diff --git a/lib/storage/metadata/mongoclient/MongoClientInterface.js b/lib/storage/metadata/mongoclient/MongoClientInterface.js
index 8bf6cf10c..c29e87728 100644
--- a/lib/storage/metadata/mongoclient/MongoClientInterface.js
+++ b/lib/storage/metadata/mongoclient/MongoClientInterface.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class MongoClientInterface {
     constructor(params) {
         const { replicaSetHosts, writeConcern, replicaSet, readPreference, path,
             database, logger, replicationGroupId, authCredentials,
-            isLocationTransient, shardCollections } = params;
+            isLocationTransient, shardCollections, useUnifiedTopology } = params;
         const cred = MongoUtils.credPrefix(authCredentials);
         this.mongoUrl = `mongodb://${cred}${replicaSetHosts}/` +
             `?w=${writeConcern}&readPreference=${readPreference}`;
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class MongoClientInterface {
         this.database = database;
         this.isLocationTransient = isLocationTransient;
         this.shardCollections = shardCollections;
+        this.useUnifiedTopology = useUnifiedTopology;
 
         this.concurrentCursors = (process.env.CONCURRENT_CURSORS &&
             !Number.isNaN(process.env.CONCURRENT_CURSORS))
@@ -144,6 +145,9 @@ class MongoClientInterface {
             socketTimeoutMS,
             useNewUrlParser: true,
         };
+        if (this.useUnifiedTopology === true) {
+            options.useUnifiedTopology = true;
+        }
         if (process.env.MONGO_POOL_SIZE &&
             !Number.isNaN(process.env.MONGO_POOL_SIZE)) {
             options.poolSize = Number.parseInt(process.env.MONGO_POOL_SIZE, 10);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ce46184df..39c36c4e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=16"
   },
-  "version": "8.1.113",
+  "version": "8.1.114",
   "description": "Common utilities for the S3 project components",
   "main": "build/index.js",
   "repository": {