diff --git a/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-extension-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/properties/local/application.properties b/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-extension-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/properties/local/alfresco-global.properties
similarity index 97%
rename from maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-extension-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/properties/local/application.properties
rename to maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-extension-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/properties/local/alfresco-global.properties
index 303f4776..e19988db 100644
--- a/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-extension-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/properties/local/application.properties
+++ b/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-extension-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/properties/local/alfresco-global.properties
@@ -41,15 +41,15 @@ integrity.failOnError=true
 # database connection properties
 # MySQL connection (This is default and requires mysql-connector-java-5.0.3-bin.jar, which ships with the Alfresco server)
 
-db.driver=org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver
-db.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/${alfresco.db.name}
+db.driver=org.h2.Driver
+db.url=jdbc:h2:${alfresco.data.location}/h2_data/${alfresco.db.name}
 db.username=${alfresco.db.username}
 db.password=${alfresco.db.password}
 db.pool.initial=10
 db.pool.max=100
 
-# MySQL dialect
-hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLInnoDBDialect
+# H2 dialect
+hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
 
 
 # Property to control whether schema updates are performed automatically.