diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 459bdda..6ef049a 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.1",
         "illuminate/session": "^10.0",
-        "mongodb/laravel-mongodb": "^4.0",
+        "mongodb/laravel-mongodb": "^5.0",
         "ext-mongodb": "*"
     },
     "require-dev": {
diff --git a/src/Console/Commands/MongodbSessionDropIndex.php b/src/Console/Commands/MongodbSessionDropIndex.php
index d506777..17eaf94 100644
--- a/src/Console/Commands/MongodbSessionDropIndex.php
+++ b/src/Console/Commands/MongodbSessionDropIndex.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public function handle(): void
     {
         $collection = config('session.table');
 
-        DB::connection('mongodb')->getMongoDB()->command([
+        DB::connection('mongodb')->getDatabase()->command([
             'dropIndexes' => $collection,
             'index' => $this->argument('index'),
         ], [
diff --git a/src/Console/Commands/MongodbSessionIndex.php b/src/Console/Commands/MongodbSessionIndex.php
index 4ee93be..8c29904 100644
--- a/src/Console/Commands/MongodbSessionIndex.php
+++ b/src/Console/Commands/MongodbSessionIndex.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public function handle(): void
     {
         $collection = config('session.table');
 
-        DB::connection('mongodb')->getMongoDB()->command([
+        DB::connection('mongodb')->getDatabase()->command([
             'createIndexes' => $collection,
             'indexes' => [
                 [
diff --git a/src/MongoDbSessionHandler.php b/src/MongoDbSessionHandler.php
index ae34554..507fc46 100644
--- a/src/MongoDbSessionHandler.php
+++ b/src/MongoDbSessionHandler.php
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace ForFit\Session;
 
-use MongoDB\BSON\UTCDateTime;
 use MongoDB\BSON\Binary;
+use MongoDB\BSON\UTCDateTime;
 use MongoDB\Driver\Exception\BulkWriteException;
 use SessionHandlerInterface;
 
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ class MongoDbSessionHandler implements SessionHandlerInterface
     protected $table;
 
     /**
-     * @param  \Illuminate\Database\ConnectionInterface  $connection
+     * @param \Illuminate\Database\ConnectionInterface $connection
      * @param string $table
      * @param integer $minutes
      */
     public function __construct($connection, $table = 'sessions', $minutes = 60)
     {
         $this->connection = $connection;
-        $this->minutes = (int) $minutes;
+        $this->minutes = (int)$minutes;
         $this->table = $table;
     }
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public function read($id): false|string
     {
         $session = $this->query()->find($id);
 
-        return $session ? $session['payload'] : '';
+        return $session ? $session->payload : '';
     }
 
     /**
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public function read($id): false|string
     public function write($id, $data): bool
     {
         try {
-            return (bool) $this->query()
+            return (bool)$this->query()
                 ->where('_id', $id)
                 ->update($this->buildPayload($data), ['upsert' => true]);
         } catch (BulkWriteException $exception) {
diff --git a/tests/Unit/MongoDbSessionHandlerTest.php b/tests/Unit/MongoDbSessionHandlerTest.php
index 2c2c784..a008442 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/MongoDbSessionHandlerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/MongoDbSessionHandlerTest.php
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 use ForFit\Session\MongoDbSessionHandler;
 use ForFit\Session\Tests\TestCase;
+use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use MongoDB\BSON\Binary;
-use MongoDB\BSON\UTCDateTime;
 
 class MongoDbSessionHandlerTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -13,23 +13,23 @@ class MongoDbSessionHandlerTest extends TestCase
      * @var MongoDbSessionHandler
      */
     protected $handler;
-    
+
     /**
      * @var string
      */
     protected $sessionId;
-    
+
     /**
      * Set up the test environment.
      */
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
         parent::setUp();
-        
+
         $this->handler = $this->app['session.store']->getHandler();
         $this->sessionId = md5(uniqid('test_session'));
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Test the open method
      */
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public function test_open_method(): void
     {
         $this->assertTrue($this->handler->open('path', 'name'));
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Test the close method
      */
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public function test_close_method(): void
     {
         $this->assertTrue($this->handler->close());
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Test reading non-existent session
      */
@@ -53,33 +53,33 @@ public function test_read_non_existent_session(): void
     {
         $this->assertEquals('', $this->handler->read('non_existent_id'));
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Test write and read session
      */
     public function test_write_and_read_session(): void
     {
         $data = 'test_data_' . time();
-        
+
         // Write session data
         $this->assertTrue($this->handler->write($this->sessionId, $data));
-        
+
         // Read it back
         $readData = $this->handler->read($this->sessionId);
-        
+
         $this->assertEquals($data, $readData);
-        
+
         // Check database directly
         $session = $this->app['db']->table(config('session.table'))
             ->where('_id', $this->sessionId)
             ->first();
-            
+
         $this->assertNotNull($session);
-        $this->assertInstanceOf(Binary::class, $session['payload']);
-        $this->assertInstanceOf(UTCDateTime::class, $session['expires_at']);
-        $this->assertInstanceOf(UTCDateTime::class, $session['last_activity']);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Binary::class, $session->payload);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Carbon::class, $session->expires_at);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Carbon::class, $session->last_activity);
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Test destroy session
      */
@@ -87,23 +87,23 @@ public function test_destroy_session(): void
     {
         // First write a session
         $this->handler->write($this->sessionId, 'test_data');
-        
+
         // Verify it exists
         $exists = $this->app['db']->table(config('session.table'))
             ->where('_id', $this->sessionId)
             ->exists();
         $this->assertTrue($exists);
-        
+
         // Now destroy it
         $this->assertTrue($this->handler->destroy($this->sessionId));
-        
+
         // Verify it's gone
         $exists = $this->app['db']->table(config('session.table'))
             ->where('_id', $this->sessionId)
             ->exists();
         $this->assertFalse($exists);
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Test garbage collection
      */
@@ -112,4 +112,4 @@ public function test_garbage_collection(): void
         // gc should return a truthy value as it's handled by MongoDB TTL index
         $this->assertNotFalse($this->handler->gc(100));
     }
-} 
\ No newline at end of file
+}