diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0679498..78bd787 100755
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies {
   testRuntimeOnly "org.objenesis:objenesis:3.2"      // allows mocking of classes without default constructor (together with ByteBuddy or CGLIB)
 
   // dependencies used by examples in this project
-  testRuntimeOnly "com.h2database:h2:2.0.210"
+  testRuntimeOnly "com.h2database:h2:2.1.210"
   implementation "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-sql:3.0.8"
 }
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8e1c00b..77de148 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
       <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.210</version>
+      <version>2.1.210</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>