diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous_integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous_integration.yml
index cc959656..49b41f1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous_integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous_integration.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ jobs:
         ports:
           - 27017:27017
         env:
-          # MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME: test
-          # MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD: password
           MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: steam_test_1_8_x
         options: >-
           --health-cmd "echo 'db.runCommand("ping").ok' | mongosh --quiet"
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 2e215e8b..d7a18f76 100755
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ namespace :mongodb do
         `mv #{dump_path} #{db_path}`
       end
 
-      `mongo steam_test_1_8_x --eval "db.dropDatabase()" #{host}`
-      `mongorestore -d steam_test_1_8_x #{db_path} #{host}`
+      # NOTE: command to drop the database
+      # `mongo steam_test_1_8_x --eval "db.dropDatabase()" #{host}`
+
+      `mongorestore --drop -d steam_test_1_8_x #{db_path} #{host}`
 
       puts "Done! Update now the spec/support/helpers.rb file by setting the new id of the site returned by the mongodb_site_id method"
     end
diff --git a/spec/integration/adapters/mongodb_spec.rb b/spec/integration/adapters/mongodb_spec.rb
index 9e4ffa65..2f68d314 100644
--- a/spec/integration/adapters/mongodb_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/adapters/mongodb_spec.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
   end
 
   def current_connections
-    `mongosh --eval "db.serverStatus().connections.current"`.split("\n").last.to_i
+    stats = JSON.parse(`mongostat --noheaders -n 1 --json`)
+    stats.dig('localhost', 'conn')&.to_i
   end
 
 end