diff --git a/e2e/enum/jest-compiler-cjs.config.ts b/e2e/enum/jest-compiler-cjs.config.ts
index f791281521..0dc9c5bf3f 100644
--- a/e2e/enum/jest-compiler-cjs.config.ts
+++ b/e2e/enum/jest-compiler-cjs.config.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { type JestConfigWithTsJest, TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN } from 'ts-jest'
+import { type JestConfigWithTsJest, ESM_TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN } from 'ts-jest'
 
 export default {
   displayName: 'enum-compiler-cjs',
   transform: {
-    [TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN]: [
+    [ESM_TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN]: [
       'ts-jest',
       {
         tsconfig: '<rootDir>/tsconfig-cjs.spec.json',
diff --git a/e2e/enum/jest-transpiler-cjs.config.ts b/e2e/enum/jest-transpiler-cjs.config.ts
index 4117918cec..eb5e8f2d88 100644
--- a/e2e/enum/jest-transpiler-cjs.config.ts
+++ b/e2e/enum/jest-transpiler-cjs.config.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { type JestConfigWithTsJest, TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN } from 'ts-jest'
+import { type JestConfigWithTsJest, ESM_TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN } from 'ts-jest'
 
 export default {
   displayName: 'enum-transpiler-cjs',
   transform: {
-    [TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN]: [
+    [ESM_TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN]: [
       'ts-jest',
       {
         tsconfig: '<rootDir>/tsconfig-cjs.spec.json',
diff --git a/e2e/transform-js/jest-compiler-cjs.config.ts b/e2e/transform-js/jest-compiler-cjs.config.ts
index b8dec27690..f0bb1a97e0 100644
--- a/e2e/transform-js/jest-compiler-cjs.config.ts
+++ b/e2e/transform-js/jest-compiler-cjs.config.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { type JestConfigWithTsJest, TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN } from 'ts-jest'
+import { type JestConfigWithTsJest, ESM_TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN } from 'ts-jest'
 
 export default {
   displayName: 'transform-js-compiler-cjs',
   transform: {
-    [TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN]: [
+    [ESM_TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN]: [
       'ts-jest',
       {
         tsconfig: '<rootDir>/tsconfig-cjs.spec.json',
diff --git a/e2e/transform-js/jest-transpiler-cjs.config.ts b/e2e/transform-js/jest-transpiler-cjs.config.ts
index 282d8cd579..656802fdcd 100644
--- a/e2e/transform-js/jest-transpiler-cjs.config.ts
+++ b/e2e/transform-js/jest-transpiler-cjs.config.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { type JestConfigWithTsJest, TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN } from 'ts-jest'
+import { type JestConfigWithTsJest, ESM_TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN } from 'ts-jest'
 
 export default {
   displayName: 'transform-js-transpiler-cjs',
   transform: {
-    [TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN]: [
+    [ESM_TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN]: [
       'ts-jest',
       {
         tsconfig: '<rootDir>/tsconfig-cjs.spec.json',
diff --git a/src/cli/__snapshots__/cli.spec.ts.snap b/src/cli/__snapshots__/cli.spec.ts.snap
index 8756b87501..bfd8f9fa9b 100644
--- a/src/cli/__snapshots__/cli.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/src/cli/__snapshots__/cli.spec.ts.snap
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ exports[`config init should create a jest config file with cli options for confi
 module.exports = {
   testEnvironment: "node",
   transform: {
-    "^.+.tsx?$": ["ts-jest",{}],
+    "^.+\\.tsx?$": ["ts-jest",{}],
   },
 };"
 `;
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ exports[`config init should create a jest config file with cli options for confi
 export default {
   testEnvironment: "node",
   transform: {
-    "^.+.tsx?$": ["ts-jest",{}],
+    "^.+\\.tsx?$": ["ts-jest",{}],
   },
 };"
