diff --git a/src/operations/drop.ts b/src/operations/drop.ts
index 55312392626..5733b6b956d 100644
--- a/src/operations/drop.ts
+++ b/src/operations/drop.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { type Connection, MongoServerError } from '..';
+import { type Connection, type MongoError, MongoServerError } from '..';
 import type { Document } from '../bson';
 import { MongoDBResponse } from '../cmap/wire_protocol/responses';
 import { CursorTimeoutContext } from '../cursor/abstract_cursor';
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ export class DropCollectionOperation extends CommandOperation<boolean> {
   override handleOk(_response: InstanceType<typeof this.SERVER_COMMAND_RESPONSE_TYPE>): boolean {
     return true;
   }
+
+  override handleError(error: MongoError): boolean {
+    if (!(error instanceof MongoServerError)) throw error;
+    if (Number(error.code) !== MONGODB_ERROR_CODES.NamespaceNotFound) throw error;
+
+    return false;
+  }
 }
 
 export async function dropCollections(
@@ -83,16 +90,7 @@ export async function dropCollections(
     for (const collectionName of [escCollection, ecocCollection]) {
       // Drop auxilliary collections, ignoring potential NamespaceNotFound errors.
       const dropOp = new DropCollectionOperation(db, collectionName, options);
-      try {
-        await executeOperation(db.client, dropOp, timeoutContext);
-      } catch (err) {
-        if (
-          !(err instanceof MongoServerError) ||
-          err.code !== MONGODB_ERROR_CODES.NamespaceNotFound
-        ) {
-          throw err;
-        }
-      }
+      await executeOperation(db.client, dropOp, timeoutContext);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/driver.mts b/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/driver.mts
index d21048cf8f7..1089232a75b 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/driver.mts
+++ b/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/driver.mts
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export class DriverTester {
     const utilClient = new MongoClient(MONGODB_URI, MONGODB_CLIENT_OPTIONS);
     const db = utilClient.db(DB_NAME);
     const collection = db.collection(COLLECTION_NAME);
-    await collection.drop().catch(() => null);
+    await collection.drop();
     await db.dropDatabase().catch(() => null);
     await utilClient.close();
   }
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/suites/multi_bench/grid_fs_download.mts b/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/suites/multi_bench/grid_fs_download.mts
index 67b1c802517..e5e581a294b 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/suites/multi_bench/grid_fs_download.mts
+++ b/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/suites/multi_bench/grid_fs_download.mts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export async function before() {
 
   bucket = driver.bucket(driver.client.db(driver.DB_NAME));
 
-  await bucket.drop().catch(() => null);
+  await bucket.drop();
 
   // Create the bucket.
   const stream = bucket.openUploadStream('gridfstest');
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/suites/multi_bench/grid_fs_upload.mts b/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/suites/multi_bench/grid_fs_upload.mts
index 002c530ec01..64edb780fd5 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/suites/multi_bench/grid_fs_upload.mts
+++ b/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/suites/multi_bench/grid_fs_upload.mts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export async function before() {
 
   bucket = driver.bucket(driver.client.db(driver.DB_NAME));
 
-  await bucket.drop().catch(() => null);
+  await bucket.drop();
 }
 
 export async function beforeEach() {
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/suites/parallel_bench/gridfs_multi_file_download.mts b/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/suites/parallel_bench/gridfs_multi_file_download.mts
index 656919ed9b2..2bd52163be1 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/suites/parallel_bench/gridfs_multi_file_download.mts
+++ b/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/suites/parallel_bench/gridfs_multi_file_download.mts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export async function before() {
   await driver.resetTmpDir();
 
   bucket = driver.bucket(driver.client.db(driver.DB_NAME));
-  await bucket.drop().catch(() => null);
+  await bucket.drop();
 
   const gridfs_multi = path.resolve(PARALLEL_DIRECTORY, 'gridfs_multi');
 
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/suites/parallel_bench/gridfs_multi_file_upload.mts b/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/suites/parallel_bench/gridfs_multi_file_upload.mts
index 0942f6bc414..a5a705c9fa0 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/suites/parallel_bench/gridfs_multi_file_upload.mts
+++ b/test/benchmarks/driver_bench/src/suites/parallel_bench/gridfs_multi_file_upload.mts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export async function before() {
 
   bucket = driver.bucket(driver.client.db(driver.DB_NAME));
 
-  await bucket.drop().catch(() => null);
+  await bucket.drop();
 }
 
 export async function beforeEach() {
diff --git a/test/integration/change-streams/change_stream.test.ts b/test/integration/change-streams/change_stream.test.ts
index a30ca19ed7a..bc844e339d6 100644
--- a/test/integration/change-streams/change_stream.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/change-streams/change_stream.test.ts
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ describe('Change Streams', function () {
     async test() {
       const collection = db.collection('resumeAfterTest2');
 
