diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index badb703..33f91de 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
       <artifactId>mongodb-driver-reactivestreams</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
       <version>4.5.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/src/main/java/earth/krakatoa/core/mongo/MongoManager.java b/src/main/java/earth/krakatoa/core/mongo/MongoManager.java
index 7010505..30c99bb 100755
--- a/src/main/java/earth/krakatoa/core/mongo/MongoManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/earth/krakatoa/core/mongo/MongoManager.java
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package earth.krakatoa.core.mongo;
 
 import com.mongodb.ConnectionString;
 import com.mongodb.MongoClientSettings;
-import com.mongodb.ServerApi;
-import com.mongodb.ServerApiVersion;
 import com.mongodb.reactivestreams.client.MongoClient;
 import com.mongodb.reactivestreams.client.MongoClients;
 import earth.krakatoa.core.config.MongoConfig;
@@ -14,7 +12,6 @@ public class MongoManager {
 
   private ConnectionString connectionString;
 
-  private ServerApi serverApi;
   private MongoClientSettings mongoClientSettings;
   private MongoClient mongoClient;
 
@@ -31,10 +28,8 @@ public class MongoManager {
             + mongoConfig.getDatabase()
             + "&readPreference=primary&ssl=false");
 
-    this.serverApi = ServerApi.builder().version(ServerApiVersion.V1).build();
-
     this.mongoClientSettings = MongoClientSettings.builder()
-        .applyConnectionString(this.connectionString).serverApi(this.serverApi).build();
+        .applyConnectionString(this.connectionString).build();
 
     this.mongoClient = MongoClients.create(this.mongoClientSettings);
   }