 `;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ exports[`config init should create a jest config file with cli options for confi
 module.exports = {
   testEnvironment: "jsdom",
   transform: {
-    "^.+.jsx?$": "babel-jest",
+    "^.+\\.jsx?$": "babel-jest",
   },
 };"
 `;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ exports[`config init should create a jest config file with cli options for confi
 export default {
   testEnvironment: "jsdom",
   transform: {
-    "^.+.jsx?$": "babel-jest",
+    "^.+\\.jsx?$": "babel-jest",
   },
 };"
 `;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ exports[`config init should create a jest config file with cli options for confi
 module.exports = {
   testEnvironment: "jsdom",
   transform: {
-    "^.+.[tj]sx?$": ["ts-jest",{tsconfig:"tsconfig.test.json"}],
+    "^.+\\.[tj]sx?$": ["ts-jest",{tsconfig:"tsconfig.test.json"}],
   },
 };"
 `;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ exports[`config init should create a jest config file with cli options for confi
 export default {
   testEnvironment: "jsdom",
   transform: {
-    "^.+.[tj]sx?$": ["ts-jest",{tsconfig:"tsconfig.test.json"}],
+    "^.+\\.[tj]sx?$": ["ts-jest",{tsconfig:"tsconfig.test.json"}],
   },
 };"
 `;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ exports[`config init should update package.json for config type default when use
   "version": "0.0.0-mock.0",
   "jest": {
     "transform": {
-      "^.+.tsx?$": [
+      "^.+\\\\.tsx?$": [
         "ts-jest",
         {}
       ]
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ exports[`config init should update package.json for config type js-with-babel-fu
   "version": "0.0.0-mock.0",
   "jest": {
     "transform": {
-      "^.+.jsx?$": "babel-jest",
-      "^.+.tsx?$": [
+      "^.+\\\\.jsx?$": "babel-jest",
+      "^.+\\\\.tsx?$": [
         "ts-jest",
         {
           "tsconfig": "tsconfig.test.json"
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ exports[`config init should update package.json for config type js-with-ts-full-
   "version": "0.0.0-mock.0",
   "jest": {
     "transform": {
-      "^.+.[tj]sx?$": [
+      "^.+\\\\.[tj]sx?$": [
         "ts-jest",
         {
           "tsconfig": "tsconfig.test.json"
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ exports[`config init should update package.json for config type js-with-ts-full-
 exports[`config migrate should generate transform config with existing transform options for js-with-babel 1`] = `
 "module.exports = {
   transform: {
-    '^.+.jsx?$': 'babel-jest',
-    '^.+.tsx?$': [
+    '^.+\\\\.jsx?$': 'babel-jest',
+    '^.+\\\\.tsx?$': [
       'ts-jest',
       {},
     ],
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ exports[`config migrate should generate transform config with existing transform
 exports[`config migrate should generate transform config with existing transform options for js-with-ts 1`] = `
 "module.exports = {
   transform: {
-    '^.+.[tj]sx?$': [
+    '^.+\\\\.[tj]sx?$': [
       'ts-jest',
       {},
     ],
-    '^.+.tsx?$': [
+    '^.+\\\\.tsx?$': [
       'ts-jest',
       {},
     ],
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ exports[`config migrate should generate transform config with existing transform
 exports[`config migrate should migrate preset if valid preset value is used 1`] = `
 ""jest": {
   "transform": {
-    "^.+.tsx?$": [
+    "^.+\\\\.tsx?$": [
       "ts-jest",
       {}
     ]
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ exports[`config migrate should migrate preset if valid preset value is used 1`]
 exports[`config migrate should migrate preset if valid preset value is used 2`] = `
 ""jest": {
   "transform": {
-    "^.+.tsx?$": [
+    "^.+\\\\.tsx?$": [
       "ts-jest",
       {}
     ]
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ exports[`config migrate should migrate preset if valid preset value is used 2`]
 exports[`config migrate should migrate preset if valid preset value is used 3`] = `
 ""jest": {
   "transform": {
-    "^.+.tsx?$": [
+    "^.+\\\\.tsx?$": [
       "ts-jest",
       {}
     ]
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ exports[`config migrate should reset testMatch if testRegex is used 1`] = `
 ""jest": {
   "testRegex": "foo-pattern",
   "transform": {
-    "^.+.tsx?$": [
+    "^.+\\\\.tsx?$": [
       "ts-jest",
       {}
     ]
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ exports[`config migrate should reset testMatch if testRegex is used 2`] = `
     "foo-pattern"
   ],
   "transform": {
-    "^.+.tsx?$": [
+    "^.+\\\\.tsx?$": [
       "ts-jest",
       {}
     ]
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ exports[`config migrate should reset testMatch if testRegex is used 3`] = `
     "**/__tests__/**/*.(spec|test).[tj]s?(x)"
   ],
   "transform": {
-    "^.+.tsx?$": [
+    "^.+\\\\.tsx?$": [
       "ts-jest",
       {}
     ]
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ exports[`config migrate should reset testMatch if testRegex is used 4`] = `
     "**/__tests__/**/*.(spec|test).[tj]s?(x)"
   ],
   "transform": {
-    "^.+.tsx?$": [
+    "^.+\\\\.tsx?$": [
       "ts-jest",
       {}
     ]
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ exports[`config migrate should reset testMatch if testRegex is used 5`] = `
 ""jest": {
   "testRegex": "foo-pattern",
   "transform": {
-    "^.+.tsx?$": [
+    "^.+\\\\.tsx?$": [
       "ts-jest",
       {}
     ]
diff --git a/src/cli/cli.spec.ts b/src/cli/cli.spec.ts
index 071b0df75f..7a5632b01c 100644
--- a/src/cli/cli.spec.ts
+++ b/src/cli/cli.spec.ts
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ describe('config', () => {
         ",
           "stdout": ""jest": {
           "transform": {
-            "^.+.tsx?$": [
+            "^.+\\\\.tsx?$": [
               "ts-jest",
               {
                 "tsconfig": {
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ describe('config', () => {
         ",
           "stdout": ""jest": {
           "transform": {
-            "^.+.[tj]sx?$": [
+            "^.+\\\\.[tj]sx?$": [
               "ts-jest",
               {
                 "tsconfig": {
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ describe('config', () => {
             "**/__tests__/**/*.ts?(x)"
           ],
           "transform": {
-            "^.+.tsx?$": [
+            "^.+\\\\.tsx?$": [
               "ts-jest",
               {
                 "tsconfig": {
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ describe('config', () => {
       expect(res.stdout).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         "module.exports = {
           transform: {
-            '^.+.tsx?$': [
+            '^.+\\\\.tsx?$': [
               'ts-jest',
               {},
             ],
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ describe('config', () => {
       expect(res.stdout).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         "module.exports = {
           transform: {
-            '^.+.[tj]sx?$': [
+            '^.+\\\\.[tj]sx?$': [
               'ts-jest',
               {},
             ],
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ describe('config', () => {
               'ts-jest',
               {},
             ],
-            '^.+.tsx?$': [
+            '^.+\\\\.tsx?$': [
               'ts-jest',
               {},
             ],
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ describe('config', () => {
               "ts-jest",
               {}
             ],
-            "^.+.tsx?$": [
+            "^.+\\\\.tsx?$": [
               "ts-jest",
               {}
             ]
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index cd79cfdf2d..4d9ba529bc 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ export const DECLARATION_TYPE_EXT = '.d.ts'
 export const JS_JSX_EXTENSIONS = ['.js', '.jsx']
 export const TS_TSX_REGEX = /\.[cm]?tsx?$/
