diff --git a/packages/shell-bson/src/shell-bson.ts b/packages/shell-bson/src/shell-bson.ts
index fcdedc39f..354a91d6c 100644
--- a/packages/shell-bson/src/shell-bson.ts
+++ b/packages/shell-bson/src/shell-bson.ts
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ export function constructShellBson<
         [[undefined, 'string', 'number', 'object']],
         'ObjectId'
       );
+      if (typeof id === 'number') return bson.ObjectId.createFromTime(id);
       return new bson.ObjectId(id);
     },
     pickWithExactKeyMatch(bson.ObjectId, ['prototype', 'cacheHexString', 'generate', 'createFromTime', 'createFromHexString', 'createFromBase64', 'isValid'])),