diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index f6b516fc9..8188d331b 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ b0f434f64105bd61ab0f6867b3f681b97fa02b4fb809ac538db382d031f0e609  data/xml/paylo
 0648264166455010921df1ec431e4c973809f37ef12cbfea75f95029222eb689  data/xml/payloads/stacked_queries.xml
 997556b6170964a64474a2e053abe33cf2cf029fb1acec660d4651cc67a3c7e1  data/xml/payloads/time_blind.xml
 40a4878669f318568097719d07dc906a19b8520bc742be3583321fc1e8176089  data/xml/payloads/union_query.xml
-e6761589b8c33c11d0a3d65ff2ee8579515f4ce3c5614ecb90c1faea451a9c0b  data/xml/queries.xml
+dd0ee0fac1a4f7fdbecc8fcceb0a1a4e2d15cec3847198740a1994851c56ad27  data/xml/queries.xml
 abb6261b1c531ad2ee3ada8184c76bcdc38732558d11a8e519f36fcc95325f7e  doc/AUTHORS
 2a0322f121cbda30336ab58382e9860fea8ab28ff4726f6f8abf143ce1657abe  doc/CHANGELOG.md
 2df1f15110f74ce4e52f0e7e4a605e6c7e08fbda243e444f9b60e26dfc5cf09d  doc/THANKS.md
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ c4bfb493a03caf84dd362aec7c248097841de804b7413d0e1ecb8a90c8550bc0  lib/core/readl
 d1bd70c1a55858495c727fbec91e30af267459c8f64d50fabf9e4ee2c007e920  lib/core/replication.py
 1d0f80b0193ac5204527bfab4bde1a7aee0f693fd008e86b4b29f606d1ef94f3  lib/core/revision.py
 d2eb8e4b05ac93551272b3d4abfaf5b9f2d3ac92499a7704c16ed0b4f200db38  lib/core/session.py
-426ae23bf138273edc5241f923fc161c13f5517666c8f2162ebbf3a0b48d6ebf  lib/core/settings.py
+b1b416ae195be51eadd8f31be271f5774eed1dc8d90cb5e7421d2f60ca9ff26f  lib/core/settings.py
 1c5eab9494eb969bc9ce118a2ea6954690c6851cbe54c18373c723b99734bf09  lib/core/shell.py
 4eea6dcf023e41e3c64b210cb5c2efc7ca893b727f5e49d9c924f076bb224053  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 cdd352e1331c6b535e780f6edea79465cb55af53aa2114dcea0e8bf382e56d1a  lib/core/target.py
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ fd9d9030d054b9b74cf6973902ca38b0a6cad5898b828366162df6bdc8ea10d2  plugins/dbms/f
 ed39a02193934768cf65d86f9424005f60e0ef03052b5fea1103c78818c19d45  plugins/dbms/h2/connector.py
 8556f37d4739f8eafcde253b2053d1af41959f6ec09af531304d0e695e3eed6b  plugins/dbms/h2/enumeration.py
 080b0c1173ffe7511dc6990b6de8385b5e63a5c19b8d5e2d04de23ac9513a45c  plugins/dbms/h2/filesystem.py
-d08c1a912f8334c3e706b598db2869edbb1a291a2ccb00c9523ee371de9db0d0  plugins/dbms/h2/fingerprint.py
+355f941c74cbd0d43726408970aab9518f50f588e780aa764ed237e4bc0c3316  plugins/dbms/h2/fingerprint.py
 94ee6a0f41bb17b863a0425f95c0dcf90963a7f0ed92f5a2b53659c33b5910b8  plugins/dbms/h2/__init__.py
 9899a908eb064888d0e385156395d0436801027b2f4a9846b588211dc4b61f83  plugins/dbms/h2/syntax.py
 53951b2ba616262df5a24aa53e83c1e401d7829bd4b7386dd07704fd05811de2  plugins/dbms/h2/takeover.py
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ ab661b605012168d72f84a92ff7e233542df3825c66714c99073e56acea37e2e  plugins/generi
 546486bd4221729d7d85b6ce3dbc263c818d091c67774bd781d7d72896eb733b  plugins/generic/search.py
 9be0e2f931b559052518b68511117d6d6e926e69e463ddfa6dc8e9717c0ca677  plugins/generic/syntax.py
 7bb6403d83cc9fd880180e3ad36dca0cc8268f05f9d7e6f6dba6d405eea48c3a  plugins/generic/takeover.py
-115ee30c77698bb041351686a3f191a3aa247adb2e0da9844f1ad048d0e002cd  plugins/generic/users.py
+cbc7684de872fac4baeabd1fce3938bc771316c36e54d69ac6a301e8a99f07b2  plugins/generic/users.py
 4608f21a4333c162ab3c266c903fda4793cc5834de30d06affe9b7566dd09811  plugins/__init__.py
 f5cad477023c8145c4db7aa530976fc75b098cf59a49905f28d02f6771fd9697  README.md
 535ab6ac8b8441a3758cee86df3e68abec8b43eee54e32777967252057915acc  sqlmapapi.py
diff --git a/data/xml/queries.xml b/data/xml/queries.xml
index 14b012db3..d169832b7 100644
--- a/data/xml/queries.xml
+++ b/data/xml/queries.xml
@@ -770,8 +770,8 @@
         <is_dba query="SELECT CURRENT_USER='SA'"/>
         <check_udf/>
         <users>
-            <inband query="SELECT NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.USERS"/>
-            <blind query="SELECT NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.USERS LIMIT 1 OFFSET %d" count="SELECT COUNT(NAME) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.USERS"/>
+            <inband query="SELECT USER_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.USERS" query2="SELECT NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.USERS"/>
+            <blind query="SELECT USER_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.USERS LIMIT 1 OFFSET %d" count="SELECT COUNT(USER_NAME) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.USERS" query2="SELECT NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.USERS LIMIT 1 OFFSET %d" count2="SELECT COUNT(NAME) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.USERS"/>
         </users>
         <passwords/>
         <privileges/>
@@ -786,8 +786,8 @@
             <blind query="SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA='%s' LIMIT 1 OFFSET %d" count="SELECT COUNT(TABLE_NAME) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA='%s'"/>
         </tables>
         <columns>
-            <blind query="SELECT COLUMN_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME='%s' AND TABLE_SCHEMA='%s' ORDER BY COLUMN_NAME" query2="SELECT TYPE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME='%s' AND COLUMN_NAME='%s' AND TABLE_SCHEMA='%s'" count="SELECT COUNT(COLUMN_NAME) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME='%s' AND TABLE_SCHEMA='%s'" condition="COLUMN_NAME"/>
-            <inband query="SELECT COLUMN_NAME,TYPE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME='%s' AND TABLE_SCHEMA='%s' ORDER BY COLUMN_NAME" condition="COLUMN_NAME"/>
+            <blind query="SELECT COLUMN_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME='%s' AND TABLE_SCHEMA='%s' ORDER BY COLUMN_NAME" query2="SELECT DATA_TYPE FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME='%s' AND COLUMN_NAME='%s' AND TABLE_SCHEMA='%s'" count="SELECT COUNT(COLUMN_NAME) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME='%s' AND TABLE_SCHEMA='%s'" condition="COLUMN_NAME"/>
+            <inband query="SELECT COLUMN_NAME,DATA_TYPE FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME='%s' AND TABLE_SCHEMA='%s' ORDER BY COLUMN_NAME" condition="COLUMN_NAME" query2="SELECT COLUMN_NAME,TYPE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME='%s' AND TABLE_SCHEMA='%s' ORDER BY COLUMN_NAME" condition2="COLUMN_NAME"/>
         </columns>
         <dump_table>
             <blind query="SELECT %s FROM %s.%s ORDER BY %s LIMIT 1 OFFSET %d" count="SELECT COUNT(*) FROM %s.%s"/>
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 91763d82d..dc6927b2a 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.9.12.7"
+VERSION = "1.9.12.8"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/plugins/dbms/h2/fingerprint.py b/plugins/dbms/h2/fingerprint.py
index 524731b6b..e6e26aa53 100644
--- a/plugins/dbms/h2/fingerprint.py
+++ b/plugins/dbms/h2/fingerprint.py
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ class Fingerprint(GenericFingerprint):
             else:
                 setDbms(DBMS.H2)
 
