Manual pom.xml merge

Author: cowtowncoder

avro/pom.xml

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ 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

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ implementations)
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+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)