diff --git a/.vib/mongodb-sharded/ginkgo/mongodb_suite_test.go b/.vib/mongodb-sharded/ginkgo/mongodb_suite_test.go
index 192e7fd85a..4a557f276a 100644
--- a/.vib/mongodb-sharded/ginkgo/mongodb_suite_test.go
+++ b/.vib/mongodb-sharded/ginkgo/mongodb_suite_test.go
@@ -36,12 +36,14 @@ func init() {
 	timeout = time.Duration(timeoutSeconds) * time.Second
 }
 
-func TestMariaDB(t *testing.T) {
+func TestMongoDBSharded(t *testing.T) {
 	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
 	RunSpecs(t, "MongoDB Sharded Persistence Test Suite")
 }
 
 func createJob(ctx context.Context, c kubernetes.Interface, name, port, image, stmt string) error {
+	// Default job TTL in seconds
+	ttl := int32(10)
 	securityContext := &v1.SecurityContext{
 		Privileged:               &[]bool{false}[0],
 		AllowPrivilegeEscalation: &[]bool{false}[0],
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ func createJob(ctx context.Context, c kubernetes.Interface, name, port, image, s
 			Kind: "Job",
 		},
 		Spec: batchv1.JobSpec{
+			TTLSecondsAfterFinished: &ttl,
 			Template: v1.PodTemplateSpec{
 				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
 					RestartPolicy: "Never",
diff --git a/.vib/mongodb-sharded/ginkgo/mongodb_test.go b/.vib/mongodb-sharded/ginkgo/mongodb_test.go
index f1243131de..97ecc18908 100644
--- a/.vib/mongodb-sharded/ginkgo/mongodb_test.go
+++ b/.vib/mongodb-sharded/ginkgo/mongodb_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 )
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ var _ = Describe("MongoDB Sharded", Ordered, func() {
 			getSucceededJobs := func(j *batchv1.Job) int32 { return j.Status.Succeeded }
 
 			getOpts := metav1.GetOptions{}
+			restartKey := "kubectl.kubernetes.io/restartedAt"
+			restartAnnotation := map[string]string{restartKey: time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339)}
+			getRestartedAtAnnotation := func(pod *v1.Pod) string { return pod.Annotations[restartKey] }
 
 			for i := 0; i < shards; i++ {
 				By(fmt.Sprintf("checking all the shard %d replicas are available", i))
@@ -85,24 +89,19 @@ var _ = Describe("MongoDB Sharded", Ordered, func() {
 			}, timeout, PollingInterval).Should(WithTransform(getSucceededJobs, Equal(int32(1))))
 
 			for i := 0; i < shards; i++ {
-				By(fmt.Sprintf("Scaling shard %d down to 0 replicas", i))
+				By(fmt.Sprintf("Running rollout restart of shard %d", i))
 				shardName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-shard%d-data", releaseName, i)
 				ss, err := c.AppsV1().StatefulSets(namespace).Get(ctx, shardName, getOpts)
 				shardOrigReplicas := *ss.Spec.Replicas
-				ss, err = utils.StsScale(ctx, c, ss, 0)
+				// Annotate pods to force a rollout restart
+				ss, err = utils.StsAnnotateTemplate(ctx, c, ss, restartAnnotation)
 				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				Expect(ss.Status.Replicas).NotTo(BeZero())
-				Eventually(func() (*appsv1.StatefulSet, error) {
-					return c.AppsV1().StatefulSets(namespace).Get(ctx, shardName, getOpts)
-				}, timeout, PollingInterval).Should(WithTransform(getAvailableReplicas, BeZero()))
-
-				By(fmt.Sprintf("Scaling shard %d to the original replicas", i))
-				ss, err = utils.StsScale(ctx, c, ss, shardOrigReplicas)
-				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-				Eventually(func() (*appsv1.StatefulSet, error) {
-					return c.AppsV1().StatefulSets(namespace).Get(ctx, shardName, getOpts)
-				}, timeout, PollingInterval).Should(WithTransform(getAvailableReplicas, Equal(shardOrigReplicas)))
+				// Wait for the new annotation in the existing pods
+				for i := int(shardOrigReplicas) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+					Eventually(func() (*v1.Pod, error) {
+						return c.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).Get(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", shardName, i), getOpts)
+					}, timeout, PollingInterval).Should(WithTransform(getRestartedAtAnnotation, Equal(restartAnnotation[restartKey])))
+				}
 			}
 
 			By("creating a job to drop the test database")
diff --git a/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/CHANGELOG.md b/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/CHANGELOG.md
index 6afc2a2386..f5c921f906 100644
--- a/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 8.3.4 (2024-07-25)
+## 8.3.5 (2024-08-20)
 
-* [bitnami/mongodb-sharded] Release 8.3.4 ([#28476](https://github.com/bitnami/charts/pull/28476))
+* [bitnami/mongodb-sharded]Ginkgo tests: Use rollout instead of scale down ([#28937](https://github.com/bitnami/charts/pull/28937))
+
+## <small>8.3.4 (2024-07-25)</small>
+
+* [bitnami/mongodb-sharded] Release 8.3.4 (#28476) ([a0f15d4](https://github.com/bitnami/charts/commit/a0f15d4092aab507d6a2e98f457bda516f5caf80)), closes [#28476](https://github.com/bitnami/charts/issues/28476)
 
 ## <small>8.3.3 (2024-07-24)</small>
 
diff --git a/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/Chart.yaml b/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/Chart.yaml
index 78c9c2dc83..8255b35bae 100644
--- a/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/Chart.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/mongodb-sharded/Chart.yaml
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ maintainers:
 name: mongodb-sharded
 sources:
 - https://github.com/bitnami/charts/tree/main/bitnami/mongodb-sharded
-version: 8.3.4
+version: 8.3.5