Trying this...

Dockerfile

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 ARG ENV=production
-ARG MONGO_VERSION=latest
+ARG MONGO_VERSION
 ARG PORT=9001
-ARG NPM_TOKEN=not_set
+ARG NPM_TOKEN
 ARG YARN_VERSION=3.5.0
 
 ## mongo build stage
-FROM mongo:$MONGO_VERSION AS database
-COPY docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init-$MONGO_VERSION.sh ./docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init.sh
+FROM mongo:${MONGO_VERSION:-latest} AS database
+ENV NODE_ENV $ENV
+COPY docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init-${MONGO_VERSION:-latest}.sh ./docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init.sh
 
 ## stage one, build the service
 FROM node:20-bullseye-slim AS build