diff --git a/packages/_example/package.json b/packages/_example/package.json
index 01305de0a6..0335b90394 100644
--- a/packages/_example/package.json
+++ b/packages/_example/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "fastify2": "npm:fastify@^2.15.3",
     "koa": "^2.14.1",
     "mariadb": "^3.0.2",
-    "mongoose": "^7.0.1",
+    "mongoose": "8.8.4",
     "mysql2": "^3.0.1",
     "pg": "^8.8.0",
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
diff --git a/packages/datasource-mongo/package.json b/packages/datasource-mongo/package.json
index c123b34490..970760c402 100644
--- a/packages/datasource-mongo/package.json
+++ b/packages/datasource-mongo/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "@forestadmin/datasource-mongoose": "1.8.9",
     "@forestadmin/datasource-toolkit": "1.46.0",
     "json-stringify-pretty-compact": "^3.0.0",
-    "mongoose": "^7.0.1",
+    "mongoose": "8.8.4",
     "tunnel-ssh": "^5.2.0"
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/packages/datasource-mongo/test/create.integration.test.ts b/packages/datasource-mongo/test/create.integration.test.ts
index 847827d339..bf78d7a705 100644
--- a/packages/datasource-mongo/test/create.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/datasource-mongo/test/create.integration.test.ts
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ describe('create', () => {
 
   it('should allow to create a new movie', async () => {
     const dataSource = await createDataSource();
-    const movies = dataSource.collections.find(c => c.name === 'movies');
+    const movies = dataSource.getCollection('movies');
 
-    const created = await movies!.create(null as unknown as Caller, [{ title: 'Interstellar' }]);
+    const created = await movies.create(null as unknown as Caller, [{ title: 'Interstellar' }]);
 
     expect(created).toEqual([{ _id: expect.any(String), title: 'Interstellar' }]);
   });
diff --git a/packages/datasource-mongo/test/introspection/reference-candidates-verifier.unit.test.ts b/packages/datasource-mongo/test/introspection/reference-candidates-verifier.unit.test.ts
index 83d65cbe43..1d93fccfb7 100644
--- a/packages/datasource-mongo/test/introspection/reference-candidates-verifier.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/datasource-mongo/test/introspection/reference-candidates-verifier.unit.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
 import mongoose from 'mongoose';
 
 import ReferenceCandidatesVerifier from '../../src/introspection/reference-candidates-verifier';
@@ -160,8 +159,8 @@ describe('Unit > Introspection > ReferenceCandidatesVerifier', () => {
     });
 
     it('should detect matching ids when using binary type', async () => {
-      const publisherId1 = new Binary(randomUUID());
-      const publisherId2 = new Binary(randomUUID());
+      const publisherId1 = new Binary(mongoose.mongo.UUID.generate());
+      const publisherId2 = new Binary(mongoose.mongo.UUID.generate());
       const { connection } = setupCollectionMock({
         publisher: [{ _id: publisherId1 }, { _id: publisherId2 }],
       });
@@ -186,8 +185,8 @@ describe('Unit > Introspection > ReferenceCandidatesVerifier', () => {
         publisher: [
           {
             referenceSamples: new Set([
-              new Binary(publisherId1.toString()),
-              new Binary(publisherId2.toString()),
+              new Binary(publisherId1.value()),
+              new Binary(publisherId2.value()),
             ]),
             isReferenceCandidate: true,
             seen: 2,
diff --git a/packages/datasource-mongo/test/version-manager.unit.test.ts b/packages/datasource-mongo/test/version-manager.unit.test.ts
index abc326b119..d4ca29f964 100644
--- a/packages/datasource-mongo/test/version-manager.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/datasource-mongo/test/version-manager.unit.test.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 describe('VersionManager', () => {
   beforeEach(() => jest.resetModules());
 
