diff --git a/.evergreen/spec-patch/PYTHON-5993.patch b/.evergreen/spec-patch/PYTHON-5993.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3880924e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.evergreen/spec-patch/PYTHON-5993.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+diff --git a/test/unified-test-format/valid-pass/operator-gte.json b/test/unified-test-format/valid-pass/operator-gte.json
+new file mode 100644
+index 000000000..ae69da5c9
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/test/unified-test-format/valid-pass/operator-gte.json
+@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
++{
++  "description": "operator-gte",
++  "schemaVersion": "1.29",
++  "createEntities": [
++    {
++      "client": {
++        "id": "client0",
++        "observeEvents": [
++          "commandStartedEvent"
++        ]
++      }
++    },
++    {
++      "database": {
++        "id": "database0",
++        "client": "client0",
++        "databaseName": "database0Name"
++      }
++    },
++    {
++      "collection": {
++        "id": "collection0",
++        "database": "database0",
++        "collectionName": "coll0"
++      }
++    }
++  ],
++  "initialData": [
++    {
++      "collectionName": "coll0",
++      "databaseName": "database0Name",
++      "documents": []
++    }
++  ],
++  "tests": [
++    {
++      "description": "special gte matching operator",
++      "operations": [
++        {
++          "name": "insertOne",
++          "object": "collection0",
++          "arguments": {
++            "document": {
++              "_id": 1,
++              "x": 2,
++              "y": 3,
++              "z": 4
++            }
++          }
++        }
++      ],
++      "expectEvents": [
++        {
++          "client": "client0",
++          "events": [
++            {
++              "commandStartedEvent": {
++                "command": {
++                  "insert": "coll0",
++                  "documents": [
++                    {
++                      "_id": {
++                        "$$gte": 1
++                      },
++                      "x": {
++                        "$$gte": 1.9
++                      },
++                      "y": {
++                        "$$gte": {
++                          "$numberLong": "3"
++                        }
++                      },
++                      "z": {
++                        "$$gte": 4
++                      }
++                    }
++                  ]
++                },
++                "commandName": "insert",
++                "databaseName": "database0Name"
++              }
++            }
++          ]
++        }
++      ]
++    }
++  ]
++}
diff --git a/test/bson_corpus/dbref.json b/test/bson_corpus/dbref.json
index 41c0b09d0e..cf54ccf538 100644
--- a/test/bson_corpus/dbref.json
+++ b/test/bson_corpus/dbref.json
@@ -22,6 +22,21 @@
             "canonical_bson": "4400000003646272656600380000000224726566000b000000636f6c6c656374696f6e00072469640058921b3e6e32ab156a22b59e02666f6f0004000000626172000000",
             "canonical_extjson": "{\"dbref\": {\"$ref\": \"collection\", \"$id\": {\"$oid\": \"58921b3e6e32ab156a22b59e\"}, \"foo\": \"bar\"}}"
         },
+        {
+            "description": "DBRef with dotted collection name",
+            "canonical_bson": "3a000000036462726566002e0000000224726566000e00000064622e636f6c6c656374696f6e00072469640058921b3e6e32ab156a22b59e0000",
+            "canonical_extjson": "{\"dbref\": {\"$ref\": \"db.collection\", \"$id\": {\"$oid\": \"58921b3e6e32ab156a22b59e\"}}}"
+        },
+        {
+            "description": "DBRef with dotted collection name and database",
+            "canonical_bson": "4b000000036462726566003f0000000224726566000e00000064622e636f6c6c656374696f6e00072469640058921b3e6e32ab156a22b59e0224646200080000006f746865726462000000",
+            "canonical_extjson": "{\"dbref\": {\"$ref\": \"db.collection\", \"$id\": {\"$oid\": \"58921b3e6e32ab156a22b59e\"}, \"$db\": \"otherdb\"}}"
+        },
+        {
+            "description": "DBRef with multiple dots in collection name",
+            "canonical_bson": "32000000036462726566002600000002247265660006000000612e622e6300072469640058921b3e6e32ab156a22b59e0000",
+            "canonical_extjson": "{\"dbref\": {\"$ref\": \"a.b.c\", \"$id\": {\"$oid\": \"58921b3e6e32ab156a22b59e\"}}}"
+        },
         {
             "description": "Document with key names similar to those of a DBRef",
             "canonical_bson": "3e0000000224726566000c0000006e6f742d612d646272656600072469640058921b3e6e32ab156a22b59e022462616e616e6100050000007065656c0000",