diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/graphs/neo4j_graph.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/graphs/neo4j_graph.py
index b7037621ce..c8022d1db0 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/graphs/neo4j_graph.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/graphs/neo4j_graph.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
-from langchain_core.utils import get_from_env
+from langchain_core.utils import get_from_dict_or_env
 
 from langchain_community.graphs.graph_document import GraphDocument
 from langchain_community.graphs.graph_store import GraphStore
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class Neo4jGraph(GraphStore):
         url: Optional[str] = None,
         username: Optional[str] = None,
         password: Optional[str] = None,
-        database: str = "neo4j",
+        database: Optional[str] = None,
         timeout: Optional[float] = None,
         sanitize: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
@@ -167,10 +167,16 @@ class Neo4jGraph(GraphStore):
                 "Please install it with `pip install neo4j`."
             )
 
-        url = get_from_env("url", "NEO4J_URI", url)
-        username = get_from_env("username", "NEO4J_USERNAME", username)
-        password = get_from_env("password", "NEO4J_PASSWORD", password)
-        database = get_from_env("database", "NEO4J_DATABASE", database)
+        url = get_from_dict_or_env({"url": url}, "url", "NEO4J_URI")
+        username = get_from_dict_or_env(
+            {"username": username}, "username", "NEO4J_USERNAME"
+        )
+        password = get_from_dict_or_env(
+            {"password": password}, "password", "NEO4J_PASSWORD"
+        )
+        database = get_from_dict_or_env(
+            {"database": database}, "database", "NEO4J_DATABASE", "neo4j"
+        )
 
         self._driver = neo4j.GraphDatabase.driver(url, auth=(username, password))
         self._database = database
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/vectorstores/neo4j_vector.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/vectorstores/neo4j_vector.py
index 2ce1366ba6..dfb2f98690 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/vectorstores/neo4j_vector.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/vectorstores/neo4j_vector.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from typing import (
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 from langchain_core.embeddings import Embeddings
-from langchain_core.utils import get_from_env
+from langchain_core.utils import get_from_dict_or_env
 from langchain_core.vectorstores import VectorStore
 
 from langchain_community.vectorstores.utils import DistanceStrategy
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class Neo4jVector(VectorStore):
         password: Optional[str] = None,
         url: Optional[str] = None,
         keyword_index_name: Optional[str] = "keyword",
-        database: str = "neo4j",
+        database: Optional[str] = None,
         index_name: str = "vector",
         node_label: str = "Chunk",
         embedding_node_property: str = "embedding",
@@ -186,11 +186,19 @@ class Neo4jVector(VectorStore):
         # Handle if the credentials are environment variables
 
         # Support URL for backwards compatibility
-        url = os.environ.get("NEO4J_URL", url)
-        url = get_from_env("url", "NEO4J_URI", url)
-        username = get_from_env("username", "NEO4J_USERNAME", username)
-        password = get_from_env("password", "NEO4J_PASSWORD", password)
-        database = get_from_env("database", "NEO4J_DATABASE", database)
+        if not url:
+            url = os.environ.get("NEO4J_URL")
+
+        url = get_from_dict_or_env({"url": url}, "url", "NEO4J_URI")
+        username = get_from_dict_or_env(
+            {"username": username}, "username", "NEO4J_USERNAME"
+        )
+        password = get_from_dict_or_env(
+            {"password": password}, "password", "NEO4J_PASSWORD"
+        )
+        database = get_from_dict_or_env(
+            {"database": database}, "database", "NEO4J_DATABASE", "neo4j"
+        )
 
         self._driver = neo4j.GraphDatabase.driver(url, auth=(username, password))
         self._database = database