diff --git a/sdks/java/io/iceberg/build.gradle b/sdks/java/io/iceberg/build.gradle
index 319848b7626..cd9e7044632 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/iceberg/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/io/iceberg/build.gradle
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation library.java.vendored_guava_32_1_2_jre
     implementation project(path: ":sdks:java:core", configuration: "shadow")
     implementation project(path: ":model:pipeline", configuration: "shadow")
+    implementation library.java.avro
     implementation library.java.slf4j_api
     implementation library.java.joda_time
     implementation "org.apache.parquet:parquet-column:$parquet_version"