diff --git a/.circleci/config.base.yml b/.circleci/config.base.yml
index afa62ea7c9a..a2e4ae7aa2b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.base.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.base.yml
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ jobs:
           steps:
             - install_node_windows
             - checkout
+            - run: yarn cache clean --all
+            - run: YARN_CHECKSUM_BEHAVIOR=update yarn
             - run: yarn --immutable
             - run: yarn production-build
             - run:
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index 94a6893a64d..60eadad754d 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-module.exports = {
-  preset: 'ts-jest',
+const config = {
   bail: false,
   verbose: true,
   testRunner: 'jest-circus/runner',
@@ -49,3 +48,5 @@ module.exports = {
     // '<rootDir>/packages/amplify-velocity-template', // todo: enable after migration to Jest
   ],
 };
+
+module.exports = config;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e9657b7cffb..5126fafa9ea 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-numeric-separator": "^7.10.4",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs": "7.10.4",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-typescript": "7.10.5",
+    "@babel/preset-typescript": "^7.21.5",
     "@commitlint/cli": "^17.6.1",
     "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^17.6.1",
     "@commitlint/config-lerna-scopes": "^17.4.2",
diff --git a/packages/amplify-e2e-core/package.json b/packages/amplify-e2e-core/package.json
index 7d526d82390..5ba8e4d1059 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-e2e-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/amplify-e2e-core/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "graphql-transformer-core": "^8.0.3",
     "ini": "^1.3.5",
+    "jest": "^29.0.0",
     "jest-circus": "^27.0.0",
     "jest-environment-node": "^26.6.2",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
diff --git a/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/package.json b/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/package.json
index 4f4007fdc66..529713b4504 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/package.json
+++ b/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/package.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     "graphql-tag": "^2.10.1",
     "graphql-transformer-core": "^8.0.3",
     "isomorphic-fetch": "^3.0.0",
+    "jest": "^29.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/pkg/babel.config.json b/pkg/babel.config.json
index 5fdfa503944..06be95fabd0 100644
--- a/pkg/babel.config.json
+++ b/pkg/babel.config.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
       "plugins": [
         "@babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs",
         "@babel/plugin-transform-typescript",
-        "@babel/plugin-proposal-numeric-separator"
+        "@babel/plugin-proposal-numeric-separator",
+        "@babel/preset-typescript"
       ],
       "only": [
         "**/amplify-category-analytics/**/*",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 73e36c52270..cdc41d8e1c7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ __metadata:
     fs-extra: ^8.1.0
     graphql-transformer-core: ^8.0.3
     ini: ^1.3.5
+    jest: ^29.0.0
     jest-circus: ^27.0.0
     jest-environment-node: ^26.6.2
     lodash: ^4.17.21
@@ -6796,7 +6797,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@babel/preset-typescript@npm:^7.16.0":
+"@babel/preset-typescript@npm:^7.16.0, @babel/preset-typescript@npm:^7.21.5":
   version: 7.21.5
   resolution: "@babel/preset-typescript@npm:7.21.5"
   dependencies:
@@ -11586,6 +11587,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-numeric-separator": ^7.10.4
     "@babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs": 7.10.4
     "@babel/plugin-transform-typescript": 7.10.5
+    "@babel/preset-typescript": ^7.21.5
     "@commitlint/cli": ^17.6.1
     "@commitlint/config-conventional": ^17.6.1
     "@commitlint/config-lerna-scopes": ^17.4.2
@@ -11739,6 +11741,7 @@ __metadata:
     graphql-tag: ^2.10.1
     graphql-transformer-core: ^8.0.3
     isomorphic-fetch: ^3.0.0
+    jest: ^29.0.0
     lodash: ^4.17.21
     node-fetch: ^2.6.7
     rimraf: ^3.0.0