A method under test uses Hibernate to query the database. Hence the test case prepares data by inserting them into the table.

For eg let us say feature A works with emp table and is developed and tested.
Now for feature B, a new column is added to the same emp table, Although feature A does not depend on this column all test cases of feature A needs to updated now.
This is turning out to be a costly issue.

Is there is a better way to do this ?