diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6e13443..c4f30a0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies {
   testRuntimeOnly "org.objenesis:objenesis:3.3"      // allows mocking of classes without default constructor (together with ByteBuddy or CGLIB)
 
   // dependencies used by examples in this project
-  testRuntimeOnly "com.h2database:h2:2.1.214"
+  testRuntimeOnly "com.h2database:h2:2.2.220"
   implementation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-sql"
 }
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6e0b2cc..258298f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
       <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.214</version>
+      <version>2.2.220</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>