diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DefaultDbRefResolver.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DefaultDbRefResolver.java
index f0ee5ba41..02c9e9c2d 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DefaultDbRefResolver.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DefaultDbRefResolver.java
@@ -115,14 +115,16 @@ public class DefaultDbRefResolver implements DbRefResolver {
 	@Override
 	public Document fetch(DBRef dbRef) {
 
+		MongoCollection<Document> mongoCollection = getCollection(dbRef);
+
 		if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
 			LOGGER.trace("Fetching DBRef '{}' from {}.{}.", dbRef.getId(),
-					StringUtils.hasText(dbRef.getDatabaseName()) ? dbRef.getDatabaseName() : mongoDbFactory.getMongoDatabase().getName(),
+					StringUtils.hasText(dbRef.getDatabaseName()) ? dbRef.getDatabaseName()
+							: mongoCollection.getNamespace().getDatabaseName(),
 					dbRef.getCollectionName());
 		}
 
-		StringUtils.hasText(dbRef.getDatabaseName());
-		return getCollection(dbRef).find(Filters.eq("_id", dbRef.getId())).first();
+		return mongoCollection.find(Filters.eq("_id", dbRef.getId())).first();
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -153,15 +155,16 @@ public class DefaultDbRefResolver implements DbRefResolver {
 		}
 
 		DBRef databaseSource = refs.iterator().next();
+		MongoCollection<Document> mongoCollection = getCollection(databaseSource);
 
 		if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
 			LOGGER.trace("Bulk fetching DBRefs {} from {}.{}.", ids,
 					StringUtils.hasText(databaseSource.getDatabaseName()) ? databaseSource.getDatabaseName()
-							: mongoDbFactory.getMongoDatabase().getName(),
+							: mongoCollection.getNamespace().getDatabaseName(),
 					databaseSource.getCollectionName());
 		}
 
-		List<Document> result = getCollection(databaseSource) //
+		List<Document> result = mongoCollection //
 				.find(new Document("_id", new Document("$in", ids))) //
 				.into(new ArrayList<>());
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/ClientSessionTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/ClientSessionTests.java
index f0b660f2c..79c3d8df4 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/ClientSessionTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/ClientSessionTests.java
@@ -42,24 +42,26 @@ import com.mongodb.client.ClientSession;
 import com.mongodb.client.MongoClient;
 
 /**
+ * Integration tests for {@link ClientSession} through {@link MongoTemplate#withSession(ClientSession)}.
+ *
  * @author Christoph Strobl
  * @author Mark Paluch
  */
 @ExtendWith({ MongoClientExtension.class })
 @EnableIfReplicaSetAvailable
 @EnableIfMongoServerVersion(isGreaterThanEqual = "4.0")
-public class ClientSessionTests {
+class ClientSessionTests {
 
 	private static final String DB_NAME = "client-session-tests";
 	private static final String COLLECTION_NAME = "test";
 	private static final String REF_COLLECTION_NAME = "test-with-ref";
 
-	static @ReplSetClient MongoClient mongoClient;
+	private static @ReplSetClient MongoClient mongoClient;
 
-	MongoTemplate template;
+	private MongoTemplate template;
 
 	@BeforeEach
-	public void setUp() {
+	void setUp() {
 
 		MongoTestUtils.createOrReplaceCollection(DB_NAME, COLLECTION_NAME, mongoClient);
 
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ public class ClientSessionTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAMONGO-1880
-	public void shouldApplyClientSession() {
+	void shouldApplyClientSession() {
 
 		ClientSession session = mongoClient.startSession(ClientSessionOptions.builder().causallyConsistent(true).build());
 
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ public class ClientSessionTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAMONGO-2241
-	public void shouldReuseConfiguredInfrastructure() {
+	void shouldReuseConfiguredInfrastructure() {
 
 		ClientSession session = mongoClient.startSession(ClientSessionOptions.builder().causallyConsistent(true).build());
 
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ public class ClientSessionTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAMONGO-1920
-	public void withCommittedTransaction() {
+	void withCommittedTransaction() {
 
 		ClientSession session = mongoClient.startSession(ClientSessionOptions.builder().causallyConsistent(true).build());
 
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ public class ClientSessionTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAMONGO-1920
-	public void withAbortedTransaction() {
+	void withAbortedTransaction() {
 
 		ClientSession session = mongoClient.startSession(ClientSessionOptions.builder().causallyConsistent(true).build());
 
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ public class ClientSessionTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAMONGO-2490
-	public void shouldBeAbleToReadDbRefDuringTransaction() {
+	void shouldBeAbleToReadDbRefDuringTransaction() {
 
 		SomeDoc ref = new SomeDoc("ref-1", "da value");
 		WithDbRef source = new WithDbRef("source-1", "da source", ref);
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/PersonRepositoryTransactionalTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/PersonRepositoryTransactionalTests.java
index e5c08cafc..7a893a0d9 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/PersonRepositoryTransactionalTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/PersonRepositoryTransactionalTests.java
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ public class PersonRepositoryTransactionalTests {
 	public void beforeTransaction() {
 
 		createOrReplaceCollection(DB_NAME, template.getCollectionName(Person.class), client);
+		createOrReplaceCollection(DB_NAME, template.getCollectionName(User.class), client);
 
 		durzo = new Person("Durzo", "Blint", 700);
 		kylar = new Person("Kylar", "Stern", 21);