diff --git a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/AvroSchemaConverter.java b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/AvroSchemaConverter.java
index 6325c2bcc..6e87ff1fb 100644
--- a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/AvroSchemaConverter.java
+++ b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/AvroSchemaConverter.java
@@ -245,10 +245,13 @@ public class AvroSchemaConverter {
         return nullable ? nullableSchema(time) : time;
       case DECIMAL:
         DecimalType decimalType = (DecimalType) logicalType;
-        // store BigDecimal as byte[]
+        // store BigDecimal as Fixed
+        // for spark compatibility.
         Schema decimal =
             LogicalTypes.decimal(decimalType.getPrecision(), decimalType.getScale())
-                .addToSchema(SchemaBuilder.builder().bytesType());
+                .addToSchema(SchemaBuilder
+                    .fixed(String.format("%s.fixed", rowName))
+                    .size(computeMinBytesForDecimlPrecision(decimalType.getPrecision())));
         return nullable ? nullableSchema(decimal) : decimal;
       case ROW:
         RowType rowType = (RowType) logicalType;
@@ -324,5 +327,13 @@ public class AvroSchemaConverter {
         ? schema
         : Schema.createUnion(SchemaBuilder.builder().nullType(), schema);
   }
+
+  private static int computeMinBytesForDecimlPrecision(int precision) {
+    int numBytes = 1;
+    while (Math.pow(2.0, 8 * numBytes - 1) < Math.pow(10.0, precision)) {
+      numBytes += 1;
+    }
+    return numBytes;
+  }
 }
 
diff --git a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/RowDataToAvroConverters.java b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/RowDataToAvroConverters.java
index d90670ff4..446a6d041 100644
--- a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/RowDataToAvroConverters.java
+++ b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/util/RowDataToAvroConverters.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.hudi.util;
 
+import org.apache.avro.Conversions;
 import org.apache.avro.Schema;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericData;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.RowType;
 import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.TimestampType;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ import java.util.Map;
 @Internal
 public class RowDataToAvroConverters {
 
+  private static Conversions.DecimalConversion decimalConversion = new Conversions.DecimalConversion();
+
   // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Runtime Converters
   // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -186,7 +190,8 @@ public class RowDataToAvroConverters {
 
               @Override
               public Object convert(Schema schema, Object object) {
-                return ByteBuffer.wrap(((DecimalData) object).toUnscaledBytes());
+                BigDecimal javaDecimal = ((DecimalData) object).toBigDecimal();
+                return decimalConversion.toFixed(javaDecimal, schema, schema.getLogicalType());
               }
             };
         break;