diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 68eaf2b0e..b2095e12a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
       <pax.exam.version>4.13.1</pax.exam.version>
       <pax.url.version>2.5.4</pax.url.version>
       <postgresql.version>42.2.20</postgresql.version>
-      <log4j.version>2.14.0</log4j.version>
+      <log4j.version>[2.17.1,)</log4j.version>
       <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
       <commons.csv.version>1.5</commons.csv.version>
-      <h2.version>1.4.196</h2.version>
+      <h2.version>[2.0.206,)</h2.version>
       <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
       <testcontainers.version>1.15.1</testcontainers.version>
    </properties>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/db/BasicPoolTest.java b/src/test/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/db/BasicPoolTest.java
index 691b18f7a..47dfa3d11 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/db/BasicPoolTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/db/BasicPoolTest.java
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ public void setup() throws SQLException
        try (HikariDataSource ds = new HikariDataSource(config);
             Connection conn = ds.getConnection();
             Statement stmt = conn.createStatement()) {
-          stmt.executeUpdate("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS basic_pool_test");
-          stmt.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE basic_pool_test ("
-                            + "id INTEGER NOT NULL IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY, "
+          stmt.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS basic_pool_test");
+          stmt.execute("CREATE TABLE basic_pool_test ("
+                            + "id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, "
                             + "timestamp TIMESTAMP, "
                             + "string VARCHAR(128), "
                             + "string_from_number NUMERIC "