
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/avro-1.12.0.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/avro-1.12.0.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 83f7bb3677159..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/avro-1.12.0.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-6e692a464b213f6df49f8e3e7fcf42df0dbb7639
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/avro-1.12.1.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/avro-1.12.1.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..57dfc211f2844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/avro-1.12.1.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1c6294ac1d67ce396f51827c87ba2e01de304500
\ No newline at end of file