+                result = inject.checkBooleanExpression("JSON_OBJECT() IS NOT NULL")
+                version = '2' if result else '1'
+                Backend.setVersion(version)
+
                 self.getBanner()
 
                 return True
diff --git a/plugins/generic/users.py b/plugins/generic/users.py
index 4e50bac1e..18ae477ed 100644
--- a/plugins/generic/users.py
+++ b/plugins/generic/users.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from lib.core.common import Backend
 from lib.core.common import filterPairValues
 from lib.core.common import getLimitRange
 from lib.core.common import isAdminFromPrivileges
+from lib.core.common import isDBMSVersionAtLeast
 from lib.core.common import isInferenceAvailable
 from lib.core.common import isNoneValue
 from lib.core.common import isNullValue
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ class Users(object):
 
         condition = (Backend.isDbms(DBMS.MSSQL) and Backend.isVersionWithin(("2005", "2008")))
         condition |= (Backend.isDbms(DBMS.MYSQL) and not kb.data.has_information_schema)
+        condition |= (Backend.isDbms(DBMS.H2) and not isDBMSVersionAtLeast("2"))
 
         if any(isTechniqueAvailable(_) for _ in (PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE.UNION, PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE.ERROR, PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE.QUERY)) or conf.direct:
             if Backend.isDbms(DBMS.MYSQL) and Backend.isFork(FORK.DRIZZLE):