diff --git a/build_manifest.yml b/build_manifest.yml
index ab957e22a0c3..b5cff869bfe9 100644
--- a/build_manifest.yml
+++ b/build_manifest.yml
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ yarn-project-base:
   rebuildPatterns:
     - ^yarn-project/yarn-project-base/
     - ^yarn-project/yarn.lock
+    - ^yarn-project/.*/package.json$
   dependencies:
     - l1-contracts
     - bb.js
@@ -216,4 +217,4 @@ avm-transpiler:
   dockerfile: avm-transpiler/Dockerfile
   rebuildPatterns:
     - ^avm-transpiler/
-    - ^noir/
\ No newline at end of file
+    - ^noir/
diff --git a/yarn-project/sequencer-client/jest.config.ts b/yarn-project/sequencer-client/jest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83d85d85f9b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yarn-project/sequencer-client/jest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import type { Config } from 'jest';
+
+const config: Config = {
+  preset: 'ts-jest/presets/default-esm',
+  moduleNameMapper: {
+    '^(\\.{1,2}/.*)\\.[cm]?js$': '$1',
+  },
+  testRegex: './src/.*\\.test\\.(js|mjs|ts)$',
+  rootDir: './src',
+};
+
+export default config;
diff --git a/yarn-project/sequencer-client/package.json b/yarn-project/sequencer-client/package.json
index 5a1c48d0fa6a..db40e8dc9d5d 100644
--- a/yarn-project/sequencer-client/package.json
+++ b/yarn-project/sequencer-client/package.json
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
     "test:integration": "concurrently -k -s first -c reset,dim -n test,anvil \"yarn test:integration:run\" \"anvil\"",
     "test:integration:run": "NODE_NO_WARNINGS=1 node --experimental-vm-modules $(yarn bin jest) --no-cache --config jest.integration.config.json"
   },
-  "inherits": [
-    "../package.common.json"
-  ],
   "dependencies": {
     "@aztec/circuit-types": "workspace:^",
     "@aztec/circuits.js": "workspace:^",
@@ -68,13 +65,5 @@
   "types": "./dest/index.d.ts",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=18"
-  },
-  "jest": {
-    "preset": "ts-jest/presets/default-esm",
-    "moduleNameMapper": {
-      "^(\\.{1,2}/.*)\\.[cm]?js$": "$1"
-    },
-    "testRegex": "./src/.*\\.test\\.(js|mjs|ts)$",
-    "rootDir": "./src"
   }
 }