diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e108df7a..a3939254 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jade4jVersion               = 1.3.2
 jsoupVersion                = 1.14.3
 jgitVersion                 = 6.0.0.202111291000-r
 logbackVersion              = 1.2.10
-orientDbVersion             = 3.0.41
+orientDbVersion             = 3.1.20
 pebbleVersion               = 3.1.5
 slf4jVersion                = 1.7.32
 snakeYamlVersion            = 1.30
diff --git a/jbake-core/src/test/java/org/jbake/app/ContentStoreIntegrationTest.java b/jbake-core/src/test/java/org/jbake/app/ContentStoreIntegrationTest.java
index a2f2603a..06e27877 100644
--- a/jbake-core/src/test/java/org/jbake/app/ContentStoreIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/jbake-core/src/test/java/org/jbake/app/ContentStoreIntegrationTest.java
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ public static void setUpClass() throws Exception {
 
         Assert.assertEquals(".html", config.getOutputExtension());
         config.setDatabaseStore(storageType.toString());
-        String dbPath = folder.newFolder("documents" + System.currentTimeMillis()).getAbsolutePath();
+        // OrientDB v3.1.x doesn't allow DB name to be a path even though docs say it's allowed
+        String dbPath = folder.newFolder("documents" + System.currentTimeMillis()).getName();
 
         // setting the database path with a colon creates an invalid url for OrientDB.
         // only one colon is expected. there is no documentation about proper url path for windows available :(
diff --git a/jbake-core/src/test/java/org/jbake/app/CrawlerTest.java b/jbake-core/src/test/java/org/jbake/app/CrawlerTest.java
index de0aa14b..326f001a 100644
--- a/jbake-core/src/test/java/org/jbake/app/CrawlerTest.java
+++ b/jbake-core/src/test/java/org/jbake/app/CrawlerTest.java
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ public void crawlDataFiles() {
         Assert.assertFalse(authorsFileContents.isEmpty());
         Object authorsList = authorsFileContents.get("authors");
         assertThat(authorsList).isNotInstanceOf(OTrackedMap.class);
-        assertThat(authorsList).isInstanceOf(LinkedHashMap.class);
-        LinkedHashMap<String, Map<String, Object>> authors = (LinkedHashMap<String, Map<String, Object>>) authorsList;
+        assertThat(authorsList).isInstanceOf(HashMap.class);
+        HashMap<String, Map<String, Object>> authors = (HashMap<String, Map<String, Object>>) authorsList;
         assertThat(authors.get("Joe Bloggs").get("last_name")).isEqualTo("Bloggs");
     }
 
diff --git a/jbake-core/src/test/java/org/jbake/app/template/GroovyMarkupTemplateEngineRenderingTest.java b/jbake-core/src/test/java/org/jbake/app/template/GroovyMarkupTemplateEngineRenderingTest.java
index cbc52455..c40819a1 100644
--- a/jbake-core/src/test/java/org/jbake/app/template/GroovyMarkupTemplateEngineRenderingTest.java
+++ b/jbake-core/src/test/java/org/jbake/app/template/GroovyMarkupTemplateEngineRenderingTest.java
@@ -19,14 +19,6 @@
 
 public class GroovyMarkupTemplateEngineRenderingTest extends AbstractTemplateEngineRenderingTest {
 
-    @BeforeClass
-    public static void setUpTest() {
-        //switch to PLOCAL mode for this test class as Travis sometimes runs out of memory
-        db.close();
-        config.setDatabaseStore(StorageType.PLOCAL.toString());
-        db = DBUtil.createDataStore(config);
-    }
-
     public GroovyMarkupTemplateEngineRenderingTest() {
         super("groovyMarkupTemplates", "tpl");