-      await collection.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await collection.drop();
 
       let resumeToken;
       const docs = [{ a: 0 }, { a: 1 }, { a: 2 }];
diff --git a/test/integration/client-side-encryption/client_side_encryption.prose.06.corpus.test.ts b/test/integration/client-side-encryption/client_side_encryption.prose.06.corpus.test.ts
index 41c7c8cb94c..85e4492a708 100644
--- a/test/integration/client-side-encryption/client_side_encryption.prose.06.corpus.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/client-side-encryption/client_side_encryption.prose.06.corpus.test.ts
@@ -143,13 +143,7 @@ describe('Client Side Encryption Prose Corpus Test', function () {
     await client.connect();
     // 3. Using ``client``, drop the collection ``keyvault.datakeys``. Insert the documents `corpus/corpus-key-local.json <../corpus/corpus-key-local.json>`_ and `corpus/corpus-key-aws.json <../corpus/corpus-key-aws.json>`_.
     const keyDb = client.db(keyVaultDbName);
-    await keyDb
-      .dropCollection(keyVaultCollName, { writeConcern: new WriteConcern('majority') })
-      .catch((e: Error) => {
-        if (!/ns/i.test(e.message)) {
-          throw e;
-        }
-      });
+    await keyDb.dropCollection(keyVaultCollName, { writeConcern: new WriteConcern('majority') });
     const keyColl = keyDb.collection(keyVaultCollName);
     await keyColl.insertMany(
       [corpusKeyLocal, corpusKeyAws, corpusKeyAzure, corpusKeyGcp, corpusKeyKmip],
@@ -164,13 +158,7 @@ describe('Client Side Encryption Prose Corpus Test', function () {
     beforeEach(async function () {
       // 2. Using ``client``, drop and create the collection ``db.coll`` configured with the included JSON schema `corpus/corpus-schema.json <../corpus/corpus-schema.json>`_.
       const dataDb = client.db(dataDbName);
-      await dataDb
-        .dropCollection(dataCollName, { writeConcern: new WriteConcern('majority') })
-        .catch((e: Error) => {
-          if (!/ns/i.test(e.message)) {
-            throw e;
-          }
-        });
+      await dataDb.dropCollection(dataCollName, { writeConcern: new WriteConcern('majority') });
       await dataDb.createCollection(dataCollName, {
         validator: { $jsonSchema: corpusSchema },
         writeConcern: new WriteConcern('majority')
diff --git a/test/integration/client-side-encryption/client_side_encryption.prose.14.decryption_events.test.ts b/test/integration/client-side-encryption/client_side_encryption.prose.14.decryption_events.test.ts
index 9901cb08820..9412f78c9b8 100644
--- a/test/integration/client-side-encryption/client_side_encryption.prose.14.decryption_events.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/client-side-encryption/client_side_encryption.prose.14.decryption_events.test.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('14. Decryption Events', metadata, function () {
       .collection('decryption_events')
       .deleteMany({})
       .catch(() => null);
-    await db.dropCollection('decryption_events').catch(() => null);
+    await db.dropCollection('decryption_events');
     await db.createCollection('decryption_events');
     // Create a ClientEncryption object named ``clientEncryption`` with these options:
     //   ClientEncryptionOpts {
diff --git a/test/integration/client-side-encryption/client_side_encryption.prose.22.range_explicit_encryption.test.ts b/test/integration/client-side-encryption/client_side_encryption.prose.22.range_explicit_encryption.test.ts
index c78fb4a9fab..12b00cce19d 100644
--- a/test/integration/client-side-encryption/client_side_encryption.prose.22.range_explicit_encryption.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/client-side-encryption/client_side_encryption.prose.22.range_explicit_encryption.test.ts
@@ -171,26 +171,12 @@ describe('Range Explicit Encryption', function () {
 
         await utilClient.db('db').dropDatabase();
 
-        await utilClient
-          .db('db')
-          .dropCollection('explicit_encryption')
-          .catch(e => {
-            if (!/ns not found/.test(e.message)) {
-              throw e;
-            }
-          });
+        await utilClient.db('db').dropCollection('explicit_encryption');
         await utilClient.db('db').createCollection('explicit_encryption', {
           encryptedFields
         });
 
-        await utilClient
-          .db('keyvault')
-          .dropCollection('datakeys')
-          .catch(e => {
-            if (!/ns not found/.test(e.message)) {
-              throw e;
-            }
-          });
+        await utilClient.db('keyvault').dropCollection('datakeys');
 
         await utilClient.db('keyvault').createCollection('datakeys');
 
diff --git a/test/integration/client-side-encryption/client_side_encryption.prose.test.ts b/test/integration/client-side-encryption/client_side_encryption.prose.test.ts
index 47bc3a101a1..b76687eccc7 100644
--- a/test/integration/client-side-encryption/client_side_encryption.prose.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/client-side-encryption/client_side_encryption.prose.test.ts
@@ -2239,10 +2239,7 @@ describe('Client Side Encryption Prose Tests', metadata, function () {
       await client.connect();
 
       // Using client, drop the collection keyvault.datakeys.
-      await client
-        .db('keyvault')
-        .dropCollection('datakeys')
-        .catch(() => null);
+      await client.db('keyvault').dropCollection('datakeys');
 
       await client
         .db('keyvault')
@@ -2389,10 +2386,7 @@ describe('Client Side Encryption Prose Tests', metadata, function () {
             client1.mongoLogger?.trace('client', 'dropping datakeys collection');
 
             // Step 1. Drop the collection ``keyvault.datakeys``
-            await client1
-              .db('keyvault')
-              .dropCollection('datakeys')
-              .catch(() => null);
+            await client1.db('keyvault').dropCollection('datakeys');
 
             client1.mongoLogger?.trace('client', 'dropped datakeys collection');
 
diff --git a/test/integration/client-side-encryption/driver.test.ts b/test/integration/client-side-encryption/driver.test.ts
index a7a5a9f8e7d..02fe82d336e 100644
--- a/test/integration/client-side-encryption/driver.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/client-side-encryption/driver.test.ts
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ describe('Client Side Encryption Functional', function () {
       const dataDb = client.db(dataDbName);
       const keyVaultDb = client.db(keyVaultDbName);
 