-  it('should return "ObjectID" for mongoose 6', () => {
-    jest.mock('mongoose', () => ({ version: '6.0.0' }));
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires,global-require
-    const VersionManager = require('../src/version-manager').default;
-    expect(VersionManager.ObjectIdTypeName).toEqual('ObjectID');
-  });
-
-  it('should return "ObjectId" for mongoose 7', () => {
-    jest.mock('mongoose', () => ({ version: '7.0.0' }));
+  it('should dynamically return type name for current mongoose version', () => {
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires,global-require
     const VersionManager = require('../src/version-manager').default;
 
diff --git a/packages/datasource-mongoose/package.json b/packages/datasource-mongoose/package.json
index 9f2c506548..52a129b725 100644
--- a/packages/datasource-mongoose/package.json
+++ b/packages/datasource-mongoose/package.json
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
     "luxon": "^3.2.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "mongoose": "^7.0.1"
+    "mongoose": "8.8.4"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "mongoose": "6.x || 7.x"
+    "mongoose": "6.x || 7.x || 8.x"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
diff --git a/packages/datasource-mongoose/src/mongoose/schema.ts b/packages/datasource-mongoose/src/mongoose/schema.ts
index 998fe0743e..9d11083c85 100644
--- a/packages/datasource-mongoose/src/mongoose/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/datasource-mongoose/src/mongoose/schema.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Model, Schema, SchemaType } from 'mongoose';
 
 import { Stack } from '../types';
 import { recursiveDelete, recursiveSet } from '../utils/helpers';
+import VersionManager from '../utils/version-manager';
 
 export type SchemaBranch = { [key: string]: SchemaNode };
 export type SchemaNode = SchemaType | SchemaBranch;
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ export default class MongooseSchema {
       // Exclude mixedFieldPattern $* and privateFieldPattern __
       if (!name.startsWith('$*') && !name.includes('__') && (name !== '_id' || level === 0)) {
         // Flatten nested schemas and arrays
-        if (field.constructor.name === 'SubdocumentPath') {
+        if (VersionManager.isSubDocument(field)) {
           const subPaths = this.buildFields(field.schema as Schema, level + 1);
 
           for (const [subName, subField] of Object.entries(subPaths)) {
@@ -185,8 +186,16 @@ export default class MongooseSchema {
           for (const [subName, subField] of Object.entries(subPaths)) {
             recursiveSet(paths, `${name}.[].${subName}`, subField);
           }
-        } else if (field.constructor.name === 'SchemaArray') {
-          recursiveSet(paths, `${name}.[]`, (field as any).caster);
+        } else if (VersionManager.isSubDocumentArray(field)) {
+          if (VersionManager.isSubDocument(field.caster)) {
+            const subPaths = this.buildFields((field as any).caster.schema, level + 1);
+
+            for (const [subName, subField] of Object.entries(subPaths)) {
+              recursiveSet(paths, `${name}.[].${subName}`, subField);
+            }
+          } else {
+            recursiveSet(paths, `${name}.[]`, (field as any).caster);
+          }
         } else {
           recursiveSet(paths, name, field);
         }
diff --git a/packages/datasource-mongoose/src/utils/version-manager.ts b/packages/datasource-mongoose/src/utils/version-manager.ts
index f08fd20e03..81e03175e6 100644
--- a/packages/datasource-mongoose/src/utils/version-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/datasource-mongoose/src/utils/version-manager.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
-import mongoose from 'mongoose';
+import mongoose, { Schema, SchemaType } from 'mongoose';
 
 export default class VersionManager {
-  static readonly ObjectIdTypeName: 'ObjectId' | 'ObjectID' = mongoose.version.startsWith('6')
-    ? 'ObjectID'
-    : 'ObjectId';
+  static readonly ObjectIdTypeName = mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId.schemaName;
+
+  public static isSubDocument(field): field is Schema.Types.Subdocument {
+    return (
+      field?.name === 'EmbeddedDocument' ||
+      field?.constructor?.name === 'SubdocumentPath' ||
+      (field?.instance === 'Embedded' && field instanceof SchemaType)
+    );
+  }
+
+  public static isSubDocumentArray(field): field is Schema.Types.DocumentArray {
+    return (
+      (field?.instance === 'Array' || field?.instance === 'DocumentArray') &&
+      field instanceof SchemaType
+    );
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/datasource-mongoose/test/utils/version-manager.test.ts b/packages/datasource-mongoose/test/utils/version-manager.test.ts
index a5ec6776aa..6062969c72 100644
--- a/packages/datasource-mongoose/test/utils/version-manager.test.ts
+++ b/packages/datasource-mongoose/test/utils/version-manager.test.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 describe('VersionManager', () => {
   beforeEach(() => jest.resetModules());
 
