diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f50a5f840..98fb76d5c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<project.type>multi</project.type>
 		<dist.id>spring-data-mongodb</dist.id>
 		<springdata.commons>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
-		<mongo>4.0.4</mongo>
+		<mongo>4.1.0-rc0</mongo>
 		<mongo.reactivestreams>${mongo}</mongo.reactivestreams>
 		<jmh.version>1.19</jmh.version>
 	</properties>