-      await dataDb.dropCollection(dataCollName).catch(() => null);
-      await keyVaultDb.dropCollection(keyVaultCollName).catch(() => null);
+      await dataDb.dropCollection(dataCollName);
+      await keyVaultDb.dropCollection(keyVaultCollName);
       await keyVaultDb.createCollection(keyVaultCollName);
       const dataKey = await encryption.createDataKey('local');
 
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ describe('Client Side Encryption Functional', function () {
         const dataDb = client.db(dataDbName);
         const keyVaultDb = client.db(keyVaultDbName);
 
-        await dataDb.dropCollection(dataCollName).catch(() => null);
-        await keyVaultDb.dropCollection(keyVaultCollName).catch(() => null);
+        await dataDb.dropCollection(dataCollName);
+        await keyVaultDb.dropCollection(keyVaultCollName);
         await keyVaultDb.createCollection(keyVaultCollName);
         const dataKey = await encryption.createDataKey('local');
 
@@ -448,8 +448,7 @@ describe('Client Side Encryption Functional', function () {
       const internalClient = this.configuration.newClient();
       await internalClient
         .db('keyvault')
-        .dropCollection('datakeys', { writeConcern: { w: 'majority' } })
-        .catch(() => null);
+        .dropCollection('datakeys', { writeConcern: { w: 'majority' } });
       await internalClient.db('keyvault').createCollection('datakeys');
       await internalClient.close();
 
@@ -1121,16 +1120,8 @@ describe('CSOT', function () {
             configureFailPoint: 'failCommand',
             mode: 'off'
           } as FailCommandFailPoint);
-        await client
-          .db('db')
-          .collection('newnew')
-          .drop()
-          .catch(() => null);
-        await client
-          .db('keyvault')
-          .collection('datakeys')
-          .drop()
-          .catch(() => null);
+        await client.db('db').collection('newnew').drop();
+        await client.db('keyvault').collection('datakeys').drop();
         await client.close();
       });
 
diff --git a/test/integration/command-logging-and-monitoring/command_monitoring.test.ts b/test/integration/command-logging-and-monitoring/command_monitoring.test.ts
index 240a9363064..b089ca7d65f 100644
--- a/test/integration/command-logging-and-monitoring/command_monitoring.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/command-logging-and-monitoring/command_monitoring.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 
 import { type MongoClient, ObjectId, ReadPreference } from '../../mongodb';
-import { filterForCommands, ignoreNsNotFound, setupDatabase } from '../shared';
+import { filterForCommands, setupDatabase } from '../shared';
 
 describe('Command Monitoring', function () {
   let client: MongoClient;
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ describe('Command Monitoring', function () {
       return db
         .collection('apm_test_2')
         .drop()
-        .catch(ignoreNsNotFound)
         .then(() => {
           // Insert test documents
           return db
@@ -235,7 +234,6 @@ describe('Command Monitoring', function () {
       return db
         .collection('apm_test_2')
         .drop()
-        .catch(ignoreNsNotFound)
         .then(() => {
           // Insert test documents
           return db
@@ -328,7 +326,6 @@ describe('Command Monitoring', function () {
       return db
         .collection('apm_test_2')
         .drop()
-        .catch(ignoreNsNotFound)
         .then(() =>
           db
             .collection('apm_test_2')
@@ -531,12 +528,10 @@ describe('Command Monitoring', function () {
     const desiredEvents = ['aggregate', 'getMore'];
     client.on('commandStarted', filterForCommands(desiredEvents, started));
     client.on('commandSucceeded', filterForCommands(desiredEvents, succeeded));
-
     const db = client.db(this.configuration.db);
     return db
       .collection('apm_test_u_4')
       .drop()
-      .catch(ignoreNsNotFound)
       .then(() => db.collection('apm_test_u_4').insertMany(docs))
       .then(r => {
         expect(r).to.exist;
diff --git a/test/integration/connections-survive-step-down/connections_survive_step_down.prose.test.ts b/test/integration/connections-survive-step-down/connections_survive_step_down.prose.test.ts
index 8e409a18a63..3ba24d95870 100644
--- a/test/integration/connections-survive-step-down/connections_survive_step_down.prose.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/connections-survive-step-down/connections_survive_step_down.prose.test.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe('Connections Survive Primary Step Down - prose', function () {
     // - Create a collection object from the ``MongoClient``, using ``step-down`` for the database and collection name.
     collection = client.db('step-down').collection('step-down');
     // - Drop the test collection, using ``writeConcern`` "majority".
-    await collection.drop({ writeConcern: { w: 'majority' } }).catch(() => null);
+    await collection.drop({ writeConcern: { w: 'majority' } });
     // - Execute the "create" command to recreate the collection, using writeConcern: "majority".
     collection = await client
       .db('step-down')
diff --git a/test/integration/crud/bulk.test.ts b/test/integration/crud/bulk.test.ts
index 6dc1b1beb26..1d9b6c3da27 100644
--- a/test/integration/crud/bulk.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/crud/bulk.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   MongoDriverError,
   MongoInvalidArgumentError
 } from '../../../src';
-import { assert as test, ignoreNsNotFound } from '../shared';
+import { assert as test } from '../shared';
 
 const MAX_BSON_SIZE = 16777216;
 const DB_NAME = 'bulk_operations_tests';
@@ -1432,9 +1432,7 @@ describe('Bulk', function () {
     const documents = [{ s: largeString }, { s: largeString }];
 
     const db = client.db();
-    await db.dropCollection('doesnt_matter').catch(() => {
-      // ignore
-    });
+    await db.dropCollection('doesnt_matter');
     await db.createCollection('doesnt_matter');
     const coll = db.collection('doesnt_matter');
     await coll.insertMany(documents, { ordered: true });
@@ -1446,9 +1444,7 @@ describe('Bulk', function () {
     const documents = [{ s: largeString }, { s: largeString }];
 
