diff --git a/generators/generator-constants.js b/generators/generator-constants.js
index 361719d41d45..6363c4365ef4 100644
--- a/generators/generator-constants.js
+++ b/generators/generator-constants.js
@@ -36,17 +36,13 @@ const OPENAPI_GENERATOR_CLI_VERSION = '2.5.1';
 const JHIPSTER_DEPENDENCIES_VERSION = '7.9.3-SNAPSHOT';
 // The spring-boot version should match the one managed by https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/tech.jhipster/jhipster-dependencies/JHIPSTER_DEPENDENCIES_VERSION
 const SPRING_BOOT_VERSION = '2.7.3';
-const LIQUIBASE_VERSION = '4.12.0';
+const LIQUIBASE_VERSION = '4.15.0';
 // TODO v8: Remove this constant
 const LIQUIBASE_DTD_VERSION = 'latest';
 const HIBERNATE_VERSION = '5.6.10.Final';
 const JACOCO_VERSION = '0.8.8';
 const JACKSON_DATABIND_NULLABLE_VERSION = '0.2.3';
 const JIB_VERSION = '3.2.1';
-// TODO upgrade to h2 v2 once liquibase issues has been addressed
-const H2_VERSION = '1.4.200';
-// Version 0.9.x is not compatible with h2 v1
-const H2_R2DBC_VERSION = '0.8.5.RELEASE';
 
 // Version of docker images
 const DOCKER_COMPOSE_FORMAT_VERSION = '3.8';
@@ -416,8 +412,6 @@ const constants = {
   JIB_VERSION,
   JACOCO_VERSION,
   JACKSON_DATABIND_NULLABLE_VERSION,
-  H2_VERSION,
-  H2_R2DBC_VERSION,
 
   // Docker
   DOCKER_COMPOSE_FORMAT_VERSION,
diff --git a/generators/server/index.js b/generators/server/index.js
index 5852993e64f6..c695e8c9fd9b 100644
--- a/generators/server/index.js
+++ b/generators/server/index.js
@@ -201,8 +201,6 @@ module.exports = class JHipsterServerGenerator extends BaseBlueprintGenerator {
         this.JACKSON_DATABIND_NULLABLE_VERSION = constants.JACKSON_DATABIND_NULLABLE_VERSION;
         this.JACOCO_VERSION = constants.JACOCO_VERSION;
         this.JIB_VERSION = constants.JIB_VERSION;
-        this.H2_VERSION = constants.H2_VERSION;
-        this.H2_R2DBC_VERSION = constants.H2_R2DBC_VERSION;
 
