diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index fe5e435..5366adb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Changed
+- [COMMON] Use new mongodb `connect` command to interact with all versions of DB
 
 
 ## [1.0.4] - 2025-10-29
diff --git a/usr/local/share/vulture-utils/common.sh b/usr/local/share/vulture-utils/common.sh
index cc6f879..1b09cb5 100644
--- a/usr/local/share/vulture-utils/common.sh
+++ b/usr/local/share/vulture-utils/common.sh
@@ -53,16 +53,12 @@ error_and_blink() {
 ######################
 exec_mongo() {
     _command="$1"
-    _hostname="$(hostname)"
 
     if ! /usr/sbin/jls | /usr/bin/grep -q mongodb; then
         return 1
     fi
-    if [ -z "$_hostname" ] || [ -z "${_command}" ]; then
-        return 1
-    fi
 
-    /usr/sbin/jexec mongodb mongo --ssl --sslCAFile /var/db/pki/ca.pem --sslPEMKeyFile /var/db/pki/node.pem "${_hostname}:9091" -eval "${_command}"
+    /usr/sbin/jexec mongodb connect -- --eval "${_command}"
     return $?
 }