diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/various/readwriteexpression/ColumnTransformerTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/various/readwriteexpression/ColumnTransformerTest.java
index 34776ddb61..85b4a84e56 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/various/readwriteexpression/ColumnTransformerTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/various/readwriteexpression/ColumnTransformerTest.java
@@ -6,15 +6,14 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.test.annotations.various.readwriteexpression;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
-
 import org.hibernate.Session;
 import org.hibernate.Transaction;
 import org.hibernate.criterion.Restrictions;
-import org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDBDialect;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect;
 
-import org.hibernate.testing.SkipForDialect;
+import org.hibernate.testing.RequiresDialect;
 import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase;
+import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
@@ -22,8 +21,15 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
  * @author Emmanuel Bernard
  */
 public class ColumnTransformerTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
+	/**
+	 * @implNote Limited to H2 because getting a good expression to use for
+	 * {@link Staff#kooky} that works on all databases is challenging and
+	 * really what happens on the "database side" here is not relevant -
+	 * the issue being tested is how Hibernate applies the table aliases to
+	 * column references in the expression.
+	 */
 	@Test
-	@SkipForDialect( MariaDBDialect.class )
+	@RequiresDialect(H2Dialect.class )
 	public void testCustomColumnReadAndWrite() throws Exception{
 		Session s = openSession();
 		Transaction t = s.beginTransaction();