diff --git a/integration-tests/jpa-h2-embedded/src/main/resources/application.properties b/integration-tests/jpa-h2-embedded/src/main/resources/application.properties
index cee0f3d393131..a61c8c4258394 100644
--- a/integration-tests/jpa-h2-embedded/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/integration-tests/jpa-h2-embedded/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 quarkus.datasource.db-kind=h2
-quarkus.datasource.jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:mem:db1;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;LOCK_TIMEOUT=10000
+#Test with H2 writing to actual disk, as it provides a superset coverage over testing in memory:
+quarkus.datasource.jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:./target/h2.db
 quarkus.hibernate-orm.database.generation=drop-and-create
 quarkus.datasource.jdbc.max-size=2