     const db = client.db();
-    await db.dropCollection('doesnt_matter').catch(() => {
-      // ignore
-    });
+    await db.dropCollection('doesnt_matter');
     await db.createCollection('doesnt_matter');
     const coll = db.collection('doesnt_matter');
     await coll.insertMany(documents, { ordered: false });
@@ -1474,7 +1470,7 @@ describe('Bulk', function () {
 
   it('should promote a single error to the top-level message, and preserve writeErrors', async function () {
     const coll = client.db().collection<{ _id: number; a: number }>('single_bulk_write_error');
-    await coll.drop().catch(ignoreNsNotFound);
+    await coll.drop();
     await coll.insertMany(Array.from({ length: 4 }, (_, i) => ({ _id: i, a: i })));
     const err = await coll
       .bulkWrite([
@@ -1490,7 +1486,7 @@ describe('Bulk', function () {
 
   it('should preserve order of operation index in unordered bulkWrite', async function () {
     const coll = client.db().collection<{ _id: number; a: number }>('bulk_write_ordering_test');
-    await coll.drop().catch(ignoreNsNotFound);
+    await coll.drop();
     await coll.insertMany(Array.from({ length: 4 }, (_, i) => ({ _id: i, a: i })));
     await coll.createIndex({ a: 1 }, { unique: true });
     const err = await coll
@@ -1513,7 +1509,7 @@ describe('Bulk', function () {
 
   it('should preserve order of operation index in unordered bulk operation', async function () {
     const coll = client.db().collection('unordered_preserve_order');
-    await coll.drop().catch(ignoreNsNotFound);
+    await coll.drop();
     const batch = coll.initializeUnorderedBulkOp();
     batch.insert({ _id: 1, a: 0 });
     batch.insert({ _id: 1, a: 0 });
@@ -1528,7 +1524,7 @@ describe('Bulk', function () {
 
   it('should not fail on the first error in an unorderd bulkWrite', async function () {
     const coll = client.db().collection('bulk_op_ordering_test');
-    await coll.drop().catch(ignoreNsNotFound);
+    await coll.drop();
     await coll.createIndex({ email: 1 }, { unique: true, background: false });
     await Promise.all([
       coll.updateOne(
diff --git a/test/integration/crud/crud_api.test.ts b/test/integration/crud/crud_api.test.ts
index e6512b6f13f..d4163d32cb0 100644
--- a/test/integration/crud/crud_api.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/crud/crud_api.test.ts
@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ describe('CRUD API', function () {
       );
 
       collection = client.db('findOne').collection('findOne');
-      await collection.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await collection.drop();
       await collection.insertMany([{ _id: 1 }, { _id: 2 }]);
     });
 
     afterEach(async () => {
-      await collection.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await collection.drop();
       await client.close();
     });
 
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ describe('CRUD API', function () {
       );
 
       collection = client.db('countDocuments').collection('countDocuments');
-      await collection.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await collection.drop();
       await collection.insertMany([{ _id: 1 }, { _id: 2 }]);
     });
 
     afterEach(async () => {
-      await collection.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await collection.drop();
       await client.close();
     });
 
@@ -218,12 +218,12 @@ describe('CRUD API', function () {
 
     beforeEach(async () => {
       collection = client.db().collection('t');
-      await collection.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await collection.drop();
       await collection.insertMany([{ a: 1 }, { a: 1 }, { a: 1 }, { a: 1 }]);
     });
 
     afterEach(async () => {
-      await collection?.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await collection?.drop();
     });
 
     const makeCursor = () => {
@@ -881,12 +881,12 @@ describe('CRUD API', function () {
       );
 
       collection = client.db('updateManyTest').collection('updateManyTest');
-      await collection.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await collection.drop();
       await collection.insertMany([{ a: 1 }, { a: 2 }]);
     });
 
     afterEach(async function () {
-      await collection.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await collection.drop();
       await client.close();
     });
 
diff --git a/test/integration/crud/document_validation.test.ts b/test/integration/crud/document_validation.test.ts
index ec60976e420..ce6ac49522a 100644
--- a/test/integration/crud/document_validation.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/crud/document_validation.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 
 import { MongoBulkWriteError, type MongoClient, MongoServerError } from '../../../src';
-import { ignoreNsNotFound, setupDatabase } from '../shared';
+import { setupDatabase } from '../shared';
 
 describe('Document Validation', function () {
   let client: MongoClient;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe('Document Validation', function () {
       const col = db.collection('createValidationCollection');
 
       // Drop the collection
-      await col.drop().catch(ignoreNsNotFound);
+      await col.drop();
       // Create a collection with a validator
       await db.createCollection('createValidationCollection', {
         validator: { a: { $exists: true } }
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe('Document Validation', function () {
       const col = db.collection('createValidationCollection');
 
       // Drop the collection
-      await col.drop().catch(ignoreNsNotFound);
+      await col.drop();
       // Create a collection with a validator
       await db.createCollection('createValidationCollection', {
         validator: { a: { $exists: true } }
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ describe('Document Validation', function () {
       const col = db.collection('createValidationCollection');
 
       // Drop the collection
-      await col.drop().catch(ignoreNsNotFound);
+      await col.drop();
       // Create a collection with a validator
       await db.createCollection('createValidationCollection', {
         validator: { a: { $exists: true } }
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ describe('Document Validation', function () {
       const col = db.collection('createValidationCollection');
 
