diff --git a/jest-preset.js b/jest-preset.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..249ec2d7b6dbe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jest-preset.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const dir = __dirname;
+
+module.exports = {
+  haste: {
+    defaultPlatform: 'ios',
+    platforms: ['android', 'ios', 'native'],
+    hasteImplModulePath: require.resolve('./jest/hasteImpl.js'),
+    providesModuleNodeModules: ['react-native'],
+  },
+  moduleFileExtensions: ['js', 'json', 'jsx', 'node', 'ts', 'tsx'],
+  moduleNameMapper: {
+    '^React$': require.resolve('react'),
+  },
+  modulePathIgnorePatterns: [`${dir}/Libraries/react-native/`],
+  transform: {
+    '^.+\\.(js|ts|tsx)$': 'babel-jest',
+    '^.+\\.(bmp|gif|jpg|jpeg|mp4|png|psd|svg|webp)$': require.resolve(
+      './jest/assetFileTransformer.js',
+    ),
+  },
+  transformIgnorePatterns: [
+    'node_modules/(?!(jest-)?react-native|react-clone-referenced-element)',
+  ],
+  testMatch: [
+    '**/__tests__/**/*.(js|ts|tsx)',
+    '**/?(*.)+(spec|test).(js|ts|tsx)',
+  ],
+  setupFiles: [require.resolve('./jest/setup.js')],
+  testEnvironment: 'node',
+};
diff --git a/jest-preset.json b/jest-preset.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d9c84f84becf6c..00000000000000
--- a/jest-preset.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "haste": {
-    "defaultPlatform": "ios",
-    "platforms": ["android", "ios", "native"],
-    "hasteImplModulePath": "<rootDir>/node_modules/react-native/jest/hasteImpl.js",
-    "providesModuleNodeModules": [
-      "react-native"
-    ]
-  },
-  "moduleFileExtensions": [
-        "js",
-        "json",
-        "jsx",
-        "node",
-        "ts",
-        "tsx"
-      ],
-  "moduleNameMapper": {
-    "^React$": "<rootDir>/node_modules/react"
-  },
-  "modulePathIgnorePatterns": [
-    "<rootDir>/node_modules/react-native/Libraries/react-native/"
-  ],
-  "transform": {
-    "^.+\\.(js|ts|tsx)$": "babel-jest",
-    "^.+\\.(bmp|gif|jpg|jpeg|mp4|png|psd|svg|webp)$": "<rootDir>/node_modules/react-native/jest/assetFileTransformer.js"
-  },
-  "transformIgnorePatterns": [
-    "node_modules/(?!(jest-)?react-native|react-clone-referenced-element)"
-  ],
-  "testMatch": [
-    "**/__tests__/**/*.(js|ts|tsx)",
-    "**/?(*.)+(spec|test).(js|ts|tsx)"
-  ],
-  "setupFiles": [
-    "<rootDir>/node_modules/react-native/jest/setup.js"
-  ],
-  "testEnvironment": "node"
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 502f47c354f3dd..54f38c6ee0fb1c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
     "scripts/launchPackager.command",
     "scripts/packager.sh",
     "scripts/react-native-xcode.sh",
-    "jest-preset.json",
+    "jest-preset.js",
     "jest",
     "lib",
     "rn-get-polyfills.js",