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 c4846c70a..0499aa2c2 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
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	</bean>
 	<bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">
 		<property name="driverClassName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
-		<property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost:9005/samples" />
+		<property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true" />
 	</bean>
 	<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager">
 		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />