diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/mongodb.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/mongodb.py
index f4afd441ba3ef..516f5b717e6ea 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/mongodb.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/mongodb.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 from typing import Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union, ValuesView
 
 import bson.timestamp
-import pymongo
 import pymongo.collection
 from packaging import version
 from pydantic import PositiveInt, validator
@@ -282,7 +281,8 @@ def __init__(self, ctx: PipelineContext, config: MongoDBConfig):
             **self.config.options,
         }
 
-        self.mongo_client = pymongo.MongoClient(self.config.connect_uri, **options)  # type: ignore
+        # See https://pymongo.readthedocs.io/en/stable/examples/datetimes.html#handling-out-of-range-datetimes
+        self.mongo_client = MongoClient(self.config.connect_uri, datetime_conversion="DATETIME_AUTO", **options)  # type: ignore
 
         # This cheaply tests the connection. For details, see
         # https://pymongo.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api/pymongo/mongo_client.html#pymongo.mongo_client.MongoClient