diff --git a/spring-cloud-task-samples/batch-events/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-task-samples/batch-events/pom.xml
index 84382459..320c9622 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-task-samples/batch-events/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-task-samples/batch-events/pom.xml
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-task</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
+			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>