diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 91f8e6ec..8dfe3643 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
 
         <!-- versions of JDBC drivers -->
 
-        <version.com.h2database>2.1.214</version.com.h2database>
+        <version.com.h2database>2.2.220</version.com.h2database>
         <version.com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc>11.2.3.jre8</version.com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc>
         <version.com.oracle.database.jdbc>21.9.0.0</version.com.oracle.database.jdbc>
         <!-- see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/8.0/en/connector-j-upgrading-to-8.0.html -->