-  it('should return "ObjectID" for mongoose 6', () => {
-    jest.mock('mongoose', () => ({ version: '6.0.0' }));
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires,global-require
-    const VersionManager = require('../../src/utils/version-manager').default;
-    expect(VersionManager.ObjectIdTypeName).toEqual('ObjectID');
-  });
-
-  it('should return "ObjectId" for mongoose 7', () => {
-    jest.mock('mongoose', () => ({ version: '7.0.0' }));
+  it('should dynamically return type name for current mongoose version', () => {
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires,global-require
     const VersionManager = require('../../src/utils/version-manager').default;
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8807594745..6394e2c9b4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2122,6 +2122,13 @@
   dependencies:
     sparse-bitfield "^3.0.3"
 
+"@mongodb-js/saslprep@^1.1.5":
+  version "1.1.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@mongodb-js/saslprep/-/saslprep-1.1.9.tgz#e974bab8eca9faa88677d4ea4da8d09a52069004"
+  integrity sha512-tVkljjeEaAhCqTzajSdgbQ6gE6f3oneVwa3iXR6csiEwXXOFsiC6Uh9iAjAhXPtqa/XMDHWjjeNH/77m/Yq2dw==
+  dependencies:
+    sparse-bitfield "^3.0.3"
+
 "@nestjs/common@^9.2.1":
   version "9.4.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@nestjs/common/-/common-9.4.3.tgz#f907c5315b4273f7675864a05c4dda7056632b87"
@@ -4340,6 +4347,13 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-7.0.3.tgz#1306dbfa53768bcbcfc95a1c8cde367975581859"
   integrity sha512-CiJJvcRtIgzadHCYXw7dqEnMNRjhGZlYK05Mj9OyktqV8uVT8fD2BFOB7S1uwBE3Kj2Z+4UyPmFw/Ixgw/LAlA==
 
+"@types/whatwg-url@^11.0.2":
+  version "11.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/whatwg-url/-/whatwg-url-11.0.5.tgz#aaa2546e60f0c99209ca13360c32c78caf2c409f"
+  integrity sha512-coYR071JRaHa+xoEvvYqvnIHaVqaYrLPbsufM9BF63HkwI5Lgmy2QR8Q5K/lYDYo5AK82wOvSOS0UsLTpTG7uQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/webidl-conversions" "*"
+
 "@types/whatwg-url@^8.2.1":
   version "8.2.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/whatwg-url/-/whatwg-url-8.2.2.tgz#749d5b3873e845897ada99be4448041d4cc39e63"
@@ -5314,10 +5328,10 @@ bson@^4.7.2:
   dependencies:
     buffer "^5.6.0"
 
-bson@^5.5.0:
-  version "5.5.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bson/-/bson-5.5.1.tgz#f5849d405711a7f23acdda9a442375df858e6833"
-  integrity sha512-ix0EwukN2EpC0SRWIj/7B5+A6uQMQy6KMREI9qQqvgpkV2frH63T0UDVd1SYedL6dNCmDBYB3QtXi4ISk9YT+g==
+bson@^6.7.0:
+  version "6.10.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bson/-/bson-6.10.1.tgz#dcd04703178f5ecf5b25de04edd2a95ec79385d3"
+  integrity sha512-P92xmHDQjSKPLHqFxefqMxASNq/aWJMEZugpCjf+AF/pgcUpMMQCg7t7+ewko0/u8AapvF3luf/FoehddEK+sA==
 
 buffer-equal-constant-time@1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
@@ -9979,10 +9993,10 @@ jwt-decode@2.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jwt-decode/-/jwt-decode-2.2.0.tgz#7d86bd56679f58ce6a84704a657dd392bba81a79"
   integrity sha512-86GgN2vzfUu7m9Wcj63iUkuDzFNYFVmjeDm2GzWpUk+opB0pEpMsw6ePCMrhYkumz2C1ihqtZzOMAg7FiXcNoQ==
 
