diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/identity/H2IdentityColumnSupport.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/identity/H2IdentityColumnSupport.java
index a114319e98d8..8ea8827a6c1f 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/identity/H2IdentityColumnSupport.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/identity/H2IdentityColumnSupport.java
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ public String getIdentitySelectString(String table, String column, int type) {
 
 	@Override
 	public String getIdentityInsertString() {
-		return "null";
+		return "default";
 	}
 }