Mongodb upgrade standalone

2025-12-172025-12-17

⬆️ MongoDB Standalone Upgrade: v6 ➡️ v7

This guide covers the steps and best practices for upgrading MongoDB from version 6 to version 7 in a standalone setup.

---

🔧 Enable Feature Compatibility

Set the featureCompatibilityVersion to support the new version:

db.adminCommand( { getParameter: 1, featureCompatibilityVersion: 1 } )
db.adminCommand( { setFeatureCompatibilityVersion: "7.0", confirm: true } )

Update ArgoCD Application

Update your ArgoCD chart reference for MongoDB:

  - repoURL: registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts
    chart: mongodb
    targetRevision: 16.5.21

Backup MongoDB Data

mongodump --uri="mongodb://localhost:27017/" --out=./atnt-poc.md

Info

Always backup your data before performing upgrades and verify compatibility settings to avoid issues.

Upgrade MongoDB with Helm

helm upgrade mongodb --namespace mongodb ./ 
helm upgrade mongodb -n mongodb bitnami/mongodb --version 16.5.21 -f values.yaml