diff --git a/etc/notes/CHANGES_5.0.0.md b/etc/notes/CHANGES_5.0.0.md
index 7729a4b87a8..11a85308e07 100644
--- a/etc/notes/CHANGES_5.0.0.md
+++ b/etc/notes/CHANGES_5.0.0.md
@@ -61,3 +61,8 @@ for await (const doc of cursor) {
 
 cursor.closed // true
 ```
+
+### Driver now sends `1` instead of `true` for hello commands
+
+Everywhere the driver sends a `hello` command (initial handshake and monitoring), it will now pass the command value as `1` instead of the
+previous `true` for spec compliance.
diff --git a/src/cmap/connect.ts b/src/cmap/connect.ts
index 0fc10c93e00..a69289befaa 100644
--- a/src/cmap/connect.ts
+++ b/src/cmap/connect.ts
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ export function prepareHandshakeDocument(
   const { serverApi } = authContext.connection;
 
   const handshakeDoc: HandshakeDocument = {
-    [serverApi?.version ? 'hello' : LEGACY_HELLO_COMMAND]: true,
+    [serverApi?.version ? 'hello' : LEGACY_HELLO_COMMAND]: 1,
     helloOk: true,
     client: options.metadata || makeClientMetadata(options),
     compression: compressors
diff --git a/src/sdam/monitor.ts b/src/sdam/monitor.ts
index b35093b435a..2625efa1e79 100644
--- a/src/sdam/monitor.ts
+++ b/src/sdam/monitor.ts
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ function checkServer(monitor: Monitor, callback: Callback<Document | null>) {
     const isAwaitable = topologyVersion != null;
 
     const cmd = {
-      [serverApi?.version || helloOk ? 'hello' : LEGACY_HELLO_COMMAND]: true,
+      [serverApi?.version || helloOk ? 'hello' : LEGACY_HELLO_COMMAND]: 1,
       ...(isAwaitable && topologyVersion
         ? { maxAwaitTimeMS, topologyVersion: makeTopologyVersion(topologyVersion) }
         : {})
diff --git a/test/integration/mongodb-handshake/.gitkeep b/test/integration/mongodb-handshake/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/test/integration/mongodb-handshake/promise_handshake.test.js b/test/integration/mongodb-handshake/promise_handshake.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ac4abfafbce..00000000000
--- a/test/integration/mongodb-handshake/promise_handshake.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-const { assert: test, setupDatabase } = require('../shared');
-const f = require('util').format;
-const { LEGACY_HELLO_COMMAND } = require('../../../src/constants');
-
-describe('Handshake', function () {
-  before(function () {
-    return setupDatabase(this.configuration);
-  });
-
-  it('Should correctly execute legacy hello command using Promise', {
-    metadata: {
-      requires: {
-        topology: ['single']
-      }
-    },
-
-    test: function (done) {
-      var configuration = this.configuration;
-      var url = configuration.url();
-      url =
-        url.indexOf('?') !== -1
-          ? f('%s&%s', url, 'maxPoolSize=5')
-          : f('%s?%s', url, 'maxPoolSize=5');
-
-      const client = configuration.newClient(url);
-      client.connect().then(function (client) {
-        // Execute legacy hello command
-        client
-          .db(configuration.db)
-          .command({ [LEGACY_HELLO_COMMAND]: true })
-          .then(function (result) {
-            test.ok(result !== null);
-
-            client.close(done);
-          });
-      });
-    }
-  });
-});
diff --git a/test/unit/cmap/connect.test.js b/test/unit/cmap/connect.test.js
index ce8e0e65b5d..1c95e81b49a 100644
--- a/test/unit/cmap/connect.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/cmap/connect.test.js
@@ -120,6 +120,32 @@ describe('Connect Tests', function () {
   context('prepareHandshakeDocument', () => {
     const prepareHandshakeDocument = promisify(prepareHandshakeDocumentCb);
 
+    context('when serverApi.version is present', () => {
+      const options = {};
+      const authContext = {
+        connection: { serverApi: { version: '1' } },
+        options
+      };
+
+      it('sets the hello parameter to 1', async () => {
+        const handshakeDocument = await prepareHandshakeDocument(authContext);
+        expect(handshakeDocument).to.have.property('hello', 1);
+      });
+    });
+
+    context('when serverApi is not present', () => {
+      const options = {};
+      const authContext = {
+        connection: {},
+        options
+      };
+
+      it('sets the legacy hello parameter to 1', async () => {
+        const handshakeDocument = await prepareHandshakeDocument(authContext);
+        expect(handshakeDocument).to.have.property(LEGACY_HELLO_COMMAND, 1);
+      });
+    });
+
     context('loadBalanced option', () => {
       context('when loadBalanced is not set as an option', () => {
         it('does not set loadBalanced on the handshake document', async () => {
diff --git a/test/unit/sdam/monitor.test.ts b/test/unit/sdam/monitor.test.ts
index 4bb611155df..97a7273666b 100644
--- a/test/unit/sdam/monitor.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/sdam/monitor.test.ts
@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ describe('monitoring', function () {
         const doc = request.document;
         docs.push(doc);
         if (docs.length === 2) {
-          expect(docs[0]).to.have.property(LEGACY_HELLO_COMMAND, true);
+          expect(docs[0]).to.have.property(LEGACY_HELLO_COMMAND, 1);
           expect(docs[0]).to.have.property('helloOk', true);
-          expect(docs[1]).to.have.property('hello', true);
+          expect(docs[1]).to.have.property('hello', 1);
           done();
         } else if (isHello(doc)) {
           setTimeout(() => request.reply(Object.assign({ helloOk: true }, mock.HELLO)), 250);