diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2f828d5f74..1c0b80b077 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         "jwt-decode": "^4.0.0",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
         "markdown-toc": "^1.2.0",
-        "mongodb": "6.3.0",
+        "mongodb": "^6.3.0",
         "mongoose": "^8.2.0",
         "mongoose-paginate-v2": "^1.8.0",
         "morgan": "^1.10.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bf82356da3..85a3d40b32 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "jwt-decode": "^4.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "markdown-toc": "^1.2.0",
-    "mongodb": "6.3.0",
+    "mongodb": "^6.3.0",
     "mongoose": "^8.2.0",
     "mongoose-paginate-v2": "^1.8.0",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",
diff --git a/setup.ts b/setup.ts
index 2f5985f045..bc7ff108f4 100644
--- a/setup.ts
+++ b/setup.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import path from "path";
 /* eslint-disable */
 import type { ExecException } from "child_process";
 import { exec } from "child_process";
-import mongodb from "mongodb";
+import mongodb, { MongoClient } from "mongodb";
 import { MAXIMUM_IMAGE_SIZE_LIMIT_KB } from "./src/constants";
 import {
   askForMongoDBUrl,
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ async function askForTransactionLogPath(): Promise<string> {
  */
 export async function shouldWipeExistingData(url: string): Promise<boolean> {
   let shouldImport = false;
-  const client = new mongodb.MongoClient(url);
+  const client = new MongoClient(`${url}`);
   try {
     await client.connect();
     const db = client.db();