diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/mongodb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/mongodb/default.nix
index a2784b09d13b..46418271dc37 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/mongodb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/mongodb/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv
-, buildPecl
+, php
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , lib
+, libiconv
 , pcre2
 , pkg-config
 , cyrus_sasl
@@ -8,14 +10,21 @@
 , openssl
 , snappy
 , zlib
-, darwin
+, Security
+, Libsystem
 }:
 
-buildPecl {
+php.buildPecl rec {
   pname = "mongodb";
+  version = "1.16.1";
 
-  version = "1.15.0";
-  sha256 = "sha256-7rYmjTS9C0o9zGDd5OSE9c9PokOco9nwJMAADpnuckA=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mongodb";
+    repo = "mongo-php-driver";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-nVkue3qB6OwXKcyaYU1WmXG7pamKQtk8cbztVVkNejo=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [
@@ -25,12 +34,16 @@ buildPecl {
     snappy
     zlib
     pcre2
-  ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security;
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    Security
+    Libsystem
+    libiconv
+  ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "MongoDB driver for PHP";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    homepage = "https://docs.mongodb.com/drivers/php/";
-    maintainers = teams.php.members;
+  meta = {
+    description = "The Official MongoDB PHP driver";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 7674ef299a3e..b2ec3827b74a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -244,7 +244,10 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
     memcached = callPackage ../development/php-packages/memcached { };
 
-    mongodb = callPackage ../development/php-packages/mongodb { };
+    mongodb = pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.callPackage ../development/php-packages/mongodb {
+      inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.frameworks) Security;
+      inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk_11_0) Libsystem;
+    };
 
     msgpack = callPackage ../development/php-packages/msgpack { };