diff --git a/spring-batch-core-tests/src/test/resources/batch-hsql.properties b/spring-batch-core-tests/src/test/resources/batch-hsql.properties
index 87d2d3919..08baa13e8 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core-tests/src/test/resources/batch-hsql.properties
+++ b/spring-batch-core-tests/src/test/resources/batch-hsql.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Placeholders batch.*
 #    for HSQLDB:
 batch.jdbc.driver=org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver
-batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true
+batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true;hsqldb.tx=mvcc
 # use this one for a separate server process so you can inspect the results
 # (or add it to system properties with -D to override at run time).
 # batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost:9005/samples
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/explore/support/SimpleJobExplorerIntegrationTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/explore/support/SimpleJobExplorerIntegrationTests.java
index 658b6c7e3..71315187e 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/explore/support/SimpleJobExplorerIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/explore/support/SimpleJobExplorerIntegrationTests.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class SimpleJobExplorerIntegrationTests {
 		public BasicDataSource dataSource() {
 			BasicDataSource dataSource = new BasicDataSource();
 			dataSource.setDriverClassName("org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver");
-			dataSource.setUrl("jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true");
+			dataSource.setUrl("jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true;hsqldb.tx=mvcc");
 			dataSource.setUsername("sa");
 			dataSource.setPassword("");
 			return dataSource;
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryDefaultParserTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryDefaultParserTests-context.xml
index 260cc48c8..0ac80d13d 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryDefaultParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryDefaultParserTests-context.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource" lazy-init="true">
 		<property name="driverClassName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
-		<property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true" />
+		<property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true;hsqldb.tx=mvcc" />
 	</bean>
 	<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager">
 		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryParserReferenceTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryParserReferenceTests-context.xml
index 64ab56f55..1302861e4 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryParserReferenceTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryParserReferenceTests-context.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 	<beans:bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource" lazy-init="true">
 		<beans:property name="driverClassName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
-		<beans:property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true" />
+		<beans:property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true;hsqldb.tx=mvcc" />
 	</beans:bean>
 	<beans:bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager">
 		<beans:property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryParserTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryParserTests-context.xml
index d14ecc915..913f1b587 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryParserTests-context.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 	<beans:bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource" lazy-init="true">
 		<beans:property name="driverClassName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
-		<beans:property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true" />
+		<beans:property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true;hsqldb.tx=mvcc" />
 	</beans:bean>
 	<beans:bean id="jdbcTemplate" class="org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate">
 	    <beans:property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/JobLauncherIntegrationTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/JobLauncherIntegrationTests-context.xml
index b59f9d2ef..4e0afe332 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/JobLauncherIntegrationTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/JobLauncherIntegrationTests-context.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">
 		<property name="driverClassName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
-		<property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true" />
+		<property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true;hsqldb.tx=mvcc" />
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager">
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/TablePrefixTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/TablePrefixTests-context.xml
index 4ec9ac646..57e08c097 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/TablePrefixTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/TablePrefixTests-context.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource">
 		<property name="driverClassName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
-		<property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true" />
+		<property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true;hsqldb.tx=mvcc" />
 		<property name="username" value="sa" />
 		<property name="password" value="" />
 	</bean>
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/data-source-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/data-source-context.xml
index 09f0119fd..33cb1d0b0 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/data-source-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/data-source-context.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	</bean>
 	<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource">
 		<property name="driverClassName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
-		<property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true" />
+		<property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true;hsqldb.tx=mvcc" />
 		<property name="username" value="sa" />
 		<property name="password" value="" />
 	</bean>
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/src/test/resources/batch-hsql.properties b/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/src/test/resources/batch-hsql.properties
index d179b0d85..548eb7f8f 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/src/test/resources/batch-hsql.properties
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/src/test/resources/batch-hsql.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Placeholders batch.*
 #    for HSQLDB:
 batch.jdbc.driver=org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver
-batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true
+batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true;hsqldb.tx=mvcc
 # use this one for a separate server process so you can inspect the results
 # (or add it to system properties with -D to override at run time).
 # batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost:9005/samples
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/batch-hsql.properties b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/batch-hsql.properties
index 2dd53dcdb..147da900b 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/batch-hsql.properties
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/batch-hsql.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Placeholders batch.*
 #    for HSQLDB:
 batch.jdbc.driver=org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver
-batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true
+batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true;hsqldb.tx=mvcc
 # use this one for a separate server process so you can inspect the results
 # (or add it to system properties with -D to override at run time).
 # batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost:9005/samples
diff --git a/spring-batch-test/src/test/resources/batch-hsql.properties b/spring-batch-test/src/test/resources/batch-hsql.properties
index 16fad3d5b..24d9bd62d 100755
--- a/spring-batch-test/src/test/resources/batch-hsql.properties
+++ b/spring-batch-test/src/test/resources/batch-hsql.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Placeholders batch.*
 #    for HSQLDB:
 batch.jdbc.driver=org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver
-batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true
+batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true;hsqldb.tx=mvcc
 # use this one for a separate server process so you can inspect the results
 # (or add it to system properties with -D to override at run time).
 # batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost:9005/samples