diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8929bf3..55b331f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies {
   testRuntimeOnly "org.objenesis:objenesis:3.4"      // allows mocking of classes without default constructor (together with ByteBuddy or CGLIB)
 
   // dependencies used by examples in this project
-  testRuntimeOnly "com.h2database:h2:2.2.224"
+  testRuntimeOnly "com.h2database:h2:2.4.240"
   implementation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-sql"
 }
 
diff --git a/ivy.xml b/ivy.xml
index 09945b8..68cbd6c 100644
--- a/ivy.xml
+++ b/ivy.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <!-- Dependencies used by examples in this project (not required for using Spock) -->
         <dependency org="org.apache.groovy" name="groovy-sql" rev="5.0.3" conf="test;sources;javadoc"/>
         <dependency org="org.spockframework" name="spock-junit4" rev="2.4-groovy-5.0" conf="test;sources;javadoc"/>
-        <dependency org="com.h2database" name="h2" rev="2.2.224" conf="test;sources;javadoc"/>
+        <dependency org="com.h2database" name="h2" rev="2.4.240" conf="test;sources;javadoc"/>
         <!-- For using the scriptselector with Groovy -->
         <dependency org="org.apache.groovy" name="groovy-jsr223" rev="5.0.3" conf="groovy-script;sources;javadoc"/>
         <dependency org="org.ow2.asm" name="asm" rev="9.8" conf="groovy-script;sources;javadoc"/>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 212eabd..5fd2ae0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
       <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.224</version>
+      <version>2.4.240</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>