diff --git a/Plugins/MongoDBDriverPlugin/MongoDBPluginDriver.swift b/Plugins/MongoDBDriverPlugin/MongoDBPluginDriver.swift
index 478462791..211e691a6 100644
--- a/Plugins/MongoDBDriverPlugin/MongoDBPluginDriver.swift
+++ b/Plugins/MongoDBDriverPlugin/MongoDBPluginDriver.swift
@@ -634,6 +634,13 @@ final class MongoDBPluginDriver: PluginDatabaseDriver, @unchecked Sendable {
         )
     }
 
+    /// A collection drop is a shell statement, not a SQL one: `db.getCollection("<name>").drop()`.
+    /// The app-level fallback would emit `DROP TABLE <name>`, which the Mongo shell parser rejects.
+    /// Mongo has no schemas or cascade, so both are ignored.
+    func dropObjectStatement(name: String, objectType: String, schema: String?, cascade: Bool) -> String? {
+        "db.getCollection(\"\(escapeJsonString(name))\").drop()"
+    }
+
     func dropDatabase(name: String) async throws {
         guard let conn = mongoConnection else {
             throw MongoDBPluginError.notConnected
diff --git a/TableProTests/Core/MongoDB/MongoShellParserTests.swift b/TableProTests/Core/MongoDB/MongoShellParserTests.swift
index 96f4e58c3..1448ec4fa 100644
--- a/TableProTests/Core/MongoDB/MongoShellParserTests.swift
+++ b/TableProTests/Core/MongoDB/MongoShellParserTests.swift
@@ -312,6 +312,29 @@ struct MongoShellParserTests {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test("getCollection with drop")
+    func testGetCollectionDrop() throws {
+        let op = try MongoShellParser.parse("db.getCollection(\"audit-logs.2026\").drop()")
+        if case .drop(let collection) = op {
+            #expect(collection == "audit-logs.2026")
+        } else {
+            Issue.record("Expected .drop operation")
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test("SQL DROP TABLE fallback is rejected for MongoDB collections")
+    func testDropTableFallbackIsRejected() {
+        // The sidebar's drop used to fall through to the SQL fallback and emit
+        // `DROP TABLE "<collection>"`, which the Mongo shell parser rejects. Dropping a
+        // collection must go through `db.getCollection("<collection>").drop()` instead.
+        do {
+            _ = try MongoShellParser.parse("DROP TABLE \"users\"")
+            Issue.record("Expected the SQL DROP TABLE fallback to be rejected")
+        } catch {
+            // Any parse failure is the point: a Mongo connection must never send SQL.
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test("runCommand")
     func testRunCommand() throws {
         let op = try MongoShellParser.parse("db.runCommand({\"ping\": 1})")