diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c3d3e4d072..da6ad6eda5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
                 <artifactId>mongodb-driver-core</artifactId>
-                <version>5.2.0</version>
+                <version>5.2.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <!-- XXX: Drop this `rewrite-java-17` version declaration once
             `rewrite-recipe-bom` pulls in version 8.39.1 or greater. -->