diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 4e1badb5e90c..44ef35b65a91 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -625,7 +625,8 @@ object DependencyOverrides {
     dependencyOverrides += "com.google.guava" % "guava" % "14.0.1",
     dependencyOverrides += "commons-io" % "commons-io" % "2.4",
     dependencyOverrides += "xerces" % "xercesImpl" % "2.12.0",
-    dependencyOverrides += "jline" % "jline" % "2.14.6")
+    dependencyOverrides += "jline" % "jline" % "2.14.6",
+    dependencyOverrides += "org.apache.avro" % "avro" % "1.8.2")
 }
 
 /**