diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/spec.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/spec.js
index 0c5a3e95c7c75a..75b4d9773c4161 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/spec.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/spec.js
@@ -78,11 +78,12 @@ class SpecReporter extends Transform {
     } else if (todo !== undefined) {
       title += ` # ${typeof todo === 'string' && todo.length ? todo : 'TODO'}`;
     }
+    const error = this.#formatError(data.details?.error, indent);
     if (hasChildren) {
       // If this test has had children - it was already reported, so slightly modify the output
-      return `${prefix}${indent}${color}${symbols['arrow:right']}${white}${title}\n`;
+      const err = data.details?.error?.failureType === 'subtestsFailed' ? '' : error;
+      return `${prefix}${indent}${color}${symbols['arrow:right']}${white}${title}\n${err}`;
     }
-    const error = this.#formatError(data.details?.error, indent);
     if (skip !== undefined) {
       color = gray;
       symbol = symbols['hyphen:minus'];
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/hooks_spec_reporter.js b/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/hooks_spec_reporter.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..75bb4b6be1e908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/hooks_spec_reporter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+'use strict';
+require('../../../common');
+const fixtures = require('../../../common/fixtures');
+const spawn = require('node:child_process').spawn;
+
+const child = spawn(process.execPath,
+                    ['--no-warnings', '--test-reporter', 'spec', fixtures.path('test-runner/output/hooks.js')],
+                    { stdio: 'pipe' });
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
+child.stdout.on('data', (d) => process.stdout.write(d.toString().replace(/[^\x00-\x7F]/g, '').replace(/\u001b\[\d+m/g, '')));
+child.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/hooks_spec_reporter.snapshot b/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/hooks_spec_reporter.snapshot
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..82c4704df4e63f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/hooks_spec_reporter.snapshot
@@ -0,0 +1,569 @@
+ describe hooks
+   1 (*ms)
+   2 (*ms)
+   nested
+     nested 1 (*ms)
+     nested 2 (*ms)
+   nested (*ms)
+
+ describe hooks (*ms)
+
+ before throws
+   1
+    'test did not finish before its parent and was cancelled'
+
+   2
+    'test did not finish before its parent and was cancelled'
+
+ before throws (*ms)
+
+  Error: before
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+ after throws
+   1 (*ms)
+   2 (*ms)
+ after throws (*ms)
+
+  Error: after
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+ beforeEach throws
+   1 (*ms)
+    Error: beforeEach
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        at async Promise.all (index 0)
+        *
+        *
+
+   2 (*ms)
+    Error: beforeEach
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+
+ beforeEach throws (*ms)
+
+ afterEach throws
+   1 (*ms)
+    Error: afterEach
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        at async Promise.all (index 0)
+        *
+
+   2 (*ms)
+    Error: afterEach
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+
+ afterEach throws (*ms)
+
+ afterEach when test fails
+   1 (*ms)
+    Error: test
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        at new Promise (<anonymous>)
+        *
+        *
+        at Array.map (<anonymous>)
+
+   2 (*ms)
+ afterEach when test fails (*ms)
+
+ afterEach throws and test fails
+   1 (*ms)
+    Error: test
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        at new Promise (<anonymous>)
+        *
+        *
+        at Array.map (<anonymous>)
+
+   2 (*ms)
+    Error: afterEach
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+
+ afterEach throws and test fails (*ms)
+
+ test hooks
+   1 (*ms)
+   2 (*ms)
+   nested
+     nested 1 (*ms)
+     nested 2 (*ms)
+   nested (*ms)
+
+ test hooks (*ms)
+
+ t.before throws
+   1 (*ms)
+    Error: before
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+
+   2 (*ms)
+    Error: before
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+
+ t.before throws (*ms)
+
+ t.beforeEach throws
+   1 (*ms)
+    Error: beforeEach
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+
+   2 (*ms)
+    Error: beforeEach
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+
+ t.beforeEach throws (*ms)
+
+ t.afterEach throws
+   1 (*ms)
+    Error: afterEach
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+
+   2 (*ms)
+    Error: afterEach
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+
+ t.afterEach throws (*ms)
+
+ afterEach when test fails
+   1 (*ms)
+    Error: test
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+
+   2 (*ms)
+ afterEach when test fails (*ms)
+
+ afterEach throws and test fails
+   1 (*ms)
+    Error: test
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+
+   2 (*ms)
+    Error: afterEach
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+
+ afterEach throws and test fails (*ms)
+
+ t.after() is called if test body throws (*ms)
+  Error: bye
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+ - after() called
+ before 1 called
+ before 2 called
+ after 1 called
+ after 2 called
+ tests 38
+ suites 8
+ pass 14
+ fail 22
+ cancelled 2
+ skipped 0
+ todo 0
+ duration_ms *
+
+ failing tests:
+
+*
+ 1
+  'test did not finish before its parent and was cancelled'
+
+*
+ 2
+  'test did not finish before its parent and was cancelled'
+
+*
+ before throws (*ms)
+  Error: before
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+*
+ after throws (*ms)
+  Error: after
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+*
+ 1 (*ms)
+  Error: beforeEach
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      at async Promise.all (index 0)
+      *
+      *
+
+*
+ 2 (*ms)
+  Error: beforeEach
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+*
+ 1 (*ms)
+  Error: afterEach
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      at async Promise.all (index 0)
+      *
+
+*
+ 2 (*ms)
+  Error: afterEach
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+*
+ 1 (*ms)
+  Error: test
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      at new Promise (<anonymous>)
+      *
+      *
+      at Array.map (<anonymous>)
+
+*
+ 1 (*ms)
+  Error: test
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      at new Promise (<anonymous>)
+      *
+      *
+      at Array.map (<anonymous>)
+
+*
+ 2 (*ms)
+  Error: afterEach
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+*
+ 1 (*ms)
+  Error: before
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+*
+ 2 (*ms)
+  Error: before
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+*
+ 1 (*ms)
+  Error: beforeEach
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+*
+ 2 (*ms)
+  Error: beforeEach
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+*
+ 1 (*ms)
+  Error: afterEach
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+*
+ 2 (*ms)
+  Error: afterEach
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+*
+ 1 (*ms)
+  Error: test
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+*
+ 1 (*ms)
+  Error: test
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+*
+ 2 (*ms)
+  Error: afterEach
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
+
+*
+ t.after() is called if test body throws (*ms)
+  Error: bye
+      *
+      *
+      *
+      *
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-runner-output.mjs b/test/parallel/test-runner-output.mjs
index 372ca8f3bae0ff..a1fd1bba09ef2f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-runner-output.mjs
+++ b/test/parallel/test-runner-output.mjs
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ const tests = [
   { name: 'test-runner/output/describe_it.js' },
   { name: 'test-runner/output/describe_nested.js' },
   { name: 'test-runner/output/hooks.js' },
+  { name: 'test-runner/output/hooks_spec_reporter.js', transform: specTransform },
   { name: 'test-runner/output/timeout_in_before_each_should_not_affect_further_tests.js' },
   { name: 'test-runner/output/hooks-with-no-global-test.js' },
   { name: 'test-runner/output/before-and-after-each-too-many-listeners.js' },