-kareem@2.5.1:
-  version "2.5.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/kareem/-/kareem-2.5.1.tgz#7b8203e11819a8e77a34b3517d3ead206764d15d"
-  integrity sha512-7jFxRVm+jD+rkq3kY0iZDJfsO2/t4BBPeEb2qKn2lR/9KhuksYk5hxzfRYWMPV8P/x2d0kHD306YyWLzjjH+uA==
+kareem@2.6.3:
+  version "2.6.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/kareem/-/kareem-2.6.3.tgz#23168ec8ffb6c1abfd31b7169a6fb1dd285992ac"
+  integrity sha512-C3iHfuGUXK2u8/ipq9LfjFfXFxAZMQJJq7vLS45r3D9Y2xQ/m4S8zaR4zMLFWh9AsNPXmcFfUDhTEO8UIC/V6Q==
 
 keygrip@~1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
@@ -11295,6 +11309,14 @@ mongodb-connection-string-url@^2.6.0:
     "@types/whatwg-url" "^8.2.1"
     whatwg-url "^11.0.0"
 
+mongodb-connection-string-url@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mongodb-connection-string-url/-/mongodb-connection-string-url-3.0.1.tgz#c13e6ac284ae401752ebafdb8cd7f16c6723b141"
+  integrity sha512-XqMGwRX0Lgn05TDB4PyG2h2kKO/FfWJyCzYQbIhXUxz7ETt0I/FqHjUeqj37irJ+Dl1ZtU82uYyj14u2XsZKfg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/whatwg-url" "^11.0.2"
+    whatwg-url "^13.0.0"
+
 mongodb@4.17.2:
   version "4.17.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mongodb/-/mongodb-4.17.2.tgz#237c0534e36a3449bd74c6bf6d32f87a1ca7200c"
@@ -11307,29 +11329,27 @@ mongodb@4.17.2:
     "@aws-sdk/credential-providers" "^3.186.0"
     "@mongodb-js/saslprep" "^1.1.0"
 
-mongodb@5.9.2:
-  version "5.9.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mongodb/-/mongodb-5.9.2.tgz#39a73b9fbc87ac9d9c1aaf8aab5c5bb69e2b913e"
-  integrity sha512-H60HecKO4Bc+7dhOv4sJlgvenK4fQNqqUIlXxZYQNbfEWSALGAwGoyJd/0Qwk4TttFXUOHJ2ZJQe/52ScaUwtQ==
+mongodb@~6.10.0:
+  version "6.10.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mongodb/-/mongodb-6.10.0.tgz#20a9f1cf3c6829e75fc39e6d8c1c19f164209c2e"
+  integrity sha512-gP9vduuYWb9ZkDM546M+MP2qKVk5ZG2wPF63OvSRuUbqCR+11ZCAE1mOfllhlAG0wcoJY5yDL/rV3OmYEwXIzg==
   dependencies:
-    bson "^5.5.0"
-    mongodb-connection-string-url "^2.6.0"
-    socks "^2.7.1"
-  optionalDependencies:
-    "@mongodb-js/saslprep" "^1.1.0"
+    "@mongodb-js/saslprep" "^1.1.5"
+    bson "^6.7.0"
+    mongodb-connection-string-url "^3.0.0"
 
-mongoose@^7.0.1:
-  version "7.8.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mongoose/-/mongoose-7.8.3.tgz#d6d3305268fc93a425c4a5f41478b0c1771a5b1c"
-  integrity sha512-eFnbkKgyVrICoHB6tVJ4uLanS7d5AIo/xHkEbQeOv6g2sD7gh/1biRwvFifsmbtkIddQVNr3ROqHik6gkknN3g==
+mongoose@8.8.4:
+  version "8.8.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mongoose/-/mongoose-8.8.4.tgz#11e3991a7fd03596a79bc9f9b2fe8f3e75b7a30d"
+  integrity sha512-yJbn695qCsqDO+xyPII29x2R7flzXhxCDv09mMZPSGllf0sm4jKw3E9s9uvQ9hjO6bL2xjU8KKowYqcY9eSTMQ==
   dependencies:
-    bson "^5.5.0"
-    kareem "2.5.1"
-    mongodb "5.9.2"
+    bson "^6.7.0"
+    kareem "2.6.3"
+    mongodb "~6.10.0"
     mpath "0.9.0"
     mquery "5.0.0"
     ms "2.1.3"
-    sift "16.0.1"
+    sift "17.1.3"
 
