diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mo/mongosh/disable-telemetry.patch b/pkgs/by-name/mo/mongosh/disable-telemetry.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ceaa29e6ccd3..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mo/mongosh/disable-telemetry.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/packages/cli-repl/src/cli-repl.ts b/packages/cli-repl/src/cli-repl.ts
-index b00c52e1..7a096d6d 100644
---- a/packages/cli-repl/src/cli-repl.ts
-+++ b/packages/cli-repl/src/cli-repl.ts
-@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export class CliRepl implements MongoshIOProvider {
-     this.config = {
-       userId: id,
-       telemetryAnonymousId: id,
--      enableTelemetry: true,
-+      enableTelemetry: false,
-     };
- 
-     this.getCryptLibraryPaths = options.getCryptLibraryPaths;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mo/mongosh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mo/mongosh/package.nix
index 70b9ea6b0735..28afffd84eb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mo/mongosh/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mo/mongosh/package.nix
@@ -2,25 +2,26 @@
   lib,
   buildNpmPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  nodejs_24,
 }:
 
-buildNpmPackage.override { nodejs = nodejs_24; } (finalAttrs: {
+buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "mongosh";
-  version = "2.9.2";
+  version = "2.10.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mongodb-js";
     repo = "mongosh";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-mwc9Mv8BJgI/7DzUH6QwHsWzgAquB8ehmnElM5+mYuI=";
+    hash = "sha256-SJkDBo/rtbh3rh5oPjjS5zXG6eye+PCY3pI1FN281Ps=";
   };
 
-  npmDepsHash = "sha256-xI+6a0sMuZmij46N5aqsprLLiVaSZifGW8tMq189fww=";
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-xmjlvncUVVp7Y+qCBpJNiuvc5n2IBKqXk715EOmWo/U=";
 
-  patches = [
-    ./disable-telemetry.patch
-  ];
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Disable telemetry by default; users can still opt in via enableTelemetry().
+    substituteInPlace packages/cli-repl/src/cli-repl.ts \
+      --replace-fail "enableTelemetry: true" "enableTelemetry: false"
+  '';
 
   npmFlags = [
     "--omit=optional"
@@ -30,9 +31,11 @@ buildNpmPackage.override { nodejs = nodejs_24; } (finalAttrs: {
   dontNpmInstall = true;
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
+
     npmWorkspace=packages/mongosh npmInstallHook
     cp -r packages configs $out/lib/node_modules/mongosh/
     rm $out/lib/node_modules/mongosh/node_modules/@mongosh/docker-build-scripts # dangling symlink
+
     runHook postInstall
   '';