diff --git a/persistence-modules/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/pom.xml
index f1b7c407bd..ec7f0bcec2 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/pom.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
         <module>spring-jpa</module>
         <!-- <module>spring-mybatis</module> --> <!-- needs fixing in BAEL-9021 -->
         <module>spring-persistence-simple</module>
+        <module>spring-persistence-simple-2</module>
     </modules>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8380d635de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>spring-persistence-simple-2</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>spring-persistence-simple-2</name>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>persistence-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- Spring -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- persistence -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+            <version>${h2.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- test scoped -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId> 
+            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${mockito.version}</version> 
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+        <!-- Spring -->
+        <org.springframework.version>5.2.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+        <!-- persistence -->
+        <h2.version>1.4.200</h2.version>
+        <!-- test scoped -->
+        <mockito.version>3.3.3</mockito.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jdbc/Employee.java b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jdbc/Employee.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a43eb265c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jdbc/Employee.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package com.baeldung.jdbc;
+
+public class Employee {
+    private int id;
+
+    private String firstName;
+
+    private String lastName;
+
+    private String address;
+
+    public int getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(final int id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getFirstName() {
+        return firstName;
+    }
+
+    public void setFirstName(final String firstName) {
+        this.firstName = firstName;
+    }
+
+    public String getLastName() {
+        return lastName;
+    }
+
+    public void setLastName(final String lastName) {
+        this.lastName = lastName;
+    }
+
+    public String getAddress() {
+        return address;
+    }
+
+    public void setAddress(final String address) {
+        this.address = address;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jdbc/EmployeeDAO.java b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jdbc/EmployeeDAO.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5bf9452ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jdbc/EmployeeDAO.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.baeldung.jdbc;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
+
+@Repository
+public class EmployeeDAO {
+    private JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate;
+
+    public void setDataSource(DataSource dataSource) {
+        jdbcTemplate = new JdbcTemplate(dataSource);
+    }
+
+    public int getCountOfEmployees() {
+        return jdbcTemplate.queryForObject("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM EMPLOYEE", Integer.class);
+    }
+
+   
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/src/main/resources/jdbc/schema.sql b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/src/main/resources/jdbc/schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3401c5d963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/src/main/resources/jdbc/schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+CREATE TABLE EMPLOYEE
+(
+    ID int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+    FIRST_NAME varchar(255),
+    LAST_NAME varchar(255),
+    ADDRESS varchar(255)
+);
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/src/main/resources/jdbc/test-data.sql b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/src/main/resources/jdbc/test-data.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1669c156d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/src/main/resources/jdbc/test-data.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE VALUES (1, 'James', 'Gosling', 'Canada');
+INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE VALUES (2, 'Donald', 'Knuth', 'USA');
+INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE VALUES (3, 'Linus', 'Torvalds', 'Finland');
+INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE VALUES (4, 'Dennis', 'Ritchie', 'USA');
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jdbc/EmployeeDAOUnitTest.java b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jdbc/EmployeeDAOUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71e8fb4263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jdbc/EmployeeDAOUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package com.baeldung.jdbc;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.embedded.EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.embedded.EmbeddedDatabaseType;
+import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
+
+
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+
+public class EmployeeDAOUnitTest {
+    @Mock
+    JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate;
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenMockJdbcTemplate_thenReturnCorrectEmployeeCount() {
+        EmployeeDAO employeeDAO = new EmployeeDAO();
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(employeeDAO, "jdbcTemplate", jdbcTemplate);
+        Mockito.when(jdbcTemplate.queryForObject("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM EMPLOYEE", Integer.class))
+          .thenReturn(4);
+
+        assertEquals(4, employeeDAO.getCountOfEmployees());
+
+        Mockito.when(jdbcTemplate.queryForObject(Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.eq(Integer.class)))
+          .thenReturn(3);
+
+        assertEquals(3, employeeDAO.getCountOfEmployees());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenInjectInMemoryDataSource_thenReturnCorrectEmployeeCount() {
+        DataSource dataSource = new EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder().setType(EmbeddedDatabaseType.H2)
+          .addScript("classpath:jdbc/schema.sql")
+          .addScript("classpath:jdbc/test-data.sql")
+          .build();
+
+        EmployeeDAO employeeDAO = new EmployeeDAO();
+        employeeDAO.setDataSource(dataSource);
+
+        assertEquals(4, employeeDAO.getCountOfEmployees());
+    }
+}