diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 155368e7..d1f1bd3a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 fastapi==0.92.0
 pydantic>=1.8.0,<2.0.0
 uvicorn==0.20.0
-pymongo==4.1.1
+pymongo==4.3.3
+motor==3.1.1
 python-multipart
 python-jose
 passlib
diff --git a/src/core/events/database.py b/src/core/events/database.py
index 22a6038c..56913242 100644
--- a/src/core/events/database.py
+++ b/src/core/events/database.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import logging
 from fastapi import FastAPI
-import pymongo
+import motor.motor_asyncio
 
 async def connect_to_db(app: FastAPI) :
     logging.info("Connecting to database...")
     try:
-        app.mongodb_client = pymongo.MongoClient("mongodb://learnhouse:learnhouse@mongo:27017/") # type: ignore
+        app.mongodb_client = motor.motor_asyncio.AsyncIOMotorClient("mongodb://learnhouse:learnhouse@mongo:27017/") # type: ignore
         app.db = app.mongodb_client["learnhouse"] # type: ignore
         logging.info("Connected to database!")
     except Exception as e: