diff --git a/core-java/pom.xml b/core-java/pom.xml
index 11458f4f60..b7760dc250 100644
--- a/core-java/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java/pom.xml
@@ -231,10 +231,9 @@
 			<version>1.5.8.RELEASE</version>
 		</dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.0</version>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
+           <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+           <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+           <version>1.4.197</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jdbc/BatchProcessing.java b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jdbc/BatchProcessing.java
index d5c53c3ffc..1242eb3628 100644
--- a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jdbc/BatchProcessing.java
+++ b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jdbc/BatchProcessing.java
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ public class BatchProcessing {
 
     public void getConnection(){
         try {
-            Class.forName("org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver");
-            connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:hsqldb:file:C:\\EMPLOYEEDB", "SA", "");
+            Class.forName("org.h2.Driver");
+            connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:h2:file:C:\\EMPLOYEEDB", "SA", "");
             connection.setAutoCommit(false);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace(System.out);