diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 523ada5d91958dd3b1290c4d11956fa9cd294b67..00d54f7dbe796c85ec34dcb7f4f4116953de93d4 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 mongodb:
-  version: "4.4"
+  version: "5.0"
   api_user: "{{ omit }}"
   api_password: "{{ omit }}"
   config: