diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-modifiers/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-modifiers/pom.xml
index c193073a0ee6..4897d45bf93c 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-modifiers/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-modifiers/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <h2.version>1.4.197</h2.version> <!-- needs to be specified as it fails with parent's 1.4.200 -->
+        <h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version> <!-- needs to be specified as it fails with parent's 1.4.200 -->
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-modifiers/src/test/java/com/baeldung/publicmodifier/PublicAccessModifierUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-modifiers/src/test/java/com/baeldung/publicmodifier/PublicAccessModifierUnitTest.java
index 8c014e703b9e..5e75d91cbe7a 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-modifiers/src/test/java/com/baeldung/publicmodifier/PublicAccessModifierUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-modifiers/src/test/java/com/baeldung/publicmodifier/PublicAccessModifierUnitTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.baeldung.publicmodifier;
 
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance.Lifecycle;
@@ -64,9 +65,9 @@ public void whenParsingStringOne_parseIntReturns1() {
     @Test
     public void whenConnectingToH2_connectionInstanceIsReturned() throws SQLException {
 
-        final String url = "jdbc:h2:~/test";
+        final String url = "jdbc:h2:mem:test";
         Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "sa", "");
-        assertNotNull(conn);
+        Assertions.assertNotNull(conn);
     }
 
     @Test