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:$MONGO_VERSION AS database
+FROM mongo:${MONGO_VERSION:-latest} AS database
-COPY docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init-$MONGO_VERSION.sh ./docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init.sh
+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

docker-compose.dev.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ services:
             context: .
             target: database
             args:
-              MONGO_VERSION: 6.0.5
+              MONGO_VERSION: latest
         ports:
             - 27017:27017
         networks:

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@mifi/auth-service",
-  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "version": "1.0.4",
   "author": "mifi (Mike Fitzpatrick)",
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {