diff --git a/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts b/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
index adaabfaef07c..e9ce1597df00 100644
--- a/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
@@ -543,6 +543,8 @@ class ScriptTransformer {
     let shouldCallTransform = false;
 
     if (transformer && this.shouldTransform(filename)) {
+
+      createDirectory(path.dirname(cacheFilePath));
       shouldCallTransform = true;
       const process = transformer.processAsync ?? transformer.process;