diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/resources/application.properties b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 8f0ad5ca8d..43a36dd127 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ spring.main.allow-bean-definition-overriding=true
 server.forward-headers-strategy=NATIVE
 
 spring.data.mongodb.auto-index-creation=false
+spring.data.mongodb.authentication-database=admin
 mongock.change-logs-scan-package=com.appsmith.server.migrations
 # Ensures that the size of the request object that we handle is controlled. By default it's 212KB.
 spring.codec.max-in-memory-size=100MB