diff --git a/roles/mongo/defaults/main.yml b/roles/mongo/defaults/main.yml
index a58b2a320..1f034b021 100644
--- a/roles/mongo/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mongo/defaults/main.yml
@@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ mongo_pki_dir: "/etc/pki/mongo"
 
 # Users and groups
 mongo_group: "mongod"
+mongo_pymongo_version: 4.16.0
diff --git a/roles/mongo/tasks/install.yml b/roles/mongo/tasks/install.yml
index 673d465e3..5dff356ee 100644
--- a/roles/mongo/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/mongo/tasks/install.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 - name: Install pymongo
   ansible.builtin.pip:
-    name: pymongo
+    name: pymongo=={{ mongo_pymongo_version }}
 
 - name: Install kernel settings script
   ansible.builtin.copy: