diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-session/spring-session-mongodb/src/test/resources/application.properties b/spring-security-modules/spring-session/spring-session-mongodb/src/test/resources/application.properties
index 4ee830556a..f97ea98811 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-session/spring-session-mongodb/src/test/resources/application.properties
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-session/spring-session-mongodb/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 #To use a randomly allocated free port during tests to avoid port conflict across tests
 spring.data.mongodb.port=0
+
+spring.mongodb.embedded.version=3.5.5