diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2be9fcc6f7a..aa7360d37f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -278,14 +278,13 @@
             <!-- database support - ORM -->
             <groupId>com.j256.ormlite</groupId>
             <artifactId>ormlite-jdbc</artifactId>
-            <version>5.7</version>
+            <version>6.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <!-- database support - H2 db engine (main db) -->
-            <!-- WARNING, do not update db engine (stable: 1.4.197) cause compatibility issues, see https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/2078 -->
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.197</version>
+            <version>2.2.222</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>