diff --git a/caching/.env.example b/caching/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00494198c5f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/caching/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+MONGO_USER=
+MONGO_PASSWORD=
+MONGO_DB_NAME=
+MONGO_DB_PORT=
diff --git a/caching/.gitignore b/caching/.gitignore
index b83d22266ac8..ba5b6ac0c701 100644
--- a/caching/.gitignore
+++ b/caching/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
/target/
+
+### ENV Files ###
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/caching/pom.xml b/caching/pom.xml
index d7470b5e46d8..4e31f1c6bcfd 100644
--- a/caching/pom.xml
+++ b/caching/pom.xml
@@ -47,11 +47,30 @@
org.mongodb
bson
+ 4.9.0
-
- org.mongodb
- mongodb-driver-legacy
-
+
+ org.mongodb
+ mongodb-driver-sync
+ 4.9.0
+
+
+ org.mongodb
+ mongodb-driver-core
+ 4.9.0
+
+
+ io.github.cdimascio
+ java-dotenv
+ 5.2.2
+
+
+ org.projectlombok
+ lombok
+ 1.18.30
+ provided
+
+