diff --git a/packages/mongodb-memory-server-core/package.json b/packages/mongodb-memory-server-core/package.json
index 6c89dfd2e..6ac83b949 100644
--- a/packages/mongodb-memory-server-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/mongodb-memory-server-core/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/debug": "^4.1.8",
     "@types/find-cache-dir": "^3.2.1",
+    "@types/follow-redirects": "^1.14.1",
     "@types/semver": "^7.5.0",
     "@types/tar-stream": "^2.2.2",
     "@types/uuid": "^9.0.2",
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@
     "camelcase": "^6.3.0",
     "debug": "^4.3.4",
     "find-cache-dir": "^3.3.2",
+    "follow-redirects": "^1.15.2",
     "get-port": "^5.1.1",
     "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.1",
     "md5-file": "^5.0.0",
@@ -68,6 +70,5 @@
     "test": "yarn run lint && yarn run coverage",
     "test:watch": "yarn run watch",
     "tscheck": "tsc --noEmit"
-  },
-  "optionalDependencies": {}
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/mongodb-memory-server-core/src/util/MongoBinaryDownload.ts b/packages/mongodb-memory-server-core/src/util/MongoBinaryDownload.ts
index 60986a6e2..d4142cfb5 100644
--- a/packages/mongodb-memory-server-core/src/util/MongoBinaryDownload.ts
+++ b/packages/mongodb-memory-server-core/src/util/MongoBinaryDownload.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { URL } from 'url';
 import path from 'path';
 import { promises as fspromises, createWriteStream, createReadStream, constants } from 'fs';
 import md5File from 'md5-file';
-import https from 'https';
+import { https } from 'follow-redirects';
 import { createUnzip } from 'zlib';
 import tar from 'tar-stream';
 import yauzl from 'yauzl';
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { DryMongoBinary } from './DryMongoBinary';
 import { MongoBinaryOpts } from './MongoBinary';
 import { clearLine } from 'readline';
 import { DownloadError, GenericMMSError, Md5CheckFailedError } from './errors';
+import { RequestOptions } from 'https';
 
 const log = debug('MongoMS:MongoBinaryDownload');
 
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ export class MongoBinaryDownload {
     const urlObject = new URL(downloadUrl);
     urlObject.port = urlObject.port || '443';
 
-    const requestOptions: https.RequestOptions = {
+    const requestOptions: RequestOptions = {
       method: 'GET',
       rejectUnauthorized: strictSsl,
       protocol: envToBool(resolveConfig(ResolveConfigVariables.USE_HTTP)) ? 'http:' : 'https:',
@@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ export class MongoBinaryDownload {
    */
   async httpDownload(
     url: URL,
-    httpOptions: https.RequestOptions,
+    httpOptions: RequestOptions,
     downloadLocation: string,
     tempDownloadLocation: string
   ): Promise<string> {