diff --git a/examples/flink-beam-example/pom.xml b/examples/flink-beam-example/pom.xml
index fef76af45f..c5c810d43a 100644
--- a/examples/flink-beam-example/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/flink-beam-example/pom.xml
@@ -54,9 +54,19 @@ under the License.
                     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                     <artifactId>*</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+            <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+            <version>1.12.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
             <artifactId>beam-examples-java</artifactId>