diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index 6941b511328..b57b2a34696 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "autoprefixer": "7.1.2",
     "babel-core": "6.25.0",
     "babel-eslint": "7.2.3",
-    "babel-jest": "^16.0.0",
+    "babel-jest": "20.0.3",
     "babel-loader": "7.1.1",
     "babel-preset-react-app": "^3.0.2",
     "babel-runtime": "6.26.0",
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "file-loader": "0.11.2",
     "fs-extra": "3.0.1",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "2.29.0",
-    "jest": "^16.0.1",
+    "jest": "^20.0.4",
     "object-assign": "4.1.1",
     "postcss-cssnext": "^3.0.2",
     "postcss-flexbugs-fixes": "3.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/createJestConfig.js b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/createJestConfig.js
index d12ca52a7f4..56c0affd054 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/createJestConfig.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/createJestConfig.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ module.exports = (resolve, rootDir, isEjecting) => {
     collectCoverageFrom: ['src/**/*.{js,jsx}'],
     setupFiles: [resolve('config/polyfills.js')],
     setupTestFrameworkScriptFile: setupTestsFile,
-    testRegex: 'jest\\.js$',
     testMatch: [
       '<rootDir>/src/**/__tests__/**/*.js?(x)',
       '<rootDir>/src/**/?(*.)(spec|test).js?(x)',