diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 626b54a0e..bb581b4f2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
       <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
       <!-- 2.3.230 requires Java 11 -->
-      <version>2.2.224</version>
+      <version>2.5.252</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>