diff --git a/ebean-api/pom.xml b/ebean-api/pom.xml
index 3bffa4323..56fd5d994 100644
--- a/ebean-api/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-api/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
       <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.199</version>
+      <version>2.1.210</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>