diff --git a/examples/custom-server/.env.example b/examples/custom-server/.env.example
index 02b36af141..bb16827c88 100644
--- a/examples/custom-server/.env.example
+++ b/examples/custom-server/.env.example
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost/payload-example-custom-server
+MONGODB_URI=mongodb://127.0.0.1/payload-example-custom-server
 PAYLOAD_SECRET=PAYLOAD_CUSTOM_SERVER_EXAMPLE_SECRET_KEY
 PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:3000
 NEXT_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:3000
diff --git a/examples/email/.env.example b/examples/email/.env.example
index abee5859da..5c28152cfd 100644
--- a/examples/email/.env.example
+++ b/examples/email/.env.example
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost/payload-example-email
+MONGODB_URI=mongodb://127.0.0.1/payload-example-email
 PAYLOAD_SECRET=
 NODE_ENV=development
 PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:8000
diff --git a/examples/form-builder/cms/.env.example b/examples/form-builder/cms/.env.example
index a1766fe3b9..9a692c644e 100644
--- a/examples/form-builder/cms/.env.example
+++ b/examples/form-builder/cms/.env.example
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost/payload-example-form-builder
+MONGODB_URI=mongodb://127.0.0.1/payload-example-form-builder
 PAYLOAD_SECRET=ENTER-STRING-HERE
 PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SITE_URL=http://localhost:3000
 PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:8000
diff --git a/examples/multi-tenant/.env.example b/examples/multi-tenant/.env.example
index f80d4ca140..d0bf69170b 100644
--- a/examples/multi-tenant/.env.example
+++ b/examples/multi-tenant/.env.example
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost/payload-example-auth
+MONGODB_URI=mongodb://127.0.0.1/payload-example-auth
 PAYLOAD_SECRET=PAYLOAD_AUTH_EXAMPLE_SECRET_KEY
 PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:3000
 PAYLOAD_SEED=true
diff --git a/examples/preview/cms/.env.example b/examples/preview/cms/.env.example
index 1986c34f7c..758bbbdc8c 100644
--- a/examples/preview/cms/.env.example
+++ b/examples/preview/cms/.env.example
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost/payload-example-preview
+MONGODB_URI=mongodb://127.0.0.1/payload-example-preview
 PAYLOAD_SECRET=ENTER-STRING-HERE
 PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:3000
 PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SITE_URL=http://localhost:3001
diff --git a/examples/redirects/cms/.env.example b/examples/redirects/cms/.env.example
index 7b26105607..afe9d08f87 100644
--- a/examples/redirects/cms/.env.example
+++ b/examples/redirects/cms/.env.example
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost/payload-example-redirects
+MONGODB_URI=mongodb://127.0.0.1/payload-example-redirects
 PAYLOAD_SECRET=ENTER-STRING-HERE
 PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SITE_URL=http://localhost:3000
 PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:8000
diff --git a/examples/virtual-fields/.env.example b/examples/virtual-fields/.env.example
index 21ac7a48a1..f267416760 100644
--- a/examples/virtual-fields/.env.example
+++ b/examples/virtual-fields/.env.example
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost/payload-example-vitual-fields
+MONGODB_URI=mongodb://127.0.0.1/payload-example-vitual-fields
 PAYLOAD_SECRET=ENTER-STRING-HERE
 PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:8000
diff --git a/examples/whitelabel/.env.example b/examples/whitelabel/.env.example
index f7b6c91ec9..31a9f1c09f 100644
--- a/examples/whitelabel/.env.example
+++ b/examples/whitelabel/.env.example
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost/payload-example-whitelabel
+MONGODB_URI=mongodb://127.0.0.1/payload-example-whitelabel
 PAYLOAD_SECRET=ENTER-STRING-HERE
 PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:8000