diff --git a/lib/charms/mongodb/v0/helpers.py b/lib/charms/mongodb/v0/helpers.py
index 2232545e8..b7aa6f1b5 100644
--- a/lib/charms/mongodb/v0/helpers.py
+++ b/lib/charms/mongodb/v0/helpers.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 MONGODB_COMMON_DIR = "/var/snap/charmed-mongodb/common"
 MONGODB_SNAP_DATA_DIR = "/var/snap/charmed-mongodb/current"
 
+MONGO_SHELL = "charmed-mongodb.mongosh"
 
 DATA_DIR = "/var/lib/mongodb"
 CONF_DIR = "/etc/mongod"
@@ -49,9 +50,7 @@
 
 
 # noinspection GrazieInspection
-def get_create_user_cmd(
-    config: MongoDBConfiguration, mongo_path="charmed-mongodb.mongosh"
-) -> List[str]:
+def get_create_user_cmd(config: MongoDBConfiguration, mongo_path=MONGO_SHELL) -> List[str]:
     """Creates initial admin user for MongoDB.
 
     Initial admin user can be created only through localhost connection.
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_charm.py b/tests/integration/test_charm.py
index 56da305c5..bc71fc748 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_charm.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_charm.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 import pytest
+from charms.mongodb.v0.helpers import MONGO_SHELL
 from pymongo import MongoClient
 from pymongo.errors import PyMongoError, ServerSelectionTimeoutError
 from pytest_operator.plugin import OpsTest
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ async def test_monitor_user(ops_test: OpsTest) -> None:
     hosts = ",".join(replica_set_hosts)
     replica_set_uri = f"mongodb://monitor:{password}@{hosts}/admin?replicaSet=mongodb"
 
-    admin_mongod_cmd = f"charmed-mongodb.mongosh '{replica_set_uri}'  --eval 'rs.conf()'"
+    admin_mongod_cmd = f"{MONGO_SHELL} '{replica_set_uri}'  --eval 'rs.conf()'"
     check_monitor_cmd = f"exec --unit {unit.name} -- {admin_mongod_cmd}"
     return_code, _, _ = await ops_test.juju(*check_monitor_cmd.split())
     assert return_code == 0, "command rs.conf() on monitor user does not work"
diff --git a/tests/integration/tls_tests/helpers.py b/tests/integration/tls_tests/helpers.py
index cfc7fd121..0f7f8ff9e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/tls_tests/helpers.py
+++ b/tests/integration/tls_tests/helpers.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import ops
+from charms.mongodb.v0.helpers import MONGO_SHELL
 from pytest_operator.plugin import OpsTest
 from tenacity import RetryError, Retrying, stop_after_attempt, wait_exponential
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ async def mongo_tls_command(ops_test: OpsTest) -> str:
     replica_set_uri = f"mongodb://operator:" f"{password}@" f"{hosts}/admin?replicaSet={app}"
 
     return (
-        f"charmed-mongodb.mongosh '{replica_set_uri}'  --eval 'rs.status()'"
+        f"{MONGO_SHELL} '{replica_set_uri}'  --eval 'rs.status()'"
         f" --tls --tlsCAFile {EXTERNAL_CERT_PATH}"
         f" --tlsCertificateKeyFile {EXTERNAL_PEM_PATH}"
     )