diff --git a/helpers/mongodb b/helpers/mongodb
index e0c9277ce..f374a9e01 100644
--- a/helpers/mongodb
+++ b/helpers/mongodb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-readonly YNH_DEFAULT_MONGO_VERSION=4.4
+readonly YNH_DEFAULT_MONGO_VERSION=5.0
 # Declare the actual MongoDB version to use: 4.4 ; 5.0 ; 6.0
 # A packager willing to use another version of MongoDB can override the variable into its _common.sh.
 YNH_MONGO_VERSION=${YNH_MONGO_VERSION:-$YNH_DEFAULT_MONGO_VERSION}