diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/MongoClientVersion.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/MongoClientVersion.java
index 991a7292fd..8d45dcaea6 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/MongoClientVersion.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/MongoClientVersion.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
  *
  * @author Christoph Strobl
  * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @author Vladimir Vishnevskii
  * @since 1.7
  */
 public class MongoClientVersion {
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ private static Version getVersionFromPackage(ClassLoader classLoader) {
 
 		if (ClassUtils.isPresent("com.mongodb.internal.build.MongoDriverVersion", classLoader)) {
 			try {
-				return Version.parse(MongoDriverVersion.VERSION);
+				return Version.parse(loadVersionFromMongoDriverVersion());
 			} catch (IllegalArgumentException exception) {
 				// well not much we can do, right?
 			}
@@ -104,6 +105,12 @@ private static Version getVersionFromPackage(ClassLoader classLoader) {
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	@Nullable
+	private static String loadVersionFromMongoDriverVersion() {
+		Field versionField = ReflectionUtils.findField(MongoDriverVersion.class, "VERSION");
+		return (String) ReflectionUtils.getField(versionField, null);
+	}
+
 	private static Version guessDriverVersionFromClassPath(ClassLoader classLoader) {
 
 		if (ClassUtils.isPresent("com.mongodb.internal.connection.StreamFactoryFactory", classLoader)) {