diff --git a/spring-jpa/src/test/resources/persistence-student.properties b/spring-jpa/src/test/resources/persistence-student.properties
index 21dcd5b4a0..3b6b580630 100644
--- a/spring-jpa/src/test/resources/persistence-student.properties
+++ b/spring-jpa/src/test/resources/persistence-student.properties
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:mem:myDb;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1
 
 hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
 hibernate.show_sql=true
-hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=create-drop
+hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=create
 
 hibernate.cache.use_second_level_cache=false
 hibernate.cache.use_query_cache=false
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