diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/scripts/minify-sources.sh b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/scripts/minify-sources.sh
index 9b0fd1b480bd0..69f352690c2bb 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/scripts/minify-sources.sh
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/scripts/minify-sources.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 scriptdir=$(cd $(dirname $0) && pwd)
 cd ${scriptdir}/..
 
-find . -name '*.js' ! -name '.eslintrc.js' ! -path '*node_modules*' | xargs npx esbuild \
+find . -name '*.js' ! -name '.eslintrc.js' ! -name 'jest.config.js' ! -path '*node_modules*' ! -path '**/test/**' | xargs npx esbuild \
   --platform=node \
   --format=cjs \
   --minify-whitespace \