diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e4e19156c2..7c65ffb638 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -59,3 +59,5 @@ lib/
 
 # Redis Dump
 dump.rdb
+
+_mongodb_runner
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 71e3f0be82..eb1705ba87 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@
     "test:mongodb:6.0.2": "npm run test:mongodb --dbversion=6.0.2",
     "test:mongodb:7.0.1": "npm run test:mongodb --dbversion=7.0.1",
     "test:postgres:testonly": "cross-env PARSE_SERVER_TEST_DB=postgres PARSE_SERVER_TEST_DATABASE_URI=postgres://postgres:password@localhost:5432/parse_server_postgres_adapter_test_database npm run testonly",
-    "pretest": "cross-env MONGODB_VERSION=${MONGODB_VERSION:=5.3.2} MONGODB_TOPOLOGY=${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY:=standalone} mongodb-runner start -t ${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY} --version ${MONGODB_VERSION} -- --port 27017",
-    "testonly": "cross-env MONGODB_VERSION=${MONGODB_VERSION:=5.3.2} MONGODB_TOPOLOGY=${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY:=standalone} TESTING=1 jasmine",
+    "pretest": "cross-env MONGODB_VERSION=${MONGODB_VERSION:=6.0.2} MONGODB_TOPOLOGY=${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY:=standalone} mongodb-runner start -t ${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY} --version ${MONGODB_VERSION} --runnerDir ./_mongodb_runner -- --port 27017",
+    "testonly": "cross-env MONGODB_VERSION=${MONGODB_VERSION:=6.0.2} MONGODB_TOPOLOGY=${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY:=standalone} TESTING=1 jasmine",
     "test": "npm run testonly",
-    "posttest": "cross-env mongodb-runner stop --all",
-    "coverage": "cross-env MONGODB_VERSION=${MONGODB_VERSION:=5.3.2} MONGODB_TOPOLOGY=${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY:=standalone} TESTING=1 nyc jasmine",
+    "posttest": "cross-env mongodb-runner stop --all --runnerDir ./_mongodb_runner",
+    "coverage": "cross-env MONGODB_VERSION=${MONGODB_VERSION:=6.0.2} MONGODB_TOPOLOGY=${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY:=standalone} TESTING=1 nyc jasmine",
     "start": "node ./bin/parse-server",
     "prettier": "prettier --write {src,spec}/{**/*,*}.js",
     "prepare": "npm run build",