diff --git a/spring-data-rest/pom.xml b/spring-data-rest/pom.xml
index 525c88c9d8..8400993a38 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-rest/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
             <artifactId>querydsl-apt</artifactId>
@@ -87,4 +92,4 @@
         <start-class>com.baeldung.SpringDataRestApplication</start-class>
     </properties>
 
-</project>
+</project>
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