diff --git a/loopback-server/package.json b/loopback-server/package.json
index 85fd2c8..ec3e371 100644
--- a/loopback-server/package.json
+++ b/loopback-server/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "loopback": "^2.22.0",
     "loopback-boot": "^2.6.5",
     "loopback-component-explorer": "^2.4.0",
-    "loopback-connector-mongodb": "^1.18.1",
+    "loopback-connector-mongodb": "^5.3.0",
     "loopback-datasource-juggler": "^2.39.0",
     "loopback-ds-timestamp-mixin": "^3.4.1",
     "serve-favicon": "^2.0.1",