diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/h2/h2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/h2/h2/package.nix
index e213425d32cc..8bf8ba66fcb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/h2/h2/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/h2/h2/package.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 maven.buildMavenPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "h2";
-  version = "2.4.240";
+  version = "2.5.252";
 
   outputs = [
     "out"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ maven.buildMavenPackage (finalAttrs: {
     owner = "h2database";
     repo = "h2database";
     tag = "version-${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Cy6MoumJBhhcYT6dCHWeOfmhjGRkdNvSONdIiZaf6uU=";
+    hash = "sha256-5nzV5g5z9hxavJkOgf5Zi2j9/1iyXVGEluLwrplX2J4=";
   };
 
   mvnParameters = "-f h2/pom.xml";