diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/schema-sqlserver.sql b/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/schema-sqlserver.sql
index 9f93513f72..544622e4cc 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/schema-sqlserver.sql
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/schema-sqlserver.sql
@@ -76,6 +76,6 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION_CONTEXT  (
 	references BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION(JOB_EXECUTION_ID)
 ) ;
 
-CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION_SEQ (ID BIGINT IDENTITY);
-CREATE TABLE BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION_SEQ (ID BIGINT IDENTITY);
-CREATE TABLE BATCH_JOB_SEQ (ID BIGINT IDENTITY);
+CREATE SEQUENCE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION_SEQ START WITH 0 MINVALUE 0 MAXVALUE 9223372036854775807 NO CACHE NO CYCLE;
+CREATE SEQUENCE BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION_SEQ START WITH 0 MINVALUE 0 MAXVALUE 9223372036854775807 NO CACHE NO CYCLE;
+CREATE SEQUENCE BATCH_JOB_SEQ START WITH 0 MINVALUE 0 MAXVALUE 9223372036854775807 NO CACHE NO CYCLE;
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/support/DefaultDataFieldMaxValueIncrementerFactory.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/support/DefaultDataFieldMaxValueIncrementerFactory.java
index d95c6574b6..9258c238f9 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/support/DefaultDataFieldMaxValueIncrementerFactory.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/support/DefaultDataFieldMaxValueIncrementerFactory.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2006-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
  * @author Lucas Ward
  * @author Michael Minella
  * @author Drummond Dawson
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
  * @see DatabaseType
  */
 public class DefaultDataFieldMaxValueIncrementerFactory implements DataFieldMaxValueIncrementerFactory {
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ else if (databaseType == SQLITE) {
 			return new SqliteMaxValueIncrementer(dataSource, incrementerName, incrementerColumnName);
 		}
 		else if (databaseType == SQLSERVER) {
-			return new SqlServerMaxValueIncrementer(dataSource, incrementerName, incrementerColumnName);
+			return new SqlServerSequenceMaxValueIncrementer(dataSource, incrementerName);
 		}
 		else if (databaseType == SYBASE) {
 			return new SybaseMaxValueIncrementer(dataSource, incrementerName, incrementerColumnName);
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/support/SqlServerSequenceMaxValueIncrementer.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/support/SqlServerSequenceMaxValueIncrementer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9bf20815d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/support/SqlServerSequenceMaxValueIncrementer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.batch.item.database.support;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.springframework.jdbc.support.incrementer.AbstractSequenceMaxValueIncrementer;
+
+/**
+ * Incrementer for SQL Server sequences.
+ *
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
+ * @since 5.0
+ */
+public class SqlServerSequenceMaxValueIncrementer extends AbstractSequenceMaxValueIncrementer {
+
+    public SqlServerSequenceMaxValueIncrementer(DataSource dataSource, String incrementerName) {
+        super(dataSource, incrementerName);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getSequenceQuery() {
+        return "select next value for " + getIncrementerName();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/support/DefaultDataFieldMaxValueIncrementerFactoryTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/support/DefaultDataFieldMaxValueIncrementerFactoryTests.java
index d69ba7db18..c4a08e9c36 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/support/DefaultDataFieldMaxValueIncrementerFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/support/DefaultDataFieldMaxValueIncrementerFactoryTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2006-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
  * @author Lucas Ward
  * @author Will Schipp
  * @author Drummond Dawson
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
  */
 public class DefaultDataFieldMaxValueIncrementerFactoryTests extends TestCase {
 
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ public void testPostgres(){
 	}
 
 	public void testMsSqlServer(){
-		assertTrue(factory.getIncrementer("sqlserver", "NAME") instanceof SqlServerMaxValueIncrementer);
+		assertTrue(factory.getIncrementer("sqlserver", "NAME") instanceof SqlServerSequenceMaxValueIncrementer);
 	}
 
 	public void testSybase(){
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/support/SqlServerSequenceMaxValueIncrementerTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/support/SqlServerSequenceMaxValueIncrementerTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6e23939e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/support/SqlServerSequenceMaxValueIncrementerTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.batch.item.database.support;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
+ */
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class SqlServerSequenceMaxValueIncrementerTests {
+
+    @Mock
+    private DataSource dataSource;
+
+    private SqlServerSequenceMaxValueIncrementer incrementer;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetSequenceQuery() {
+        // given
+        this.incrementer = new SqlServerSequenceMaxValueIncrementer(this.dataSource, "BATCH_JOB_SEQ");
+
+        // when
+        String sequenceQuery = this.incrementer.getSequenceQuery();
+
+        // then
+        Assert.assertEquals("select next value for BATCH_JOB_SEQ", sequenceQuery);
+    }
+}
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