Merge branch '3.0' into 3.x

Author: cowtowncoder

avro/pom.xml

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ abstractions.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11.4</version>
+      <version>1.11.5</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- and for testing we need logback -->

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ implementations)
 #629: (ion) Unnecessary `IOException` in `IonObjectMapper` method signatures
  (fix contributed by Michael L)
 
+3.0.3 (not yet released)
+
+- (avro) Upgrade `avro` lib dep to 1.11.5 (from 1.11.4)
+
 3.0.2 (07-Nov-2025)
 3.0.1 (21-Oct-2025)
 

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Active maintainers:
  (requested by @Shaurya0108)
 #628: Uncommon parent pom dependency configuration in Jackson 2.20/3.0
  (reported by Josh C)
+- (avro) Upgrade `avro` lib dep to 1.11.5 (from 1.11.4)
 
 2.20.1 (30-Oct-2025)