diff --git a/grails-forge-core/src/main/resources/pom.xml b/grails-forge-core/src/main/resources/pom.xml
index 435e8517..304d83af 100644
--- a/grails-forge-core/src/main/resources/pom.xml
+++ b/grails-forge-core/src/main/resources/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
             <artifactId>mongodb-driver-sync</artifactId>
-            <version>4.4.2</version>
+            <version>4.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.grails.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/grails-forge-core/src/test/groovy/org/grails/forge/feature/database/MongoSyncSpec.groovy b/grails-forge-core/src/test/groovy/org/grails/forge/feature/database/MongoSyncSpec.groovy
index 16fc78ac..3f373f76 100644
--- a/grails-forge-core/src/test/groovy/org/grails/forge/feature/database/MongoSyncSpec.groovy
+++ b/grails-forge-core/src/test/groovy/org/grails/forge/feature/database/MongoSyncSpec.groovy
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class MongoSyncSpec extends ApplicationContextSpec implements CommandOutputFixtu
                 .render()
 
         then:
-        template.contains('implementation("org.mongodb:mongodb-driver-sync:4.4.2")')
+        template.contains('implementation("org.mongodb:mongodb-driver-sync:4.5.0")')
         template.contains('testImplementation("org.testcontainers:mongodb")')
     }
 }