diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 83ffa231..39f21826 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <java.version>11</java.version>
 
         <!-- versioning: dependencies -->
-        <h2.version>1.4.192</h2.version>
+        <h2.version>2.2.220</h2.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
         <jakarta.validation-api.version>2.0.2</jakarta.validation-api.version>
         <junit.version>5.6.0</junit.version>