diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b07c2be5eb6..b94798a5e59 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 			dependency "org.ogce:xpp3:1.1.6"
 			dependency "org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.30"
 
-			dependency "com.h2database:h2:1.4.200"
+			dependency "com.h2database:h2:2.0.206"
 			dependency "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:3.0.5"
 			dependency "com.github.librepdf:openpdf:1.3.26"
 			dependency "com.rometools:rome:1.16.0"
diff --git a/spring-r2dbc/spring-r2dbc.gradle b/spring-r2dbc/spring-r2dbc.gradle
index dfb6b1ece9d..eb86b43f517 100644
--- a/spring-r2dbc/spring-r2dbc.gradle
+++ b/spring-r2dbc/spring-r2dbc.gradle
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":spring-context")))
 	testImplementation("io.projectreactor:reactor-test")
 	testImplementation("io.r2dbc:r2dbc-h2")
+	testImplementation("com.h2database:h2:1.4.200") {
+		because("r2dbc-h2 does not yet support H2 2.0")
+	}
 	testImplementation("io.r2dbc:r2dbc-spi-test:0.8.1.RELEASE") {
 		exclude group: "org.springframework", module: "spring-jdbc"
 	}