diff --git a/packages/db-mongodb/src/connect.ts b/packages/db-mongodb/src/connect.ts
index ffe5e902ff3..e9b02a6bff9 100644
--- a/packages/db-mongodb/src/connect.ts
+++ b/packages/db-mongodb/src/connect.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { ConnectOptions } from 'mongoose'
-import type { Connect } from 'payload'
+import type { Connect, Migration } from 'payload'
 
 import mongoose from 'mongoose'
 import { defaultBeginTransaction } from 'payload'
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export const connect: Connect = async function connect(
     }
 
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' && this.prodMigrations) {
-      await this.migrate({ migrations: this.prodMigrations })
+      await this.migrate({ migrations: this.prodMigrations as unknown as Migration[] })
     }
   } catch (err) {
     let msg = `Error: cannot connect to MongoDB.`
diff --git a/packages/db-mongodb/src/index.ts b/packages/db-mongodb/src/index.ts
index 0c3fa426099..9c296f3d28e 100644
--- a/packages/db-mongodb/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/db-mongodb/src/index.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import type {
   CollectionSlug,
   DatabaseAdapterObj,
   JsonObject,
-  Migration,
   Payload,
   TypeWithVersion,
   UpdateGlobalArgs,
@@ -24,7 +23,13 @@ import type {
 import mongoose from 'mongoose'
 import { createDatabaseAdapter, defaultBeginTransaction, findMigrationDir } from 'payload'
 
-import type { CollectionModel, GlobalModel, MigrateDownArgs, MigrateUpArgs } from './types.js'
+import type {
+  CollectionModel,
+  GlobalModel,
+  MigrateDownArgs,
+  MigrateUpArgs,
+  MongooseMigration,
+} from './types.js'
 
 import { connect } from './connect.js'
 import { count } from './count.js'
@@ -136,7 +141,7 @@ export interface Args {
    * typed as any to avoid dependency
    */
   mongoMemoryServer?: MongoMemoryReplSet
-  prodMigrations?: Migration[]
+  prodMigrations?: MongooseMigration[]
 
   transactionOptions?: false | TransactionOptions
 
diff --git a/packages/db-mongodb/src/types.ts b/packages/db-mongodb/src/types.ts
index f1b130631e4..aabc29356e7 100644
--- a/packages/db-mongodb/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/db-mongodb/src/types.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type {
   GroupField,
   JoinField,
   JSONField,
+  MigrationData,
   NumberField,
   Payload,
   PayloadRequest,
@@ -163,3 +164,8 @@ export type MigrateDownArgs = {
    */
   session?: ClientSession
 }
+
+export type MongooseMigration = {
+  down: (args: MigrateDownArgs) => Promise<void>
+  up: (args: MigrateUpArgs) => Promise<void>
+} & MigrationData