diff --git a/data_access/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml b/data_access/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
index ca7223b8d..c1fe4bbf7 100644
--- a/data_access/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
+++ b/data_access/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
       <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.driver" value="org.h2.Driver" />
       <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.user" value="sa" />
       <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.password" value="" />
-      <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.url" value="jdbc:h2:mem:wats" />
+      <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.url" value="jdbc:h2:mem:tank;MODE=MYSQL;NON_KEYWORDS=USER,END,VALUE" />
 
       <!-- JDBC connection pool (use the built-in) -->
       <property name="connection.pool_size" value="10" />
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 63af99ae9..ce0cc2963 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
         <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.200</version>
+        <version>2.3.232</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/web/web_support/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml b/web/web_support/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
index 2d7ca24bc..7cd236ae2 100644
--- a/web/web_support/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
+++ b/web/web_support/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
       <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.driver" value="org.h2.Driver" />
       <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.user" value="sa" />
       <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.password" value="" />
-      <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.url" value="jdbc:h2:mem:wats" />
+      <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.url" value="jdbc:h2:mem:tank;MODE=MYSQL;NON_KEYWORDS=USER,END,VALUE" />
 
       <!-- JDBC connection pool (use the built-in) -->
       <property name="connection.pool_size" value="10" />