diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 95fc8379d9..1e2a897451 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
org.springframework.data
spring-data-mongodb-parent
- 5.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+ 5.0.x-GH-4290-SNAPSHOT
pom
Spring Data MongoDB
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
index fc88571622..21588fad2b 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
org.springframework.data
spring-data-mongodb-parent
- 5.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+ 5.0.x-GH-4290-SNAPSHOT
../pom.xml
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
index 6f34da5660..6f62b2868d 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
org.springframework.data
spring-data-mongodb-parent
- 5.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+ 5.0.x-GH-4290-SNAPSHOT
../pom.xml
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MongoCustomConversions.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MongoCustomConversions.java
index 8dccced380..7e0365d455 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MongoCustomConversions.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MongoCustomConversions.java
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public static class MongoConverterConfigurationAdapter {
private static final Set> JAVA_DRIVER_TIME_SIMPLE_TYPES = Set.of(LocalDate.class, LocalTime.class, LocalDateTime.class);
private boolean useNativeDriverJavaTimeCodecs = false;
- private BigDecimalRepresentation bigDecimals = BigDecimalRepresentation.STRING;
+ private BigDecimalRepresentation bigDecimals = BigDecimalRepresentation.DECIMAL128;
private final List