diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml
index 4f67eed47b..139637a5a0 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <org.jooq.version>3.12.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
-        <h2.version>1.4.197</h2.version>
+        <h2.version>1.4.198</h2.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-example/pom.xml
index 02aa13fc47..e7e2a8bcee 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-example/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <org.springframework.version>3.2.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
         <org.jooq.version>3.12.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
-        <org.h2.version>1.4.197</org.h2.version>
+        <org.h2.version>1.4.198</org.h2.version>
         <scala.version>2.12.7</scala.version>
 
         <db.url>jdbc:h2:~/flyway-test</db.url>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml
index d09d7ba7c5..a7fb19deab 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <org.jooq.version>3.12.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
-        <org.h2.version>1.4.197</org.h2.version>
+        <org.h2.version>1.4.198</org.h2.version>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
 
         <!-- JBoss dependency versions -->
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml
index aa39ca30ef..bab6c563af 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <org.springframework.version>3.2.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
         <org.jooq.version>3.12.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
-        <org.h2.version>1.4.197</org.h2.version>
+        <org.h2.version>1.4.198</org.h2.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example/pom.xml
index 3f17f45cd3..e51af14959 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <org.jooq.version>3.12.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
-        <org.h2.version>1.4.197</org.h2.version>
+        <org.h2.version>1.4.198</org.h2.version>
         <org.hibernate.version>5.3.1.Final</org.hibernate.version>
         <org.springframework.version>5.0.7.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/pom.xml
index a3dc81f629..96ea78271e 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <kotlin.version>1.2.30</kotlin.version>
         <org.jooq.version>3.12.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
-        <org.h2.version>1.4.197</org.h2.version>
+        <org.h2.version>1.4.198</org.h2.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
index 2f77d3ba5c..4c80a2d764 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <org.springframework.version>3.2.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
         <org.jooq.version>3.12.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
-        <org.h2.version>1.4.197</org.h2.version>
+        <org.h2.version>1.4.198</org.h2.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml
index b7b1941638..19fb206a12 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <org.springframework.version>4.3.10.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
         <org.jooq.version>3.12.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
-        <org.h2.version>1.4.197</org.h2.version>
+        <org.h2.version>1.4.198</org.h2.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example/pom.xml
index 21bde3cdb3..8d89cc5cb5 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <org.springframework.version>4.2.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
         <org.jooq.version>3.12.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
-        <org.h2.version>1.4.197</org.h2.version>
+        <org.h2.version>1.4.198</org.h2.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c6cc57d047..6772456d42 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
                 <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-                <version>1.4.197</version>
+                <version>1.4.198</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- jooq-meta-extensions and integration tests have this dependency -->