 mpath@0.9.0:
   version "0.9.0"
@@ -13166,7 +13186,7 @@ pump@^3.0.0:
     end-of-stream "^1.1.0"
     once "^1.3.1"
 
-punycode@2.x.x, punycode@^2.1.0, punycode@^2.1.1:
+punycode@2.x.x, punycode@^2.1.0, punycode@^2.1.1, punycode@^2.3.0:
   version "2.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/punycode/-/punycode-2.3.1.tgz#027422e2faec0b25e1549c3e1bd8309b9133b6e5"
   integrity sha512-vYt7UD1U9Wg6138shLtLOvdAu+8DsC/ilFtEVHcH+wydcSpNE20AfSOduf6MkRFahL5FY7X1oU7nKVZFtfq8Fg==
@@ -14032,10 +14052,10 @@ side-channel@^1.0.6:
     get-intrinsic "^1.2.4"
     object-inspect "^1.13.1"
 
-sift@16.0.1:
-  version "16.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sift/-/sift-16.0.1.tgz#e9c2ccc72191585008cf3e36fc447b2d2633a053"
-  integrity sha512-Wv6BjQ5zbhW7VFefWusVP33T/EM0vYikCaQ2qR8yULbsilAT8/wQaXvuQ3ptGLpoKx+lihJE3y2UTgKDyyNHZQ==
+sift@17.1.3:
+  version "17.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sift/-/sift-17.1.3.tgz#9d2000d4d41586880b0079b5183d839c7a142bf7"
+  integrity sha512-Rtlj66/b0ICeFzYTuNvX/EF1igRbbnGSvEyT79McoZa/DeGhMyC5pWKOEsZKnpkqtSeovd5FL/bjHWC3CIIvCQ==
 
 signal-exit@3.0.7, signal-exit@^3.0.0, signal-exit@^3.0.2, signal-exit@^3.0.3, signal-exit@^3.0.7:
   version "3.0.7"
@@ -14852,6 +14872,13 @@ tr46@^3.0.0:
   dependencies:
     punycode "^2.1.1"
 
+tr46@^4.1.1:
+  version "4.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tr46/-/tr46-4.1.1.tgz#281a758dcc82aeb4fe38c7dfe4d11a395aac8469"
+  integrity sha512-2lv/66T7e5yNyhAAC4NaKe5nVavzuGJQVVtRYLyQ2OI8tsJ61PMLlelehb0wi2Hx6+hT/OJUWZcw8MjlSRnxvw==
+  dependencies:
+    punycode "^2.3.0"
+
 tr46@~0.0.3:
   version "0.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tr46/-/tr46-0.0.3.tgz#8184fd347dac9cdc185992f3a6622e14b9d9ab6a"
@@ -15555,6 +15582,14 @@ whatwg-url@^11.0.0:
     tr46 "^3.0.0"
     webidl-conversions "^7.0.0"
 
+whatwg-url@^13.0.0:
+  version "13.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/whatwg-url/-/whatwg-url-13.0.0.tgz#b7b536aca48306394a34e44bda8e99f332410f8f"
+  integrity sha512-9WWbymnqj57+XEuqADHrCJ2eSXzn8WXIW/YSGaZtb2WKAInQ6CHfaUUcTyyver0p8BDg5StLQq8h1vtZuwmOig==
+  dependencies:
+    tr46 "^4.1.1"
+    webidl-conversions "^7.0.0"
+
 whatwg-url@^5.0.0:
   version "5.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/whatwg-url/-/whatwg-url-5.0.0.tgz#966454e8765462e37644d3626f6742ce8b70965d"