diff --git a/ebean-api/pom.xml b/ebean-api/pom.xml
index 56fd5d994..d11bb71f6 100644
--- a/ebean-api/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-api/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
       <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.210</version>
+      <version>${h2database.version}</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/ebean-core/pom.xml b/ebean-core/pom.xml
index d77e38d62..1adcaf362 100644
--- a/ebean-core/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-core/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
       <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.210</version>
+      <version>${h2database.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/ebean-test/pom.xml b/ebean-test/pom.xml
index 2d210584d..2fcf19018 100644
--- a/ebean-test/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-test/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
       <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.210</version>
+      <version>${h2database.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 49c958dde..66a499e77 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
   <properties>
     <nexus.staging.autoReleaseAfterClose>false</nexus.staging.autoReleaseAfterClose>
     <jackson.version>2.12.1</jackson.version>
+    <h2database.version>2.1.210</h2database.version>
     <ebean-ddl-runner.version>1.2</ebean-ddl-runner.version>
     <ebean-migration-auto.version>1.1</ebean-migration-auto.version>
     <ebean-migration.version>12.13.1</ebean-migration.version>
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
       <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.210</version>
+      <version>${h2database.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>