diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 034d06e0..3fd06fa1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "feathers-mongoose": "^3.6.1",
     "feathers-rest": "^1.5.2",
     "feathers-socketio": "^1.4.2",
-    "mongoose": "^4.7.0",
+    "mongoose": "^5.2.2",
     "passport": "^0.3.2",
     "passport-github": "^1.1.0",
     "passport-github-token": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/src/services/index.js b/src/services/index.js
index df959179..c583603a 100644
--- a/src/services/index.js
+++ b/src/services/index.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
   const app = this;
 
   if (process.env.TESTING !== 'true'){
-    mongoose.connect(app.get('mongodb'));
+    mongoose.connect(app.get('mongodb'), { useNewUrlParser: true });
   }
   mongoose.Promise = global.Promise;