diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 90d279c6350eb211f32e7cf25d2a966ace7e12fa..28709060922094cac513681f7b7c35b3cb4aaebd 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+      <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+      <artifactId>avro-ipc</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4714576f3be24f05f935372902df43bbaae23ce2..e7445319ddca1e3a1db42a3cc628038080c7ac30 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -733,17 +733,6 @@
               </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
           </dependency>
-          <!-- Specify Avro version because Kafka also has it as a dependency -->
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-            <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.4</version>
-          </dependency>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-            <artifactId>avro-ipc</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.4</version>
-          </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </dependencyManagement>
     </profile>