diff --git a/.evergreen-nightly-driver.yml b/.evergreen-nightly-driver.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f71fa6205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.evergreen-nightly-driver.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+parameters:
+  - key: mongodb_version_override
+    value: nightly
+
+include:
+  - filename: .evergreen.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.evergreen.yml b/.evergreen.yml
index 4f3ca5cb2..eb9f47fa4 100644
--- a/.evergreen.yml
+++ b/.evergreen.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ functions:
         env:
           NODE_JS_VERSION: ${node_js_version}
           DISTRO_ID: ${distro_id}
+          MONOGDB_VERSION_OVERRIDE: ${mongodb_version_override}
         script: |
           source .evergreen/install-node.sh
           source .evergreen/install-npm-deps.sh
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ functions:
         env:
           NODE_JS_VERSION: ${node_js_version}
           DISTRO_ID: ${distro_id}
+          MONOGDB_VERSION_OVERRIDE: ${mongodb_version_override}
         script: |
           source .evergreen/install-node.sh
           source .evergreen/install-npm-deps.sh
diff --git a/.evergreen/evergreen.yml.in b/.evergreen/evergreen.yml.in
index 3889a2bb3..951e95322 100644
--- a/.evergreen/evergreen.yml.in
+++ b/.evergreen/evergreen.yml.in
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ functions:
         env:
           NODE_JS_VERSION: ${node_js_version}
           DISTRO_ID: ${distro_id}
+          MONOGDB_VERSION_OVERRIDE: ${mongodb_version_override}
         script: |
           source .evergreen/install-node.sh
           source .evergreen/install-npm-deps.sh
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ functions:
         env:
           NODE_JS_VERSION: ${node_js_version}
           DISTRO_ID: ${distro_id}
+          MONOGDB_VERSION_OVERRIDE: ${mongodb_version_override}
         script: |
           source .evergreen/install-node.sh
           source .evergreen/install-npm-deps.sh
diff --git a/.evergreen/install-npm-deps.sh b/.evergreen/install-npm-deps.sh
index abf00add8..29472c0f2 100644
--- a/.evergreen/install-npm-deps.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/install-npm-deps.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ set -x
 
 npm ci --verbose
 
+# if MONOGDB_VERSION_OVERRIDE is set, then we want to replace the package version
+if [[ -z "$MONOGDB_VERSION_OVERRIDE" ]]; then
+  export REPLACE_PACKAGE="mongodb:$MONOGDB_VERSION_OVERRIDE"
+  npm run replace-package
+fi
+
 # if we rewrote this script in javascript using just builtin node modules we could skip the npm ci above
 npm run mark-ci-required-optional-dependencies