diff --git a/frameworks/JavaScript/express/mongodb-app.js b/frameworks/JavaScript/express/mongodb-app.js
index ad8bb0bfac4..534fddc63f5 100644
--- a/frameworks/JavaScript/express/mongodb-app.js
+++ b/frameworks/JavaScript/express/mongodb-app.js
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@ const cluster = require('cluster');
 const numCPUs = require('os').cpus().length;
 const express = require('express');
 const mongoose = require('mongoose');
-const connection = mongoose.createConnection('mongodb://tfb-database/hello_world',{
-  useNewUrlParser: true,
-  useUnifiedTopology: true,
-  useFindAndModify: false,
-});
+const connection = mongoose.createConnection('mongodb://tfb-database/hello_world');
 
 // Middleware
 const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
diff --git a/frameworks/JavaScript/express/package.json b/frameworks/JavaScript/express/package.json
index da0b4b9f4a7..0fe00038a27 100644
--- a/frameworks/JavaScript/express/package.json
+++ b/frameworks/JavaScript/express/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "dateformat": "3.0.3",
     "escape-html": "1.0.3",
     "express": "4.18.2",
-    "mongoose": "5.13.20",
+    "mongoose": "8.3.2",
     "mysql2": "3.9.7",
     "pg": "8.5.0",
     "pg-promise": "10.7.3",