diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/dashboard/git_import.py b/lms/djangoapps/dashboard/git_import.py
index 59ceee1d24..547e645dc5 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/dashboard/git_import.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/dashboard/git_import.py
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ def add_repo(repo, rdir_in, branch=None):
             mdb = mongoengine.connect(mongo_db['db'], host=mongouri)
         else:
             mdb = mongoengine.connect(mongo_db['db'], host=mongo_db['host'], port=mongo_db['port'])
-    except mongoengine.connection.ConnectionError:
+    except mongoengine.connection.ConnectionFailure:
         log.exception('Unable to connect to mongodb to save log, please '
                       'check MONGODB_LOG settings')
     cil = CourseImportLog(
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/dashboard/tests/test_sysadmin.py b/lms/djangoapps/dashboard/tests/test_sysadmin.py
index d969063f0f..f89aca55bb 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/dashboard/tests/test_sysadmin.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/dashboard/tests/test_sysadmin.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class TestSysAdminMongoCourseImport(SysadminBaseTestCase):
         try:
             mongoengine.connect(TEST_MONGODB_LOG['db'])
             CourseImportLog.objects.all().delete()
-        except mongoengine.connection.ConnectionError:
+        except mongoengine.connection.ConnectionFailure:
             pass
 
     def _setstaff_login(self):
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.in b/requirements/edx/base.in
index 95cd240a82..ff532c7bef 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.in
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.in
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ lti-consumer-xblock
 mailsnake                           # Needed for mailchimp (mailing djangoapp)
 mako                                # Primary template language used for server-side page rendering
 Markdown                            # Convert text markup to HTML; used in capa problems, forums, and course wikis
-mongoengine==0.10.0                 # Object-document mapper for MongoDB, used in the LMS dashboard
+mongoengine                         # Object-document mapper for MongoDB, used in the LMS dashboard
 mysqlclient                         # Driver for the default production relational database
 newrelic                            # New Relic agent for performance monitoring
 nodeenv                             # Utility for managing Node.js environments; we use this for deployments and testing
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 820398f334..1c9815d2eb 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ markupsafe==1.1.1         # via -r requirements/edx/paver.txt, chem, jinja2, mak
 maxminddb==1.5.4          # via geoip2
 mock==3.0.5               # via -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt, -r requirements/edx/paver.txt, xblock-drag-and-drop-v2, xblock-poll
 git+https://github.com/edx/MongoDBProxy.git@d92bafe9888d2940f647a7b2b2383b29c752f35a#egg=MongoDBProxy==0.1.0+edx.2  # via -r requirements/edx/github.in
-mongoengine==0.10.0       # via -r requirements/edx/base.in
+mongoengine==0.20.0       # via -r requirements/edx/base.in
 more-itertools==8.4.0     # via -r requirements/edx/paver.txt, zipp
 mpmath==1.1.0             # via sympy
 mysqlclient==1.4.6        # via -r requirements/edx/base.in
diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index 44c6272b3e..72e3a36c73 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ mccabe==0.6.1             # via -r requirements/edx/testing.txt, flake8, pylint
 mistune==0.8.4            # via m2r
 mock==3.0.5               # via -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt, -r requirements/edx/testing.txt, xblock-drag-and-drop-v2, xblock-poll
 git+https://github.com/edx/MongoDBProxy.git@d92bafe9888d2940f647a7b2b2383b29c752f35a#egg=MongoDBProxy==0.1.0+edx.2  # via -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
-mongoengine==0.10.0       # via -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
+mongoengine==0.20.0       # via -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
 more-itertools==8.4.0     # via -r requirements/edx/testing.txt, pytest, zipp
 mpmath==1.1.0             # via -r requirements/edx/testing.txt, sympy
 mysqlclient==1.4.6        # via -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index 223242258e..4bf5667503 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ maxminddb==1.5.4          # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt, geoip2
 mccabe==0.6.1             # via flake8, pylint
 mock==3.0.5               # via -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt, -r requirements/edx/base.txt, xblock-drag-and-drop-v2, xblock-poll
 git+https://github.com/edx/MongoDBProxy.git@d92bafe9888d2940f647a7b2b2383b29c752f35a#egg=MongoDBProxy==0.1.0+edx.2  # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
-mongoengine==0.10.0       # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
+mongoengine==0.20.0       # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
 more-itertools==8.4.0     # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt, -r requirements/edx/coverage.txt, pytest, zipp
 mpmath==1.1.0             # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt, sympy
 mysqlclient==1.4.6        # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt