diff --git a/tcks/apis/persistence/persistence-inside-container/spec-tests/pom.xml b/tcks/apis/persistence/persistence-inside-container/spec-tests/pom.xml
index dbdd701e7a..4f57de59fd 100644
--- a/tcks/apis/persistence/persistence-inside-container/spec-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tcks/apis/persistence/persistence-inside-container/spec-tests/pom.xml
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
         <profile>
             <id>mssqlserver</id>
             <properties>
-                <mssqlserver.jdbc.version>12.4.2.jre11</mssqlserver.jdbc.version>
+                <mssqlserver.jdbc.version>12.9.0.jre11-preview</mssqlserver.jdbc.version>
             </properties>
             <dependencies>
                 <dependency>
diff --git a/tcks/apis/persistence/persistence-outside-container/spec-tests/pom.xml b/tcks/apis/persistence/persistence-outside-container/spec-tests/pom.xml
index caa6274e6e..f08d090960 100644
--- a/tcks/apis/persistence/persistence-outside-container/spec-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tcks/apis/persistence/persistence-outside-container/spec-tests/pom.xml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
         <profile>
             <id>mssqlserver</id>
             <properties>
-                <mssqlserver.jdbc.version>12.4.2.jre11</mssqlserver.jdbc.version>
+                <mssqlserver.jdbc.version>12.9.0.jre11-preview</mssqlserver.jdbc.version>
             </properties>
             <dependencies>
                 <dependency>