diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 082b9449ba..78d5e06218 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "cheerio": "~0.19.0",
     "classnames": "^2.1.2",
     "compression": "^1.6.0",
-    "connect-mongo": "~0.8.2",
+    "connect-mongo": "~1.1.0",
     "cookie-parser": "^1.4.0",
     "csso": "^1.4.1",
     "dateformat": "^1.0.11",
diff --git a/server/middlewares/sessions.js b/server/middlewares/sessions.js
index fc0e4ccc1b..d0a50a27a8 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/sessions.js
+++ b/server/middlewares/sessions.js
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ export default function sessionsMiddleware() {
     resave: true,
     saveUninitialized: true,
     secret: secrets.sessionSecret,
-    store: new MongoStore({
-      url: secrets.db,
-      'autoReconnect': true
-    })
+    store: new MongoStore({ url: secrets.db })
   });
 }