JavaDB connection error (network protocol)

I am trying to connect to derby using this:

dbProperties.put("create", "true");
dbProperties.put("dataEncryption", "true");
dbProperties.put("encryptionAlgorithm", "DES/CBC/NoPadding");
dbProperties.put("encryptionKey", "1234567890123456");
dbProperties.put("securityMechanism", ClientDataSource.STRONG_PASSWORD_SUBSTITUTE_SECURITY);
//  protocol is dbProperties.getProperty("derby.url", "jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/");
dbConnection = DriverManager.getConnection(protocol + dbName, dbProperties);

      

        
        
        
      

    

but I am getting the error:

The connection could not be established because the database name (...) is greater than the maximum length allowed by the network protocol.

Is there a way to increase this length?