diff --git a/src/collections/initLocal.ts b/src/collections/initLocal.ts
index b37ddc31a3..2d606af354 100644
--- a/src/collections/initLocal.ts
+++ b/src/collections/initLocal.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ export default function initCollectionsLocal(ctx: Payload): void {
     if (collection.auth && !collection.auth.disableLocalStrategy) {
       schema.plugin(passportLocalMongoose, {
         usernameField: 'email',
+        errorMessages: {
+          UserExistsError: 'A user with the given email is already registered',
+        },
       });
 
 
diff --git a/test/collections-graphql/int.spec.ts b/test/collections-graphql/int.spec.ts
index 600f761aed..f57028ddf8 100644
--- a/test/collections-graphql/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/collections-graphql/int.spec.ts
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ describe('collections-graphql', () => {
       expect(error.response.errors[1].message).toEqual('The following field is invalid: email');
       expect(error.response.errors[1].path[0]).toEqual('test3');
       expect(error.response.errors[1].extensions.name).toEqual('ValidationError');
-      expect(error.response.errors[1].extensions.data[0].message).toEqual('A user with the given username is already registered');
+      expect(error.response.errors[1].extensions.data[0].message).toEqual('A user with the given email is already registered');
       expect(error.response.errors[1].extensions.data[0].field).toEqual('email');
     });
   });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index bc690d34bc..86a55bb1cb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3417,7 +3417,7 @@ array.prototype.flat@^1.3.1:
     es-abstract "^1.20.4"
     es-shim-unscopables "^1.0.0"
 
-array.prototype.flatmap@^1.3.1:
+array.prototype.flatmap@^1.3.0, array.prototype.flatmap@^1.3.1:
   version "1.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/array.prototype.flatmap/-/array.prototype.flatmap-1.3.1.tgz#1aae7903c2100433cb8261cd4ed310aab5c4a183"
   integrity sha512-8UGn9O1FDVvMNB0UlLv4voxRMze7+FpHyF5mSMRjWHUMlpoDViniy05870VlxhfgTnLbpuwTzvD76MTtWxB/mQ==
@@ -6443,6 +6443,17 @@ glob@^8.0.0, glob@^8.1.0:
     minimatch "^5.0.1"
     once "^1.3.0"
 
+glob@^8.1.0:
+  version "8.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob/-/glob-8.1.0.tgz#d388f656593ef708ee3e34640fdfb99a9fd1c33e"
+  integrity sha512-r8hpEjiQEYlF2QU0df3dS+nxxSIreXQS1qRhMJM0Q5NDdR386C7jb7Hwwod8Fgiuex+k0GFjgft18yvxm5XoCQ==
+  dependencies:
+    fs.realpath "^1.0.0"
+    inflight "^1.0.4"
+    inherits "2"
+    minimatch "^5.0.1"
+    once "^1.3.0"
+
 global-dirs@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/global-dirs/-/global-dirs-3.0.1.tgz#0c488971f066baceda21447aecb1a8b911d22485"
@@ -9574,7 +9585,7 @@ pino-std-serializers@^3.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pino-std-serializers/-/pino-std-serializers-3.2.0.tgz#b56487c402d882eb96cd67c257868016b61ad671"
   integrity sha512-EqX4pwDPrt3MuOAAUBMU0Tk5kR/YcCM5fNPEzgCO2zJ5HfX0vbiH9HbJglnyeQsN96Kznae6MWD47pZB5avTrg==
 
-pino@^6.4.1:
+pino@^6.14.0:
   version "6.14.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pino/-/pino-6.14.0.tgz#b745ea87a99a6c4c9b374e4f29ca7910d4c69f78"
   integrity sha512-iuhEDel3Z3hF9Jfe44DPXR8l07bhjuFY3GMHIXbjnY9XcafbyDDwl2sN2vw2GjMPf5Nkoe+OFao7ffn9SXaKDg==