diff --git a/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.component/pom.xml b/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.component/pom.xml
index 93c7663e5..2c8abcb64 100644
--- a/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.component/pom.xml
+++ b/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.component/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
 			<classifier>tests</classifier>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+			<artifactId>basyx.mongodbcore</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
 			<artifactId>basyx.conceptdescriptionrepository.component</artifactId>
diff --git a/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.component/src/test/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/aasenvironment/component/TestMongoDbCollections.java b/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.component/src/test/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/aasenvironment/component/TestMongoDbCollections.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..173f7fbd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.component/src/test/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/aasenvironment/component/TestMongoDbCollections.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 the Eclipse BaSyx Authors
+ * 
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ * 
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ * 
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+ * LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+ * OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+ * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+package org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx.aasenvironment.component;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx.common.mongocore.MongoDBUtilities;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate;
+
+import com.mongodb.client.MongoClient;
+import com.mongodb.client.MongoClients;
+
+/**
+ * TestMongoDbCollections
+ *
+ * @author mateusmolina
+ *
+ */
+public class TestMongoDbCollections {
+	private static ConfigurableApplicationContext appContext;
+
+	// MongoDB configuration
+	private static final String CONNECTION_URL = "mongodb://mongoAdmin:mongoPassword@localhost:27017/";
+	private static final String DB_NAME = "aas-env";
+	private static final String AAS_REPO_COLLECTION = "aas-repo";
+	private static final String SM_REPO_COLLECTION = "submodel-repo";
+	private static final String CD_REPO_COLLECTION = "cd-repo";
+
+	private static final MongoTemplate mongoTemplate = buildMongoTemplate(CONNECTION_URL, DB_NAME);
+
+	@BeforeClass
+	public static void startAASEnvironment() throws Exception {
+		appContext = new SpringApplicationBuilder(AasEnvironmentComponent.class).profiles("mongodb").run(new String[] {});
+	}
+	
+	@AfterClass
+	public static void deleteDatabase() {
+		appContext.close();
+		MongoDBUtilities.clearCollection(mongoTemplate, AAS_REPO_COLLECTION);
+		MongoDBUtilities.clearCollection(mongoTemplate, SM_REPO_COLLECTION);
+		MongoDBUtilities.clearCollection(mongoTemplate, CD_REPO_COLLECTION);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void aasRepoCollectionIsCorrectlyDefined() {
+		assertMongoDBCollectionExists(AAS_REPO_COLLECTION);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void smRepoCollectionIsCorrectlyDefined() {
+		assertMongoDBCollectionExists(SM_REPO_COLLECTION);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void cdRepoCollectionIsCorrectlyDefined() {
+		assertMongoDBCollectionExists(CD_REPO_COLLECTION);
+	}
+
+	private void assertMongoDBCollectionExists(String collectionName) {
+		assertTrue(mongoTemplate.collectionExists(collectionName));
+	}
+
+	private static MongoTemplate buildMongoTemplate(String connectionUrl, String dbName) {
+		MongoClient client = MongoClients.create(connectionUrl);
+		return new MongoTemplate(client, dbName);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.component/src/test/resources/application-mongodb.properties b/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.component/src/test/resources/application-mongodb.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18cb5c871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.component/src/test/resources/application-mongodb.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+basyx.backend = MongoDB
+
+spring.data.mongodb.host=127.0.0.1
+spring.data.mongodb.port=27017
+spring.data.mongodb.database=aas-env
+spring.data.mongodb.authentication-database=admin
+spring.data.mongodb.username=mongoAdmin
+spring.data.mongodb.password=mongoPassword
+
+# default values 
+basyx.aasrepository.mongodb.collectionName=aas-repo
+basyx.submodelrepository.mongodb.collectionName=submodel-repo
+basyx.cdrepository.mongodb.collectionName=cd-repo
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