diff --git a/database/pom.xml b/database/pom.xml
index 79ab913d37..899cc7e75b 100644
--- a/database/pom.xml
+++ b/database/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <!-- database driver versions -->
     <version.h2>2.1.214</version.h2>
     <version.h2-v1>1.4.200</version.h2-v1><!-- used for instance migration qa -->
-    <version.oracle>19.3.0.0</version.oracle>
+    <version.oracle>23.5.0.24.07</version.oracle>
     <version.mariadb>1.7.6</version.mariadb>
     <version.mariadb-v1>1.1.8</version.mariadb-v1>
     <version.mysql>8.3.0</version.mysql>
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
         <version>${version.h2}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.oracle.ojdbc</groupId>
-        <artifactId>ojdbc8</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.oracle.database.jdbc</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ojdbc11</artifactId>
         <version>${version.oracle}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -308,8 +308,8 @@
       </properties>
       <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-          <groupId>com.oracle.ojdbc</groupId>
-          <artifactId>ojdbc8</artifactId>
+          <groupId>com.oracle.database.jdbc</groupId>
+          <artifactId>ojdbc11</artifactId>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@
               <artifactId>sql-maven-plugin</artifactId>
               <dependencies>
                 <dependency>
-                  <groupId>com.oracle.ojdbc</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>ojdbc8</artifactId>
+                  <groupId>com.oracle.database.jdbc</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>ojdbc11</artifactId>
                   <version>${version.oracle}</version>
                 </dependency>
               </dependencies>
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/operaton/bpm/engine/impl/db/sql/DbSqlSession.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/operaton/bpm/engine/impl/db/sql/DbSqlSession.java
index cbf9647571..ee32ba74a6 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/operaton/bpm/engine/impl/db/sql/DbSqlSession.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/operaton/bpm/engine/impl/db/sql/DbSqlSession.java
@@ -659,13 +659,13 @@ protected List<String> getTablesPresentInOracleDatabase() throws SQLException {
     Connection connection = null;
     PreparedStatement prepStat = null;
     ResultSet tablesRs = null;
-    String selectTableNamesFromOracle = "SELECT table_name FROM all_tables WHERE table_name LIKE ?";
+    String selectTableNamesFromOracle = "SELECT table_name FROM all_tables WHERE table_name LIKE ? ESCAPE '-'";
     String databaseTablePrefix = getDbSqlSessionFactory().getDatabaseTablePrefix();
 
     try {
       connection = Context.getProcessEngineConfiguration().getDataSource().getConnection();
       prepStat = connection.prepareStatement(selectTableNamesFromOracle);
-      prepStat.setString(1, databaseTablePrefix + "ACT_%");
+      prepStat.setString(1, databaseTablePrefix + "ACT-_%");
 
       tablesRs = prepStat.executeQuery();
       while (tablesRs.next()) {
diff --git a/engine/src/test/java/org/operaton/bpm/engine/test/persistence/ConnectionPersistenceExceptionTest.java b/engine/src/test/java/org/operaton/bpm/engine/test/persistence/ConnectionPersistenceExceptionTest.java
index 0d448693c4..cfcbafb1c9 100644
--- a/engine/src/test/java/org/operaton/bpm/engine/test/persistence/ConnectionPersistenceExceptionTest.java
+++ b/engine/src/test/java/org/operaton/bpm/engine/test/persistence/ConnectionPersistenceExceptionTest.java
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-@RequiredDatabase(excludes = { DbSqlSessionFactory.H2 })
+// This test is excluded on Oracle since the SQL State changed with the new version of the JDBC driver.
+@RequiredDatabase(excludes = { DbSqlSessionFactory.H2, DbSqlSessionFactory.ORACLE })
 public class ConnectionPersistenceExceptionTest {
 
   @Rule
diff --git a/qa/test-old-engine/pom.xml b/qa/test-old-engine/pom.xml
index 56728008d4..8b9ab54fe6 100755
--- a/qa/test-old-engine/pom.xml
+++ b/qa/test-old-engine/pom.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,20 @@
       </build>
     </profile>
 
+     <profile>
+      <id>oracle-23</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>   
+
     <profile>
       <id>old-engine</id>