diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
index 023b7cf1f..def5b8d86 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ data.file_name=dc.h2.db
 ### the gradle PurgeDataExtension.
 data.version=3.0
 
-data.connection_string=jdbc:h2:file:%s;FILE_LOCK=FS;AUTOCOMMIT=ON;
+data.connection_string=jdbc:h2:file:%s;FILE_LOCK=SERIALIZED;AUTOCOMMIT=ON;
 #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 e6b2ca6d4..ed207a3ff 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ data.directory=[JAR]/data
 #if the filename has a %s it will be replaced with the current expected version
 data.file_name=dc.h2.db
 data.version=3.0
-data.connection_string=jdbc:h2:file:%s;FILE_LOCK=FS;AUTOCOMMIT=ON;
+data.connection_string=jdbc:h2:file:%s;FILE_LOCK=SERIALIZED;AUTOCOMMIT=ON;
 #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 61c98f91e..49f47d480 100644
--- a/dependency-check-utils/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-utils/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ engine.version.url=http://jeremylong.github.io/DependencyCheck/current.txt
 data.directory=[JAR]/data
 data.file_name=dc.h2.db
 data.version=3.0
-data.connection_string=jdbc:h2:file:%s;FILE_LOCK=FS;AUTOCOMMIT=ON;
+data.connection_string=jdbc:h2:file:%s;FILE_LOCK=SERIALIZED;AUTOCOMMIT=ON;
 #data.connection_string=jdbc:h2:file:%s;AUTO_SERVER=TRUE;AUTOCOMMIT=ON;
 #data.connection_string=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/dependencycheck
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ea4677b69..0576d574c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
                 <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-                <version>1.4.192</version>
+                <version>1.3.176</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>