diff --git a/src/cmap/auth/gssapi.ts b/src/cmap/auth/gssapi.ts
index af0a03c28f..c55acacb07 100644
--- a/src/cmap/auth/gssapi.ts
+++ b/src/cmap/auth/gssapi.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ import { Callback, ns } from '../../utils';
 import { AuthContext, AuthProvider } from './auth_provider';
 
 type MechanismProperties = {
+  /** @deprecated use `CANONICALIZE_HOST_NAME` instead */
   gssapiCanonicalizeHostName?: boolean;
+  CANONICALIZE_HOST_NAME?: boolean;
   SERVICE_NAME?: string;
   SERVICE_REALM?: string;
 };
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ function performGssapiCanonicalizeHostName(
   mechanismProperties: MechanismProperties,
   callback: Callback<string>
 ): void {
-  if (!mechanismProperties.gssapiCanonicalizeHostName) return callback(undefined, host);
+  if (!mechanismProperties.CANONICALIZE_HOST_NAME) return callback(undefined, host);
 
   // Attempt to resolve the host name
   dns.resolveCname(host, (err, r) => {
diff --git a/src/cmap/auth/mongo_credentials.ts b/src/cmap/auth/mongo_credentials.ts
index 6f0e453ed3..d974333bdd 100644
--- a/src/cmap/auth/mongo_credentials.ts
+++ b/src/cmap/auth/mongo_credentials.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Resolves the default auth mechanism according to
-
 import type { Document } from '../../bson';
 import { MongoAPIError, MongoMissingCredentialsError } from '../../error';
+import { emitWarningOnce } from '../../utils';
 import { AUTH_MECHS_AUTH_SRC_EXTERNAL, AuthMechanism } from './providers';
 
 // https://github.com/mongodb/specifications/blob/master/source/auth/auth.rst
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ export class MongoCredentials {
       }
     }
 
+    if ('gssapiCanonicalizeHostName' in this.mechanismProperties) {
+      emitWarningOnce(
+        'gssapiCanonicalizeHostName is deprecated. Please use CANONICALIZE_HOST_NAME instead.'
+      );
+      this.mechanismProperties.CANONICALIZE_HOST_NAME =
+        this.mechanismProperties.gssapiCanonicalizeHostName;
+    }
+
     Object.freeze(this.mechanismProperties);
     Object.freeze(this);
   }
diff --git a/test/manual/kerberos.test.js b/test/manual/kerberos.test.js
index 32764d19f0..b03fc7a1e6 100644
--- a/test/manual/kerberos.test.js
+++ b/test/manual/kerberos.test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 'use strict';
 const { MongoClient } = require('../../src');
 const chai = require('chai');
+const sinon = require('sinon');
+const dns = require('dns');
 
 const expect = chai.expect;
+chai.use(require('sinon-chai'));
 
 function verifyKerberosAuthentication(client, done) {
   client
@@ -23,6 +26,16 @@ function verifyKerberosAuthentication(client, done) {
 }
 
 describe('Kerberos', function () {
+  const sandbox = sinon.createSandbox();
+
+  beforeEach(function () {
+    sandbox.spy(dns);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(function () {
+    sandbox.restore();
+  });
+
   if (process.env.MONGODB_URI == null) {
     console.error('skipping Kerberos tests, MONGODB_URI environment variable is not defined');
     return;
@@ -51,6 +64,28 @@ describe('Kerberos', function () {
     });
   });
 
+  it('validate that gssapiCanonicalizeHostName can be passed in', function (done) {
+    const client = new MongoClient(
+      `${krb5Uri}&authMechanismProperties=SERVICE_NAME:mongodb,gssapiCanonicalizeHostName:true&maxPoolSize=1`
+    );
+    client.connect(function (err, client) {
+      if (err) return done(err);
+      expect(dns.resolveCname).to.be.calledOnce;
+      verifyKerberosAuthentication(client, done);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('validate that CANONICALIZE_HOST_NAME can be passed in', function (done) {
+    const client = new MongoClient(
+      `${krb5Uri}&authMechanismProperties=SERVICE_NAME:mongodb,CANONICALIZE_HOST_NAME:true&maxPoolSize=1`
+    );
+    client.connect(function (err, client) {
+      if (err) return done(err);
+      expect(dns.resolveCname).to.be.calledOnce;
+      verifyKerberosAuthentication(client, done);
+    });
+  });
+
   // Unskip this test when a proper setup is available - see NODE-3060
   it.skip('validate that SERVICE_REALM and CANONICALIZE_HOST_NAME can be passed in', function (done) {
     const client = new MongoClient(