diff --git a/commafeed-server/pom.xml b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
index dc06dac5..53cd74c4 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/pom.xml
+++ b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
 			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+			<!-- stay on 2.1 because 2.2 file format changed to version '3' -->
+			<version>2.1.214</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.mysql</groupId>