diff --git a/crates/iceberg/Cargo.toml b/crates/iceberg/Cargo.toml
index 195f1949c..18b5dab3e 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/iceberg/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ keywords = ["iceberg"]
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.72"
-apache-avro = "0.15"
+apache-avro = "0.16"
 arrow-arith = { version = ">=46" }
 arrow-array = { version = ">=46" }
 arrow-schema = { version = ">=46" }