diff --git a/spec/GridFSBucketStorageAdapter.spec.js b/spec/GridFSBucketStorageAdapter.spec.js
index 419bfdb98d8..01373234954 100644
--- a/spec/GridFSBucketStorageAdapter.spec.js
+++ b/spec/GridFSBucketStorageAdapter.spec.js
@@ -20,6 +20,26 @@ describe_only_db('mongo')('GridFSBucket', () => {
     await db.dropDatabase();
   });
 
+  it('should connect to mongo with the supported database options', async () => {
+    const databaseURI = 'mongodb://localhost:27017/parse';
+    const gfsAdapter = new GridFSBucketAdapter(databaseURI, {
+      retryWrites: true,
+      // these are not supported by the mongo client
+      enableSchemaHooks: true,
+      schemaCacheTtl: 5000,
+      maxTimeMS: 30000,
+    });
+
+    const db = await gfsAdapter._connect();
+    const status = await db.admin().serverStatus();
+
+    // connection will fail if unsupported keys are
+    // passed into the mongo connection options
+    expect(status.connections.current > 0).toEqual(true);
+
+    expect(db.options?.retryWrites).toEqual(true);
+  });
+
   it('should save an encrypted file that can only be decrypted by a GridFS adapter with the encryptionKey', async () => {
     const unencryptedAdapter = new GridFSBucketAdapter(databaseURI);
     const encryptedAdapter = new GridFSBucketAdapter(
diff --git a/src/Adapters/Files/GridFSBucketAdapter.js b/src/Adapters/Files/GridFSBucketAdapter.js
index f2b9c48fadd..14a9544fc27 100644
--- a/src/Adapters/Files/GridFSBucketAdapter.js
+++ b/src/Adapters/Files/GridFSBucketAdapter.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export class GridFSBucketAdapter extends FilesAdapter {
 
   constructor(
     mongoDatabaseURI = defaults.DefaultMongoURI,
-    mongoOptions = {},
+    databaseOptions = {},
     encryptionKey = undefined
   ) {
     super();
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ export class GridFSBucketAdapter extends FilesAdapter {
       useNewUrlParser: true,
       useUnifiedTopology: true,
     };
+    const mongoOptions = { ...databaseOptions };
+    for (const key of ['enableSchemaHooks', 'schemaCacheTtl', 'maxTimeMS']) {
+      delete mongoOptions[key];
+    }
     this._mongoOptions = Object.assign(defaultMongoOptions, mongoOptions);
   }