diff --git a/spring-batch-integration/src/test/resources/config-h2.properties b/spring-batch-integration/src/test/resources/config-h2.properties
index 5502e9250..9e5516dbc 100644
--- a/spring-batch-integration/src/test/resources/config-h2.properties
+++ b/spring-batch-integration/src/test/resources/config-h2.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Default database platform is HSQLDB:
 batch.jdbc.driver=org.h2.Driver
-batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:file:target/data/h2
+batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:file:target/data/h2;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE
 batch.jdbc.user=sa
 batch.jdbc.password=
 batch.jdbc.testWhileIdle=false
diff --git a/spring-batch-integration/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/integration/chunk/RemoteChunkFaultTolerantStepJdbcIntegrationTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-integration/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/integration/chunk/RemoteChunkFaultTolerantStepJdbcIntegrationTests-context.xml
index cfc96f3f0..e1fa0b5ec 100644
--- a/spring-batch-integration/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/integration/chunk/RemoteChunkFaultTolerantStepJdbcIntegrationTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-integration/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/integration/chunk/RemoteChunkFaultTolerantStepJdbcIntegrationTests-context.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 	<job id="job" xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch">
 		<step id="step">
 			<tasklet>
-				<chunk reader="reader" writer="writer" commit-interval="2" skip-limit="2">
+				<chunk reader="reader" writer="writer" commit-interval="2" skip-limit="2" retry-limit="10">
+					<retryable-exception-classes>
+						<include class="org.springframework.dao.CannotAcquireLockException" />
+					</retryable-exception-classes>
 					<skippable-exception-classes>
 						<include class="java.lang.IllegalStateException" />
 					</skippable-exception-classes>
@@ -54,6 +57,31 @@
 		<property name="receiveTimeout" value="1000" />
 	</bean>
 
+	<bean id="retryAdvice" class="org.springframework.batch.retry.interceptor.RetryOperationsInterceptor">
+		<property name="retryOperations">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.retry.support.RetryTemplate">
+				<property name="retryPolicy">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.retry.policy.SimpleRetryPolicy">
+						<constructor-arg value="10" />
+						<constructor-arg>
+							<map key-type="java.lang.Class" value-type="java.lang.Boolean">
+								<entry key="org.springframework.dao.CannotAcquireLockException" value="true" />
+							</map>
+						</constructor-arg>
+					</bean>
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<!--
+		The chunk writer listens for results coming back, and can fail to acquire a lock. This is especially true for
+		in-memory databases (MySql and Orackle seem to deal with locks better)
+	-->
+	<aop:config proxy-target-class="true">
+		<aop:advisor advice-ref="retryAdvice" pointcut="execution(* org.springframework.integration.core.MessagingTemplate.receive(..))" />
+	</aop:config>
+
 	<int-jdbc:message-store id="messageStore" data-source="dataSource" />
 
 	<integration:channel id="requests">
@@ -65,7 +93,7 @@
 	<integration:service-activator input-channel="requests" output-channel="replies" ref="chunkHandler">
 		<integration:poller>
 			<integration:interval-trigger interval="100" />
-			<integration:transactional isolation="READ_COMMITTED"/>
+			<integration:transactional isolation="READ_COMMITTED" />
 		</integration:poller>
 	</integration:service-activator>