diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index 14f6309c160..743091ee1ef 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "autoprefixer": "6.5.1",
     "babel-core": "6.17.0",
     "babel-eslint": "7.0.0",
-    "babel-jest": "16.0.0",
+    "babel-jest": "17.0.2",
     "babel-loader": "6.2.7",
     "babel-preset-latest": "^6.16.0",
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.16.0",
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "html-webpack-plugin": "2.24.0",
     "http-proxy-middleware": "0.17.2",
     "identity-obj-proxy": "^3.0.0",
-    "jest": "16.0.2",
+    "jest": "17.0.2",
     "json-loader": "0.5.4",
     "node-sass": "^3.13.0",
     "object-assign": "4.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/utils/createJestConfig.js b/packages/react-scripts/utils/createJestConfig.js
index 1ef135c0ce7..8b514952178 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/utils/createJestConfig.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/utils/createJestConfig.js
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ module.exports = (resolve, rootDir, isEjecting) => {
   if (!isEjecting) {
     // This is unnecessary after ejecting because Jest
     // will just use .babelrc in the project folder.
-    config.scriptPreprocessor = resolve('config/jest/transform.js');
+    config.transform = {
+      '^.+\\.(js|jsx)$': resolve('config/jest/transform.js'),
+    };
   }
   return config;
 };