       // Drop the collection
-      await col.drop().catch(ignoreNsNotFound);
+      await col.drop();
       // Create a collection with a validator
       await db.createCollection('createValidationCollection', {
         validator: { a: { $exists: true } }
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ describe('Document Validation', function () {
       const col = db.collection('createValidationCollectionOut');
 
       // Drop the collection
-      await col.drop().catch(ignoreNsNotFound);
+      await col.drop();
       // Create a collection with a validator
       await db.createCollection('createValidationCollectionOut', {
         validator: { a: { $exists: true } }
diff --git a/test/integration/crud/find.test.ts b/test/integration/crud/find.test.ts
index 557c7002573..9b794366ec8 100644
--- a/test/integration/crud/find.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/crud/find.test.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('Find', function () {
     const configuration = this.configuration;
 
     const db = client.db(configuration.db);
-    await db.dropCollection('test_find_simple').catch(() => null);
+    await db.dropCollection('test_find_simple');
     const collection = db.collection('test_find_simple');
     const docs = [{ a: 2 }, { b: 3 }];
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe('Find', function () {
     const configuration = this.configuration;
 
     const db = client.db(configuration.db);
-    await db.dropCollection('test_find_advanced').catch(() => null);
+    await db.dropCollection('test_find_advanced');
     const collection = db.collection('test_find_advanced');
     const docs = [{ a: 1 }, { a: 2 }, { b: 3 }];
 
diff --git a/test/integration/crud/find_cursor_methods.test.ts b/test/integration/crud/find_cursor_methods.test.ts
index 96d0c4ff249..9a9c2569a55 100644
--- a/test/integration/crud/find_cursor_methods.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/crud/find_cursor_methods.test.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ describe('Find Cursor', function () {
     const docs = [{ a: 1 }, { a: 2 }, { a: 3 }, { a: 4 }, { a: 5 }, { a: 6 }];
     const coll = setupClient.db().collection('abstract_cursor');
     const tryNextColl = setupClient.db().collection('try_next');
-    await coll.drop().catch(() => null);
-    await tryNextColl.drop().catch(() => null);
+    await coll.drop();
+    await tryNextColl.drop();
     await coll.insertMany(docs);
     await setupClient.close();
   });
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@ describe('Find Cursor', function () {
 
     beforeEach(async function () {
       collection = client.db().collection('abstract_cursor');
-      await collection.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await collection.drop();
       await collection.insertMany([{ a: 1 }, { a: 2 }, { a: 3 }, { a: 4 }]);
     });
 
     afterEach(async function () {
-      await collection?.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await collection?.drop();
     });
 
     context('when closed before completely iterated', () => {
diff --git a/test/integration/crud/insert.test.ts b/test/integration/crud/insert.test.ts
index 0fe0983b4d0..d491119e756 100644
--- a/test/integration/crud/insert.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/crud/insert.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
   Timestamp
 } from '../../../src';
 import { noop } from '../../../src/utils';
-import { assert as test, ignoreNsNotFound, setupDatabase } from '../shared';
+import { assert as test, setupDatabase } from '../shared';
 
 describe('crud - insert', function () {
   let client: MongoClient;
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ describe('crud - insert', function () {
     it('should return error on unordered insertMany with multiple unique key constraints', async () => {
       const col = client.db().collection('insertManyMultipleWriteErrors');
 
-      await col.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await col.drop();
 
       const createIndexRes = await col.createIndex({ a: 1 }, { unique: true });
       expect(createIndexRes).to.equal('a_1');
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ describe('crud - insert', function () {
     it('should return error on ordered insertMany with multiple unique key constraints', async () => {
       const col = client.db().collection('insertManyMultipleWriteErrors');
 
-      await col.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await col.drop();
 
       const createIndexRes = await col.createIndex({ a: 1 }, { unique: true });
       expect(createIndexRes).to.equal('a_1');
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ describe('crud - insert', function () {
     });
 
     it('MongoBulkWriteError and BulkWriteResult should respect BulkWrite', async function () {
-      await client.db().collection('test_insertMany_bulkResult').drop().catch(ignoreNsNotFound);
+      await client.db().collection('test_insertMany_bulkResult').drop();
 
       const collection = client
         .db()
diff --git a/test/integration/crud/maxTimeMS.test.ts b/test/integration/crud/maxTimeMS.test.ts
index 6acc67a1291..f4d83ddc2f3 100644
--- a/test/integration/crud/maxTimeMS.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/crud/maxTimeMS.test.ts
@@ -88,10 +88,7 @@ describe('MaxTimeMS', function () {
 
     beforeEach(async function () {
       client = this.configuration.newClient({ monitorCommands: true });
-      await client
-        .db()
-        .dropCollection('cappedAt3')
-        .catch(() => null);
+      await client.db().dropCollection('cappedAt3');
       cappedCollection = await client
         .db()
         .createCollection('cappedAt3', { capped: true, size: 4096, max: 3 });
diff --git a/test/integration/crud/misc_cursors.test.js b/test/integration/crud/misc_cursors.test.js
index d5a82ec3466..3e3ef1a2f8d 100644
--- a/test/integration/crud/misc_cursors.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/crud/misc_cursors.test.js
@@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@ describe('Cursor', function () {
 
   it('destroying a stream stops it', async function () {
     const db = client.db();
-    await db.dropCollection('destroying_a_stream_stops_it').catch(() => null);
+    await db.dropCollection('destroying_a_stream_stops_it');
     const collection = await db.createCollection('destroying_a_stream_stops_it');
 
     const docs = Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, i) => ({ b: i + 1 }));
@@ -1852,10 +1852,7 @@ describe('Cursor', function () {
     'closes cursors when client is closed even if it has not been exhausted',
     { requires: { topology: '!replicaset' } },
     async function () {
-      await client
-        .db()
-        .dropCollection('test_cleanup_tailable')
-        .catch(() => null);
+      await client.db().dropCollection('test_cleanup_tailable');
 
       const collection = await client
         .db()
diff --git a/test/integration/gridfs/gridfs.test.ts b/test/integration/gridfs/gridfs.test.ts
index f75a819d1a2..2883b863947 100644
--- a/test/integration/gridfs/gridfs.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/gridfs/gridfs.test.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ describe('GridFS', () => {
     db = client.db('gridfsTest');
 
     // Reset namespace
-    await db.dropCollection('fs.files').catch(() => null);
-    await db.dropCollection('fs.chunks').catch(() => null);
-    await db.dropDatabase().catch(() => null);
+    await db.dropCollection('fs.files');
+    await db.dropCollection('fs.chunks');
+    await db.dropDatabase();
     await sleep(100);
 
     commandStartedEvents = [];
diff --git a/test/integration/node-specific/abort_signal.test.ts b/test/integration/node-specific/abort_signal.test.ts
index c128156f2e2..6cec61ec391 100644
--- a/test/integration/node-specific/abort_signal.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/node-specific/abort_signal.test.ts
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ describe('AbortSignal support', () => {
           const utilClient = this.configuration.newClient();
           try {
             const collection = utilClient.db('abortSignal').collection('support');
-            await collection.drop({}).catch(() => null);
+            await collection.drop({});
             await collection.insertMany([
               { a: 1, ssn: '0000-00-0001' },
               { a: 2, ssn: '0000-00-0002' },
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ describe('AbortSignal support', () => {
             ]);
             if (cursorName === 'listCollections') {
               for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-                await db.dropCollection(`c${i}`).catch(() => null);
+                await db.dropCollection(`c${i}`);
                 await db.createCollection(`c${i}`);
               }
             }
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ describe('AbortSignal support', () => {
       const utilClient = this.configuration.newClient();
       try {
         const collection = utilClient.db('abortSignal').collection('support');
-        await collection.drop({}).catch(() => null);
+        await collection.drop({});
         await collection.insertMany([
           { a: 1, ssn: '0000-00-0001' },
           { a: 2, ssn: '0000-00-0002' },
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ describe('AbortSignal support', () => {
       const utilClient = this.configuration.newClient();
       try {
         const collection = utilClient.db('abortSignal').collection('support');
-        await collection.drop({}).catch(() => null);
+        await collection.drop({});
         await collection.insertMany([
           { a: 1, ssn: '0000-00-0001' },
           { a: 2, ssn: '0000-00-0002' },
diff --git a/test/integration/node-specific/abstract_cursor.test.ts b/test/integration/node-specific/abstract_cursor.test.ts
index 94320283954..3a39cfe03e5 100644
--- a/test/integration/node-specific/abstract_cursor.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/node-specific/abstract_cursor.test.ts
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ describe('class AbstractCursor', function () {
     beforeEach(async function () {
       client = this.configuration.newClient();
       collection = client.db('activeCursors').collection('activeCursors');
-      await collection.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await collection.drop();
       await collection.insertMany(Array.from({ length: 50 }, (_, i) => ({ i })));
     });
 
diff --git a/test/integration/node-specific/bson-options/ignore_undefined.test.ts b/test/integration/node-specific/bson-options/ignore_undefined.test.ts
index fd7c5cc18d4..5b7593a1644 100644
--- a/test/integration/node-specific/bson-options/ignore_undefined.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/node-specific/bson-options/ignore_undefined.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 
 import { type MongoClient, ObjectId } from '../../../../src';
-import { assert as test, ignoreNsNotFound, setupDatabase } from '../../shared';
+import { assert as test, setupDatabase } from '../../shared';
 
 describe('Ignore Undefined', function () {
   before(function () {
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ describe('Ignore Undefined', function () {
   describe('ignoreUndefined A server', function () {
     it('should correctly execute insert culling undefined', async function () {
       const coll = client.db().collection('insert1');
-      await coll.drop().catch(ignoreNsNotFound);
+      await coll.drop();
       const objectId = new ObjectId();
       const res = await coll.insertOne(
         { _id: objectId, a: 1, b: undefined },
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ describe('Ignore Undefined', function () {
 
     it('should correctly execute update culling undefined', async function () {
       const coll = client.db().collection('update1');
-      await coll.drop().catch(ignoreNsNotFound);
+      await coll.drop();
       const objectId = new ObjectId();
       const res = await coll.updateOne(
         { _id: objectId, a: 1, b: undefined },
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ describe('Ignore Undefined', function () {
 
     it('should correctly execute remove culling undefined', async function () {
       const coll = client.db().collection('remove1');
-      await coll.drop().catch(ignoreNsNotFound);
+      await coll.drop();
       const objectId = new ObjectId();
       const res = await coll.insertMany([
         { id: objectId, a: 1, b: undefined },
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ describe('Ignore Undefined', function () {
 
