diff --git a/curriculum/challenges/english/05-back-end-development-and-apis/mongodb-and-mongoose/install-and-set-up-mongoose.md b/curriculum/challenges/english/05-back-end-development-and-apis/mongodb-and-mongoose/install-and-set-up-mongoose.md
index b83d21129f1..826b4b3ab6c 100644
--- a/curriculum/challenges/english/05-back-end-development-and-apis/mongodb-and-mongoose/install-and-set-up-mongoose.md
+++ b/curriculum/challenges/english/05-back-end-development-and-apis/mongodb-and-mongoose/install-and-set-up-mongoose.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Follow <a href='https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/get-started-with-mongodb-atlas
 
 # --instructions--
 
-`mongodb@~3.6.0` and `mongoose@~5.4.0` have been added to your project’s `package.json` file. First, require mongoose as `mongoose` in `myApp.js`. Next, create a `.env` file and add a `MONGO_URI` variable to it. Its value should be your MongoDB Atlas database URI. Be sure to surround the URI with single or double quotes, and remember that you can't use spaces around the `=` in environment variables. For example, `MONGO_URI='VALUE'`.
+`mongoose@^5.11.15` has been added to your project’s `package.json` file. First, require mongoose as `mongoose` in `myApp.js`. Next, create a `.env` file and add a `MONGO_URI` variable to it. Its value should be your MongoDB Atlas database URI. Be sure to surround the URI with single or double quotes, and remember that you can't use spaces around the `=` in environment variables. For example, `MONGO_URI='VALUE'`.
 
 **Note:** If you are using Replit, you cannot create a `.env` file. Instead, use the built-in <dfn>SECRETS</dfn> tab to add the variable. <em>Do not</em> surround the values with quotes when using the <em>SECRETS</em> tab.
 
@@ -34,27 +34,7 @@ mongoose.connect(<Your URI>, { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true }
 
 # --hints--
 
-"mongodb version ~3.6.0" dependency should be in package.json
-
-```js
-(getUserInput) =>
-  $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/file/package.json').then(
-    (data) => {
-      var packJson = JSON.parse(data);
-      assert.property(packJson.dependencies, 'mongodb')
-      assert.match(
-        packJson.dependencies.mongodb,
-        /^\~3\.6\.0/,
-        'Wrong version of "mongodb". It should be ~3.6.0'
-      );
-    },
-    (xhr) => {
-      throw new Error(xhr.responseText);
-    }
-  );
-```
-
-"mongoose version ~5.4.0" dependency should be in package.json
+"mongoose version ^5.11.15" dependency should be in package.json
 
 ```js
 (getUserInput) =>
@@ -64,8 +44,8 @@ mongoose.connect(<Your URI>, { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true }
       assert.property(packJson.dependencies, 'mongoose');
       assert.match(
         packJson.dependencies.mongoose,
-        /^\~5\.4\.0/,
-        'Wrong version of "mongoose". It should be ~5.4.0'
+        /^\^5\.11\.15/,
+        'Wrong version of "mongoose". It should be ^5.11.15'
       );
     },
     (xhr) => {