diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/AbstractClinicTests-context.xml b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/AbstractClinicTests-context.xml
index af4c40bfc..a0bc4bd00 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/AbstractClinicTests-context.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/AbstractClinicTests-context.xml
@@ -16,16 +16,9 @@
 
 	<tx:annotation-driven/>
 
-	<!-- DataSource configuration for Apache Commons DBCP. -->
-	<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close"
-			p:driverClassName="${jdbc.driverClassName}" p:url="${jdbc.url}"
-			p:username="${jdbc.username}" p:password="${jdbc.password}"/>
-	
-	<!-- Database initializer. If any of the script fails, the initialization stops. -->
-	<!-- As an alternative, for embedded databases see <jdbc:embedded-database/>. -->
-	<jdbc:initialize-database data-source="dataSource">
+	<jdbc:embedded-database id="dataSource">
 		<jdbc:script location="${jdbc.initLocation}"/>
 		<jdbc:script location="${jdbc.dataLocation}"/>
-	</jdbc:initialize-database>
-	
+	</jdbc:embedded-database>
+		
 </beans>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/jpa/applicationContext-jpaCommon.xml b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/jpa/applicationContext-jpaCommon.xml
index 33a2eb1a8..f5fbe563f 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/jpa/applicationContext-jpaCommon.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/jpa/applicationContext-jpaCommon.xml
@@ -14,17 +14,10 @@
 
 	<tx:annotation-driven />
 
-	<!-- DataSource configuration for Apache Commons DBCP. -->
-	<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close"
-			p:driverClassName="${jdbc.driverClassName}" p:url="${jdbc.url}"
-			p:username="${jdbc.username}" p:password="${jdbc.password}"/>
-	
-	<!-- Database initializer. If any of the script fails, the initialization stops. -->
-	<!-- As an alternative, for embedded databases see <jdbc:embedded-database/>. -->
-	<jdbc:initialize-database data-source="dataSource">
+	<jdbc:embedded-database id="dataSource">
 		<jdbc:script location="${jdbc.initLocation}"/>
 		<jdbc:script location="${jdbc.dataLocation}"/>
-	</jdbc:initialize-database>
+	</jdbc:embedded-database>
 	
 	<!-- Note: the specific "jpaAdapter" bean sits in adapter context file -->
 	<bean id="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean"