"java.sql.SQLException: length must be specified in type definition: VARBINARY" in JBoss EAP log

Issue

Found below error in the server.log:

ERROR [org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.AbstractKernelController] Error installing to Start: name=jboss.ejb:persistencePolicy=database,service=EJBTimerService state=Create mode=Manual requiredState=Installed
java.sql.SQLException: length must be specified in type definition: VARBINARY
    at org.hsqldb.jdbc.Util.sqlException(Util.java:232)
    at org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCStatement.fetchResult(JDBCStatement.java:1838)
    at org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCStatement.executeUpdate(JDBCStatement.java:207)
    at org.jboss.resource.adapter.jdbc.WrappedStatement.executeUpdate(WrappedStatement.java:249)
    at org.jboss.ejb.txtimer.GeneralPurposeDatabasePersistencePlugin.createTableIfNotExists(GeneralPurposeDatabasePersistencePlugin.java:176)
    at org.jboss.ejb.txtimer.DatabasePersistencePolicy.startService(DatabasePersistencePolicy.java:104)
    at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:376)
    at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:322)
    at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor109.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157)
    at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:96)
    at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
    at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
    at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:668)
    at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceProxy.java:189)