diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
index 36542813d..ce257684f 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ data.file_name=odc.h2.db
 ### the gradle PurgeDataExtension.
 data.version=3.0
 
-data.connection_string=jdbc:h2:file:%s;MV_STORE=FALSE;AUTOCOMMIT=ON;
+data.connection_string=jdbc:h2:file:%s;MV_STORE=FALSE;AUTOCOMMIT=ON;LOCK_MODE=0;FILE_LOCK=NO
 #data.connection_string=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/dependencycheck
 
 # user name and password for the database connection. The inherent case is to use H2.
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties b/dependency-check-core/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
index c0426a9e6..524e6ac7f 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ data.directory=[JAR]/data
 #if the filename has a %s it will be replaced with the current expected version
 data.file_name=odc.h2.db
 data.version=3.0
-data.connection_string=jdbc:h2:file:%s;MV_STORE=FALSE;AUTOCOMMIT=ON;
+data.connection_string=jdbc:h2:file:%s;MV_STORE=FALSE;AUTOCOMMIT=ON;LOCK_MODE=0;FILE_LOCK=NO
 #data.connection_string=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/dependencycheck
 
 # user name and password for the database connection. The inherent case is to use H2.
diff --git a/dependency-check-utils/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties b/dependency-check-utils/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
index e60da2581..5e04e5344 100644
--- a/dependency-check-utils/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-utils/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ engine.version.url=http://jeremylong.github.io/DependencyCheck/current.txt
 data.directory=[JAR]/data
 data.file_name=odc.h2.db
 data.version=3.0
-data.connection_string=jdbc:h2:file:%s;MV_STORE=FALSE;AUTOCOMMIT=ON;
+data.connection_string=jdbc:h2:file:%s;MV_STORE=FALSE;AUTOCOMMIT=ON;LOCK_MODE=0;FILE_LOCK=NO
 #data.connection_string=jdbc:h2:file:%s;AUTO_SERVER=TRUE;AUTOCOMMIT=ON;
 #data.connection_string=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/dependencycheck