diff --git a/gradle/docs/5-minute-tutorial.md b/gradle/docs/5-minute-tutorial.md
index 249d05f0a6..f0daf01288 100644
--- a/gradle/docs/5-minute-tutorial.md
+++ b/gradle/docs/5-minute-tutorial.md
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ plugins {
 
 Also we need to depend on the java library containing the [H2 database]() drivers.
 This is done in the `dependencies` section of the `gradle.build` file, 
-to which we add `implementation 'com.h2database:h2:2.3.232'`.
+to which we add `implementation 'com.h2database:h2:2.4.240'`.
 
 ```groovy
 ...
 dependencies {
     ...
-    implementation 'com.h2database:h2:2.3.232'
+    implementation 'com.h2database:h2:2.4.240'
 }
 ...
 ```
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation('com.h2database:h2:2.3.232')
+    implementation('com.h2database:h2:2.4.240')
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/gradle/docs/examples/5-minute-tutorial/app/build.gradle b/gradle/docs/examples/5-minute-tutorial/app/build.gradle
index b86d7bbc73..259a791485 100644
--- a/gradle/docs/examples/5-minute-tutorial/app/build.gradle
+++ b/gradle/docs/examples/5-minute-tutorial/app/build.gradle
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     // This dependency is used by the application.
     implementation libs.guava
-    implementation 'com.h2database:h2:2.3.232'
+    implementation 'com.h2database:h2:2.4.240'
 }
 
 // Apply a specific Java toolchain to ease working on different environments.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2a70486ddb..cec621e052 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         <freemarker.version>2.3.34</freemarker.version>
         <!-- version 1.24.0 of google-java-format is the last one compatible with java 11 -->
         <google-java-format.version>1.24.0</google-java-format.version>
-        <h2.version>2.3.232</h2.version>
+        <h2.version>2.4.240</h2.version>
         <hibernate-commons-annotations.version>7.0.3.Final</hibernate-commons-annotations.version>
         <hibernate-orm.version>6.6.29.Final</hibernate-orm.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.6.1</hsqldb.version>