diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml
index 805402951e..e837f57d8f 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
+        <h2.version>1.4.197</h2.version> <!-- needs to be specified as it fails with parent's 1.4.200 -->
         <hibernate.version>5.4.12.Final</hibernate.version>
         <hibernate-types.version>2.10.4</hibernate-types.version>
         <assertj-core.version>3.8.0</assertj-core.version>