     it('should correctly execute remove not culling undefined', async function () {
       const coll = client.db().collection('remove1');
-      await coll.drop().catch(ignoreNsNotFound);
+      await coll.drop();
       const objectId = new ObjectId();
       const res = await coll.insertMany([
         { id: objectId, a: 1, b: undefined },
diff --git a/test/integration/node-specific/bson-options/raw.test.ts b/test/integration/node-specific/bson-options/raw.test.ts
index 91f6423f3f2..455344f9a92 100644
--- a/test/integration/node-specific/bson-options/raw.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/node-specific/bson-options/raw.test.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe('raw bson support', () => {
       beforeEach(async function () {
         client = this.configuration.newClient();
         collection = client.db('test_raw').collection('test_raw');
-        await collection.drop().catch(() => null);
+        await collection.drop();
         await collection.insertOne({ _id: 1, myData: 'hello' });
         await collection.insertOne({ _id: 2, myData: 'bye bye' });
       });
diff --git a/test/integration/node-specific/bson-options/use_bigint_64.test.ts b/test/integration/node-specific/bson-options/use_bigint_64.test.ts
index e4cc2d4241d..6c6714351ab 100644
--- a/test/integration/node-specific/bson-options/use_bigint_64.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/node-specific/bson-options/use_bigint_64.test.ts
@@ -15,17 +15,9 @@ describe('useBigInt64 option', function () {
   let coll: Collection;
 
   afterEach(async function () {
-    if (client) {
-      if (coll) {
-        await coll.drop().catch(() => null);
-      }
-
-      if (db) {
-        await db.dropDatabase().catch(() => null);
-      }
-
-      await client.close();
-    }
+    await coll?.drop().catch(() => null);
+    await db?.dropDatabase().catch(() => null);
+    await client?.close();
   });
 
   describe('when not provided to client', function () {
@@ -82,7 +74,7 @@ describe('useBigInt64 option', function () {
       client = await this.configuration.newClient().connect();
 
       db = client.db(this.configuration.db, { useBigInt64: false });
-      await db.dropCollection('useBigInt64Test').catch(() => null);
+      await db.dropCollection('useBigInt64Test');
       coll = await db.createCollection('useBigInt64Test', { useBigInt64: true });
     });
 
@@ -98,7 +90,7 @@ describe('useBigInt64 option', function () {
     beforeEach(async function () {
       client = await this.configuration.newClient().connect();
       db = client.db(this.configuration.db);
-      await db.dropCollection('useBigInt64Test').catch(() => null);
+      await db.dropCollection('useBigInt64Test');
     });
 
     it('supercedes collection level when set to false at operation level', async function () {
@@ -117,7 +109,7 @@ describe('useBigInt64 option', function () {
     beforeEach(async function () {
       client = await this.configuration.newClient().connect();
       db = client.db(this.configuration.db);
-      await db.dropCollection('useBigInt64Test').catch(() => null);
+      await db.dropCollection('useBigInt64Test');
     });
 
     it('supercedes collection level when set to true at operation level', async function () {
@@ -137,7 +129,7 @@ describe('useBigInt64 option', function () {
       client = await this.configuration.newClient({}, { useBigInt64: true }).connect();
 
       db = client.db(this.configuration.db);
-      await db.dropCollection('useBigInt64Test').catch(() => null);
+      await db.dropCollection('useBigInt64Test');
 
       coll = await db.createCollection('useBigInt64Test');
       await coll.insertOne({ a: new BSON.Long(1) });
diff --git a/test/integration/node-specific/cursor_stream.test.js b/test/integration/node-specific/cursor_stream.test.js
index 76353b5d0f3..3b06c5de57e 100644
--- a/test/integration/node-specific/cursor_stream.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/node-specific/cursor_stream.test.js
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ describe('Cursor Streams', function () {
     const collection = db.collection('streaming');
     const updateCollection = db.collection('update_within_streaming');
 
-    await collection.drop().catch(() => null);
-    await updateCollection.drop().catch(() => null);
+    await collection.drop();
+    await updateCollection.drop();
 
     const docs = Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, i) => ({
       _id: i,
diff --git a/test/integration/node-specific/mongo_client.test.ts b/test/integration/node-specific/mongo_client.test.ts
index e8578d17b9a..87889efa21a 100644
--- a/test/integration/node-specific/mongo_client.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/node-specific/mongo_client.test.ts
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ describe('class MongoClient', function () {
     beforeEach(async function () {
       client = this.configuration.newClient();
       collection = client.db('activeCursors').collection('activeCursors');
-      await collection.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await collection.drop();
       await collection.insertMany(Array.from({ length: 50 }, (_, _id) => ({ _id })));
 
       kills.length = 0;
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ describe('class MongoClient', function () {
 
       beforeEach(async () => {
         collection = client.db('test').collection('activeCursors');
-        await collection.drop().catch(() => null);
+        await collection.drop();
         await collection.insertMany(Array.from({ length: 50 }, (_, _id) => ({ _id })));
 
         kills.length = 0;
diff --git a/test/integration/objectid.test.ts b/test/integration/objectid.test.ts
index 82f489b5658..ac1c68ecda2 100644
--- a/test/integration/objectid.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/objectid.test.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ describe('ObjectId', function () {
     const oid3 = new ObjectId();
 
     const collection = client.db().collection<{ _id: ObjectId }>('oid_range');
-    await collection.drop().catch(() => null);
+    await collection.drop();
 
     // Insertion intentionally out of order, we want to filter out 3 with a range query
     await collection.insertMany([{ _id: oid1 }, { _id: oid3 }, { _id: oid2 }]);
diff --git a/test/integration/retryable-reads/retryable_reads.spec.prose.test.ts b/test/integration/retryable-reads/retryable_reads.spec.prose.test.ts
index 3e751e2e3b2..ca0576d218a 100644
--- a/test/integration/retryable-reads/retryable_reads.spec.prose.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/retryable-reads/retryable_reads.spec.prose.test.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('Retryable Reads Spec Prose', () => {
       );
 
       testCollection = client.db('retryable-reads-prose').collection('pool-clear-retry');
-      await testCollection.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await testCollection.drop();
       await testCollection.insertMany([{ test: 1 }, { test: 2 }]);
 
       // 2. Enable the following failpoint:
diff --git a/test/integration/retryable-writes/retryable_writes.spec.prose.test.ts b/test/integration/retryable-writes/retryable_writes.spec.prose.test.ts
index c1754b29b07..22f475978d0 100644
--- a/test/integration/retryable-writes/retryable_writes.spec.prose.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/retryable-writes/retryable_writes.spec.prose.test.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ describe('Retryable Writes Spec Prose', () => {
       );
 
       testCollection = client.db('retryable-writes-prose').collection('pool-clear-retry');
-      await testCollection.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await testCollection.drop();
 
       // ii. Enable the following failpoint:
       // NOTE: "ix. Disable the failpoint" is done in afterEach
diff --git a/test/integration/sessions/sessions.prose.test.ts b/test/integration/sessions/sessions.prose.test.ts
index 824430109f3..759faaa7901 100644
--- a/test/integration/sessions/sessions.prose.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/sessions/sessions.prose.test.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ describe('Sessions Prose Tests', () => {
 
       // reset test collection
       testCollection = client.db('test').collection('too.many.sessions');
-      await testCollection.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await testCollection.drop();
     });
 
     afterEach(async () => {
diff --git a/test/integration/sessions/sessions.test.ts b/test/integration/sessions/sessions.test.ts
index f05426ccda6..92c0198f696 100644
--- a/test/integration/sessions/sessions.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/sessions/sessions.test.ts
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ describe('Sessions Spec', function () {
         .connect();
       // reset test collection
       testCollection = utilClient.db('test').collection('too.many.sessions');
-      await testCollection.drop().catch(() => null);
+      await testCollection.drop();
       await utilClient.close();
 
       // Fresh unused client for the test
diff --git a/test/integration/shared.js b/test/integration/shared.js
index 5019e4fad9c..426af22df27 100644
--- a/test/integration/shared.js
+++ b/test/integration/shared.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function delay(timeout) {
 }
 
 function dropCollection(dbObj, collectionName, options = {}) {
-  return dbObj.dropCollection(collectionName, options).catch(ignoreNsNotFound);
+  return dbObj.dropCollection(collectionName, options);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ function filterOutCommands(commands, bag) {
   };
 }
 
-function ignoreNsNotFound(err) {
-  if (!err.message.match(/ns not found/)) throw err;
-}
-
 async function setupDatabase(configuration, dbsToClean) {
   dbsToClean = Array.isArray(dbsToClean) ? dbsToClean : [];
   const configDbName = configuration.db;
@@ -204,7 +200,6 @@ module.exports = {
   dropCollection,
   filterForCommands,
   filterOutCommands,
-  ignoreNsNotFound,
   setupDatabase,
   withCursor,
   APMEventCollector
diff --git a/test/tools/spec-runner/index.js b/test/tools/spec-runner/index.js
index 4807c2620be..40d02fe4c36 100644
--- a/test/tools/spec-runner/index.js
+++ b/test/tools/spec-runner/index.js
@@ -283,26 +283,16 @@ function prepareDatabaseForSuite(suite, context) {
       }
       return coll.drop(options);
     })
-    .catch(err => {
-      if (!err.message.match(/ns not found/)) throw err;
-    })
     .then(() => {
       if (suite.key_vault_data) {
         const dataKeysCollection = context.sharedClient.db('keyvault').collection('datakeys');
-        return dataKeysCollection
-          .drop({ writeConcern: { w: 'majority' } })
-          .catch(err => {
-            if (!err.message.match(/ns not found/)) {
-              throw err;
-            }
-          })
-          .then(() => {
-            if (suite.key_vault_data.length) {
-              return dataKeysCollection.insertMany(suite.key_vault_data, {
-                writeConcern: { w: 'majority' }
-              });
-            }
-          });
+        return dataKeysCollection.drop({ writeConcern: { w: 'majority' } }).then(() => {
+          if (suite.key_vault_data.length) {
+            return dataKeysCollection.insertMany(suite.key_vault_data, {
+              writeConcern: { w: 'majority' }
+            });
+          }
+        });
       }
     })
     .then(() => {
@@ -698,11 +688,7 @@ const kOperations = new Map([
       const collectionName = operation.arguments.collection;
       const encryptedFields = operation.arguments.encryptedFields;
       const session = maybeSession(operation, context);
-      return db.dropCollection(collectionName, { session, encryptedFields }).catch(err => {
-        if (!err.message.match(/ns not found/)) {
-          throw err;
-        }
-      });
+      return db.dropCollection(collectionName, { session, encryptedFields });
     }
   ],
   [
diff --git a/test/tools/unified-spec-runner/operations.ts b/test/tools/unified-spec-runner/operations.ts
index d208d49fc89..2e87b099ae9 100644
--- a/test/tools/unified-spec-runner/operations.ts
+++ b/test/tools/unified-spec-runner/operations.ts
@@ -310,15 +310,7 @@ operations.set('dropCollection', async ({ entities, operation }) => {
   const db = entities.getEntity('db', operation.object);
   const { collection, ...opts } = operation.arguments!;
 
-  // TODO(NODE-4243): dropCollection should suppress namespace not found errors
-  try {
-    await db.dropCollection(collection, opts);
-  } catch (err) {
-    if (!/ns not found/.test(err.message)) {
-      throw err;
-    }
-    return false;
-  }
+  return await db.dropCollection(collection, opts);
 });
 
 operations.set('drop', async ({ entities, operation }) => {