diff --git a/payara-micro/payara-micro-event-sourcing-example/checking-acct-service/pom.xml b/payara-micro/payara-micro-event-sourcing-example/checking-acct-service/pom.xml
index 8bbeef1d..49bfd8dc 100644
--- a/payara-micro/payara-micro-event-sourcing-example/checking-acct-service/pom.xml
+++ b/payara-micro/payara-micro-event-sourcing-example/checking-acct-service/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.196</version>
+            <version>2.1.210</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>fish.payara.cloud.connectors.kafka</groupId>