diff --git a/deploy/ansible/vars/packages.yml b/deploy/ansible/vars/packages.yml
index 57cd06cbaa..926764a778 100644
--- a/deploy/ansible/vars/packages.yml
+++ b/deploy/ansible/vars/packages.yml
@@ -1,22 +1,4 @@
 ---
-###############################
-# This file defines package versions where specific packages version are
-# specified in the playbooks.  To update a package, change the version in
-# this file and rerun the specified playbook
-###############################
-
-# MongoDB version
-mongodb_version: 4.4
-
-# Packages installed by playbook_docker.yml
-docker_compose_version: 1.28.5
-
-# Version for aws-cli installed by aws_access role
-aws_cli_version: 2.1.28
-
-# Version for cert_manager.io
-cert_manager_version: v1.7.1
-
 # Packages required for targets
 required_packages:
   - python3
diff --git a/deploy/helm/aws-login/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/aws-login/values.yaml
index 9576746312..291d9b7e28 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/aws-login/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/aws-login/values.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,3 @@ awsEcr:
   serviceAccount: account-ecr-login
   role: role-ecr-login
   roleBinding: role-ecr-login-binding
-
-database:
-  mongo_image_tag: 4.4
-  data_size: 16Gi
diff --git a/deploy/helm/thecombine/charts/database/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/thecombine/charts/database/values.yaml
index ce9d2278b0..74ebd2a243 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/thecombine/charts/database/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/thecombine/charts/database/values.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # This is a YAML-formatted file.
 # Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
 
-mongoImageTag: "4.4"
+mongoImageTag: "5.0"
 persistentVolumeSize: 16Gi
diff --git a/maintenance/scripts/combine_app.py b/maintenance/scripts/combine_app.py
index f16b14f62b..4baae592bb 100644
--- a/maintenance/scripts/combine_app.py
+++ b/maintenance/scripts/combine_app.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def db_cmd(self, cmd: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
         """
         db_results = self.exec(
             self.get_pod_id(CombineApp.Component.Database),
-            ["/usr/bin/mongo", "--quiet", "CombineDatabase", "--eval", cmd],
+            ["/usr/bin/mongosh", "--quiet", "CombineDatabase", "--eval", cmd],
         )
         result_str = self.object_id_to_str(db_results.stdout)
         if result_str != "":
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def db_query(
         cmd = f"db.{collection}.find({query}, {projection}).toArray()"
         db_results = self.exec(
             self.get_pod_id(CombineApp.Component.Database),
-            ["/usr/bin/mongo", "--quiet", "CombineDatabase", "--eval", cmd],
+            ["/usr/bin/mongosh", "--quiet", "CombineDatabase", "--eval", cmd],
         )
         result_str = self.object_id_to_str(db_results.stdout)
         if result_str != "":
diff --git a/scripts/dropDB.ts b/scripts/dropDB.ts
index 13d0e04cfc..c8371dbd60 100644
--- a/scripts/dropDB.ts
+++ b/scripts/dropDB.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { spawnSync } from "child_process";
 
-const cmd = spawnSync("mongo", [
+const cmd = spawnSync("mongosh", [
   "-eval",
   "db.getSiblingDB('CombineDatabase').dropDatabase()",
 ]);
diff --git a/scripts/setAdminUser.ts b/scripts/setAdminUser.ts
index 268349b4b1..300f71fc77 100644
--- a/scripts/setAdminUser.ts
+++ b/scripts/setAdminUser.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ if (args.length > 0) {
   const user = args[0];
   const updateCommand = `db.UsersCollection.updateOne({username: "${user}"}, {$set: {isAdmin: true}});`;
 
-  const cmd = spawnSync("mongo", ["--eval", updateCommand, "CombineDatabase"]);
+  const cmd = spawnSync("mongosh", [
+    "--eval",
+    updateCommand,
+    "CombineDatabase",
+  ]);
   console.log(`stderr: ${cmd.stderr.toString()}`);
   console.log(`stdout: ${cmd.stdout.toString()}`);
 } else {