weird error while trying to connect to mongodb connection string gotten from atlas

I am trying to connect to mongodb using mongoose and a connection string from MongoDB atlas but I keep getting the error below:

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'constructor')

I installed the latest version(8.7.3) and downgraded it to 7.6.0, which I used in a previous project. Both gave the same error.

Reading the connection string from .env and hard-coding it gave the same error.

Here's the code that is responsible for the connection. Any help will be appreciated

import dotenv from 'dotenv';import mongoose from 'mongoose';import variables from '../variables';import { logger } from '../utilities';dotenv.config();console.log('DB_URI', process.env.DATABASE_URL);export const connect = async (): Promise<void> => {  try {    if (!process.env.DATABASE_URL) {      throw new Error('DATABASE_URL not provided');    }    await mongoose.connect("mongodb+srv://username:password@cluster0.5n5aj.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority&appName=Cluster0");    console.log('DB connected successfully');    logger.info(`DB is successfully connected`);  } catch (error) {    console.log('DB connection error>>', error);    logger.error(`DB connection error ${error}`);  }};export const disconnect = () => {  if (!process.env.DATABASE_URL) {    return;  }  mongoose.disconnect();};