diff --git a/src/browser/modules/DBMSInfo/DatabaseKernelInfo.tsx b/src/browser/modules/DBMSInfo/DatabaseKernelInfo.tsx
index 46bfb5a014a..69f01886fd9 100644
--- a/src/browser/modules/DBMSInfo/DatabaseKernelInfo.tsx
+++ b/src/browser/modules/DBMSInfo/DatabaseKernelInfo.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import {
 } from 'shared/modules/commands/commandsDuck'
 import {
   Database,
-  getClusterRole,
+  getClusterRoleForDb,
   getDatabases,
   getEdition,
   getStoreSize,
@@ -133,12 +133,13 @@ export const DatabaseKernelInfo = ({
 }
 
 const mapStateToProps = (state: any) => {
+  const dbName = getUsedDbName(state)
   return {
     version: getRawVersion(state),
     edition: getEdition(state),
-    dbName: getUsedDbName(state),
+    dbName,
     storeSize: getStoreSize(state),
-    role: getClusterRole(state),
+    role: getClusterRoleForDb(state, dbName),
     databases: getDatabases(state)
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/browser/modules/Stream/Queries/QueriesFrame.tsx b/src/browser/modules/Stream/Queries/QueriesFrame.tsx
index f62a725c8a2..2401242d498 100644
--- a/src/browser/modules/Stream/Queries/QueriesFrame.tsx
+++ b/src/browser/modules/Stream/Queries/QueriesFrame.tsx
@@ -57,9 +57,12 @@ import {
   killQueriesProcedure,
   listQueriesProcedure
 } from 'shared/modules/cypher/queriesProcedureHelper'
-import { getRawVersion, hasProcedure } from 'shared/modules/dbMeta/dbMetaDuck'
+import {
+  getRawVersion,
+  hasProcedure,
+  isOnCausalCluster
+} from 'shared/modules/dbMeta/dbMetaDuck'
 import { getDefaultBoltScheme } from 'shared/modules/features/versionedFeatures'
-import { isOnCausalCluster } from 'shared/utils/selectors'
 
 type QueriesFrameState = {
   queries: any[]
diff --git a/src/browser/modules/Stream/SysInfoFrame/SysInfoFrame.tsx b/src/browser/modules/Stream/SysInfoFrame/SysInfoFrame.tsx
index a06b17e049d..1a81884f629 100644
--- a/src/browser/modules/Stream/SysInfoFrame/SysInfoFrame.tsx
+++ b/src/browser/modules/Stream/SysInfoFrame/SysInfoFrame.tsx
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ import {
   getDatabases,
   getMetricsNamespacesEnabled,
   getMetricsPrefix,
-  isEnterprise
+  isEnterprise,
+  isOnCausalCluster
 } from 'shared/modules/dbMeta/dbMetaDuck'
 import { hasMultiDbSupport } from 'shared/modules/features/versionedFeatures'
 import { Frame } from 'shared/modules/frames/framesDuck'
-import { isOnCausalCluster } from 'shared/utils/selectors'
 
 export type DatabaseMetric = { label: string; value?: string }
 export type SysInfoFrameState = {
diff --git a/src/shared/modules/dbMeta/dbMetaDuck.ts b/src/shared/modules/dbMeta/dbMetaDuck.ts
index fd2f36996a1..755c0218a30 100644
--- a/src/shared/modules/dbMeta/dbMetaDuck.ts
+++ b/src/shared/modules/dbMeta/dbMetaDuck.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ import { versionHasEditorHistorySetting } from './utils'
 import { isConfigValFalsy } from 'services/bolt/boltHelpers'
 import { GlobalState } from 'shared/globalState'
 import { APP_START } from 'shared/modules/app/appDuck'
+import { extractServerInfo } from './utils'
 import { coerce, SemVer } from 'semver'
+import { gte } from 'lodash-es'
 
 export const UPDATE_META = 'meta/UPDATE_META'
 export const PARSE_META = 'meta/PARSE_META'
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ export const DB_META_DONE = 'meta/DB_META_DONE'
 
 export const SYSTEM_DB = 'system'
 export const VERSION_FOR_EDITOR_HISTORY_SETTING = '4.3.0'
+export const VERSION_FOR_CLUSTER_ROLE_IN_SHOW_DB = '4.3.0'
 
 export const metaQuery = `
 CALL db.labels() YIELD label
@@ -51,7 +54,6 @@ MATCH ()-[]->() RETURN { name:'relationships', data: count(*)} AS result
 
 export const serverInfoQuery =
   'CALL dbms.components() YIELD name, versions, edition'
-import { extractServerInfo } from './utils'
 
 export function fetchMetaData() {
   return {
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ export const initialState = {
   properties: [],
   functions: [],
   procedures: [],
-  role: null,
+  role: null, // Used pre version 4.3 (before SHOW DATABASES had the role and we had to query for it)
   server: {
     version: null,
     edition: null,
@@ -162,7 +164,6 @@ export const getEdition = (state: GlobalState) => state[NAME].server.edition
 export const hasEdition = (state: any) =>
   state[NAME].server.edition !== initialState.server.edition
 export const getStoreSize = (state: any) => state[NAME].server.storeSize
-export const getClusterRole = (state: any) => state[NAME].role
 export const isEnterprise = (state: any) =>
   ['enterprise'].includes(state[NAME].server.edition)
 export const isBeta = (state: any) => /-/.test(state[NAME].server.version)
@@ -219,6 +220,28 @@ export const shouldRetainConnectionCredentials = (state: any) =>
 export const shouldRetainEditorHistory = (state: any) =>
   !supportsEditorHistorySetting(state) || getRetainEditorHistory(state)
 
+export const isOnCausalCluster = (state: GlobalState): boolean => {
+  const version = getSemanticVersion(state)
+  if (!version) return false
+
+  if (gte(version, VERSION_FOR_CLUSTER_ROLE_IN_SHOW_DB)) {
+    return getDatabases(state).some(database => database.role !== 'standalone')
+  } else {
+    return hasProcedure(state, 'dbms.cluster.overview')
+  }
+}
+export const getClusterRoleForDb = (state: GlobalState, activeDb: string) => {
+  const version = getSemanticVersion(state)
+  if (!version) return false
+
+  if (gte(version, VERSION_FOR_CLUSTER_ROLE_IN_SHOW_DB)) {
+    return getDatabases(state).find(database => database.name === activeDb)
+      ?.role
+  } else {
+    return state[NAME].role
+  }
+}
+
 // Reducers
 const dbMetaReducer = (
   state = initialState,
diff --git a/src/shared/modules/dbMeta/epics.ts b/src/shared/modules/dbMeta/dbMetaEpics.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from src/shared/modules/dbMeta/epics.ts
rename to src/shared/modules/dbMeta/dbMetaEpics.ts
index 7a99a0687ce..db819de1348 100644
--- a/src/shared/modules/dbMeta/epics.ts
+++ b/src/shared/modules/dbMeta/dbMetaEpics.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ import {
   FORCE_FETCH,
   SYSTEM_DB,
   metaQuery,
-  serverInfoQuery
+  serverInfoQuery,
+  VERSION_FOR_CLUSTER_ROLE_IN_SHOW_DB,
+  isOnCausalCluster
 } from './dbMetaDuck'
 import {
   Database,
@@ -70,12 +72,12 @@ import {
 } from 'shared/modules/connections/connectionsDuck'
 import { clearHistory } from 'shared/modules/history/historyDuck'
 import { backgroundTxMetadata } from 'shared/services/bolt/txMetadata'
-import { isOnCausalCluster } from 'shared/utils/selectors'
 import {
   getListFunctionQuery,
   getListProcedureQuery
 } from '../cypher/functionsAndProceduresHelper'
 import { isInt, Record } from 'neo4j-driver'
+import { gte } from 'semver'
 
 async function databaseList(store: any) {
   try {
@@ -191,17 +193,22 @@ async function clusterRole(store: any) {
     return
   }
 
+  const version = getSemanticVersion(store.getState())
+  if (version && gte(version, VERSION_FOR_CLUSTER_ROLE_IN_SHOW_DB)) {
+    // No need to query for the cluster role anymore since it's available in the data from SHOW DATABASES
+    return
+  }
+
   const res = await bolt.directTransaction(
     getDbClusterRole(store.getState()),
     {},
     backgroundTxMetadata
   )
 
-  if (!res) return Rx.Observable.of(null)
+  if (!res) return
 
   const role = res.records[0].get(0)
   store.dispatch(update({ role }))
-  return Rx.Observable.of(null)
 }
 
 async function fetchServerInfo(store: any) {
diff --git a/src/shared/modules/features/versionedFeatures.ts b/src/shared/modules/features/versionedFeatures.ts
index 61d038ac3c5..3a5b5235781 100644
--- a/src/shared/modules/features/versionedFeatures.ts
+++ b/src/shared/modules/features/versionedFeatures.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { guessSemverVersion } from './featureDuck.utils'
 import { GlobalState } from 'project-root/src/shared/globalState'
 
 const NEO4J_4_0 = '4.0.0-alpha01'
+const NEO4J_5_0 = '5.0.0-alpha01'
 
 export const FIRST_MULTI_DB_SUPPORT = NEO4J_4_0
 // Keep the following as 3.4.0 as 3.5.X has a
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ export const getDbClusterRole = (state: GlobalState) => {
   if (!semver.valid(serverVersion)) {
     return pre4
   }
+  if (serverVersion && semver.gte(serverVersion, NEO4J_5_0)) {
+    const db = getUseDb(state)
+    return `SHOW DATABASES YIELD role, name WHERE name = "${db}"`
+  }
   if (serverVersion && semver.gte(serverVersion, NEO4J_4_0)) {
     const db = getUseDb(state)
     return `CALL dbms.cluster.role("${db}") YIELD role`
diff --git a/src/shared/rootEpic.ts b/src/shared/rootEpic.ts
index 8e412dc53e7..af0c031831b 100644
--- a/src/shared/rootEpic.ts
+++ b/src/shared/rootEpic.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ import {
   clearMetaOnDisconnectEpic,
   dbMetaEpic,
   serverConfigEpic
-} from './modules/dbMeta/epics'
+} from './modules/dbMeta/dbMetaEpics'
 import {
   discoveryOnStartupEpic,
   injectDiscoveryEpic
diff --git a/src/shared/utils/selectors.ts b/src/shared/utils/selectors.ts
index b5610f3a9e4..719e365ca98 100644
--- a/src/shared/utils/selectors.ts
+++ b/src/shared/utils/selectors.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ import {
 import {
   getAllowOutgoingConnections,
   getClientsAllowTelemetry,
-  getDatabases,
-  getRawVersion,
-  hasProcedure,
   isServerConfigDone,
   shouldAllowOutgoingConnections
 } from 'shared/modules/dbMeta/dbMetaDuck'
@@ -99,14 +96,3 @@ export const getTelemetrySettings = (state: GlobalState): TelemetrySettings => {
 
   return { source, ...rules[source] }
 }
-
-export const isOnCausalCluster = (state: GlobalState): boolean => {
-  const version = semver.coerce(getRawVersion(state))
-  if (!version) return false
-
-  if (semver.gte(version, '4.3.0')) {
-    return getDatabases(state).some(database => database.role !== 'standalone')
-  } else {
-    return hasProcedure(state, 'dbms.cluster.overview')
-  }
-}