         this.ANGULAR = constants.SUPPORTED_CLIENT_FRAMEWORKS.ANGULAR;
         this.VUE = constants.SUPPORTED_CLIENT_FRAMEWORKS.VUE;
diff --git a/generators/server/templates/build.gradle.ejs b/generators/server/templates/build.gradle.ejs
index b034835a93a8..28102bbbf7c8 100644
--- a/generators/server/templates/build.gradle.ejs
+++ b/generators/server/templates/build.gradle.ejs
@@ -250,12 +250,6 @@ configurations {
             // Inherited version from Spring Boot can't be used because of regressions:
             // To be removed as soon as spring-boot use the same version
             force 'org.liquibase:liquibase-core:<%= LIQUIBASE_VERSION %>'
-<%_ if (devDatabaseTypeH2Any && (prodDatabaseTypeMysql || reactive)) { _%>
-            force 'com.h2database:h2:<%= H2_VERSION %>'
-  <%_ if (reactive) { _%>
-            force 'io.r2dbc:r2dbc-h2:<%= H2_R2DBC_VERSION %>'
-  <%_ } _%>
-<%_ } _%>
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/generators/server/templates/pom.xml.ejs b/generators/server/templates/pom.xml.ejs
index 796fb4df12b8..5cc8c1c206d8 100644
--- a/generators/server/templates/pom.xml.ejs
+++ b/generators/server/templates/pom.xml.ejs
@@ -102,12 +102,6 @@
         <liquibase.version><%= LIQUIBASE_VERSION %></liquibase.version>
   <%_ if (!reactive) { _%>
         <liquibase-hibernate5.version><%= LIQUIBASE_VERSION %></liquibase-hibernate5.version>
-  <%_ } _%>
-  <%_ if (devDatabaseTypeH2Any && (prodDatabaseTypeMysql || reactive)) { _%>
-        <h2.version><%= H2_VERSION %></h2.version>
-    <%_ if (reactive) { _%>
-        <h2-r2dbc.version><%= H2_R2DBC_VERSION %></h2-r2dbc.version>
-    <%_ } _%>
   <%_ } _%>
         <validation-api.version>2.0.1.Final</validation-api.version>
   <%_ if (reactive) { _%>
@@ -1585,15 +1579,11 @@
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
                     <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-  <%_ if (prodDatabaseTypeMysql || reactive) { _%>
-                    <version>${h2.version}</version>
-  <%_ } _%>
                 </dependency>
   <%_ if (reactive) { _%>
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>io.r2dbc</groupId>
                     <artifactId>r2dbc-h2</artifactId>
-                    <version>${h2-r2dbc.version}</version>
                 </dependency>
   <%_ } _%>
 <%_ } _%>
@@ -1782,9 +1772,6 @@
                                 <dependency>
                                     <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
                                     <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-    <%_ if (prodDatabaseTypeMysql || reactive) { _%>
-                                    <version>${h2.version}</version>
-    <%_ } _%>
                                 </dependency>
   <%_ } _%>
                             </dependencies>
diff --git a/generators/server/templates/src/main/resources/config/liquibase/master.xml.ejs b/generators/server/templates/src/main/resources/config/liquibase/master.xml.ejs
index fa4bb8529e37..7e27f70e2ca4 100644
--- a/generators/server/templates/src/main/resources/config/liquibase/master.xml.ejs
+++ b/generators/server/templates/src/main/resources/config/liquibase/master.xml.ejs
@@ -12,17 +12,12 @@
     <property name="uuidType" value="uuid" dbms="h2"/>
   <%_ } _%>
     <property name="datetimeType" value="datetime" dbms="h2"/>
-  <%_ if (reactive) { _%>
-    <property name="clobType" value="varchar(1000000)" dbms="h2"/>
-    <property name="blobType" value="varchar(1000000)" dbms="h2"/>
-  <%_ } else { _%>
-    <%_ if (prodDatabaseTypePostgres) { _%>
+  <%_ if (prodDatabaseTypePostgres) { _%>
     <property name="clobType" value="longvarchar" dbms="h2"/>
-    <%_ } else { _%>
+  <%_ } else { _%>
     <property name="clobType" value="clob" dbms="h2"/>
-    <%_ } _%>
-    <property name="blobType" value="blob" dbms="h2"/>
   <%_ } _%>
+    <property name="blobType" value="blob" dbms="h2"/>
 <%_ } _%>
 <%_ if (devDatabaseTypeMysql || prodDatabaseTypeMysql) { _%>
     <property name="now" value="now()" dbms="mysql"/>
diff --git a/generators/sql-constants.js b/generators/sql-constants.js
index 08053bc0c6c2..5ec9acf9a57c 100644
--- a/generators/sql-constants.js
+++ b/generators/sql-constants.js
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ const databaseData = {
   [H2_DISK]: {
     protocolSuffix: 'h2:file:',
     useDirectory: true,
-    extraOptions: ';DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1',
+    extraOptions: ';DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;MODE=LEGACY',
     r2dbc: {
       protocolSuffix: 'h2:file://',
     },
   },
   [H2_MEMORY]: {
     protocolSuffix: 'h2:mem:',
-    extraOptions: ';DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE',
+    extraOptions: ';DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE;MODE=LEGACY',
     r2dbc: {
       protocolSuffix: 'h2:mem:///',
     },
diff --git a/test/generator-base.spec.js b/test/generator-base.spec.js
index da9faa98afa5..3d36814f612f 100644
--- a/test/generator-base.spec.js
+++ b/test/generator-base.spec.js
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ describe('Generator Base', () => {
     describe('when called for h2Disk', () => {
       it('return jdbc:h2:file:./build/h2db/db/test;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1', () => {
         expect(BaseGenerator.getJDBCUrl(H2_DISK, { databaseName: 'test', localDirectory: './build/h2db/db' })).to.equal(
-          'jdbc:h2:file:./build/h2db/db/test;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1'
+          'jdbc:h2:file:./build/h2db/db/test;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;MODE=LEGACY'
         );
       });
     });
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ describe('Generator Base', () => {
     describe('when called for h2Memory', () => {
       it('return jdbc:h2:mem:test;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE', () => {
         expect(BaseGenerator.getJDBCUrl(H2_MEMORY, { databaseName: 'test' })).to.equal(
-          'jdbc:h2:mem:test;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE'
+          'jdbc:h2:mem:test;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE;MODE=LEGACY'
         );
       });
     });
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ describe('Generator Base', () => {
     describe('when called for h2Disk', () => {
       it('return r2dbc:h2:file:./build/h2db/db/test;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1', () => {
         expect(BaseGenerator.getR2DBCUrl(H2_DISK, { databaseName: 'test', localDirectory: './build/h2db/db' })).to.equal(
-          'r2dbc:h2:file://./build/h2db/db/test;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1'
+          'r2dbc:h2:file://./build/h2db/db/test;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;MODE=LEGACY'
         );
       });
     });
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ describe('Generator Base', () => {
     describe('when called for h2Memory', () => {
       it('return r2dbc:h2:mem:///test;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE', () => {
         expect(BaseGenerator.getR2DBCUrl(H2_MEMORY, { databaseName: 'test' })).to.equal(
-          'r2dbc:h2:mem:///test;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE'
+          'r2dbc:h2:mem:///test;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE;MODE=LEGACY'
         );
       });
     });