 export const JS_JSX_REGEX = /\.[cm]?jsx?$/
-export const TS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN = '^.+.tsx?$'
+export const TS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN = '^.+\\.tsx?$'
 export const ESM_TS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN = '^.+\\.m?tsx?$'
-export const TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN = '^.+.[tj]sx?$'
+export const TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN = '^.+\\.[tj]sx?$'
 export const ESM_TS_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN = '^.+\\.m?[tj]sx?$'
-export const JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN = '^.+.jsx?$'
+export const JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN = '^.+\\.jsx?$'
 export const ESM_JS_TRANSFORM_PATTERN = '^.+\\.m?jsx?$'
 // `extensionsToTreatAsEsm` will throw error with `.mjs`
 export const TS_EXT_TO_TREAT_AS_ESM = ['.ts', '.tsx', '.mts']
diff --git a/src/presets/__snapshots__/create-jest-preset.spec.ts.snap b/src/presets/__snapshots__/create-jest-preset.spec.ts.snap
index d21e6e47b8..86fcbea34b 100644
--- a/src/presets/__snapshots__/create-jest-preset.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/src/presets/__snapshots__/create-jest-preset.spec.ts.snap
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 exports[`create-jest-preset CJS presets createDefaultLegacyPreset should return preset config 1`] = `
 {
   "transform": {
-    "^.+.tsx?$": [
+    "^.+\\.tsx?$": [
       "ts-jest",
       {
         "tsconfig": "tsconfig.spec.json",
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ exports[`create-jest-preset CJS presets createDefaultLegacyPreset should return
 exports[`create-jest-preset CJS presets createDefaultPreset should return preset config 1`] = `
 {
   "transform": {
-    "^.+.tsx?$": [
+    "^.+\\.tsx?$": [
       "ts-jest",
       {
         "tsconfig": "tsconfig.spec.json",
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ exports[`create-jest-preset CJS presets createDefaultPreset should return preset
 exports[`create-jest-preset CJS presets createJsWithBabelLegacyPreset should return preset config 1`] = `
 {
   "transform": {
-    "^.+.jsx?$": "babel-jest",
-    "^.+.tsx?$": [
+    "^.+\\.jsx?$": "babel-jest",
+    "^.+\\.tsx?$": [
       "ts-jest/legacy",
       {
         "babelConfig": {
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ exports[`create-jest-preset CJS presets createJsWithBabelLegacyPreset should ret
 exports[`create-jest-preset CJS presets createJsWithBabelPreset should return preset config 1`] = `
 {
   "transform": {
-    "^.+.jsx?$": "babel-jest",
-    "^.+.tsx?$": [
+    "^.+\\.jsx?$": "babel-jest",
+    "^.+\\.tsx?$": [
       "ts-jest",
       {
         "babelConfig": {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ exports[`create-jest-preset CJS presets createJsWithBabelPreset should return pr
 exports[`create-jest-preset CJS presets createJsWithTsLegacyPreset should return preset config 1`] = `
 {
   "transform": {
-    "^.+.[tj]sx?$": [
+    "^.+\\.[tj]sx?$": [
       "ts-jest/legacy",
       {
         "isolatedModules": true,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ exports[`create-jest-preset CJS presets createJsWithTsLegacyPreset should return
 exports[`create-jest-preset CJS presets createJsWithTsPreset should return preset config 1`] = `
 {
   "transform": {
-    "^.+.[tj]sx?$": [
+    "^.+\\.[tj]sx?$": [
       "ts-jest",
       {
         "isolatedModules": true,
diff --git a/website/docs/getting-started/presets.md b/website/docs/getting-started/presets.md
index f4aca92b1e..f7aadae4d0 100644
--- a/website/docs/getting-started/presets.md
+++ b/website/docs/getting-started/presets.md
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ interface TsJestTransformerOptions {
 
 export type DefaultPreset = {
   transform: {
-    '^.+.tsx?$': ['ts-jest/legacy', TsJestTransformerOptions]
+    '^.+\\.tsx?$': ['ts-jest/legacy', TsJestTransformerOptions]
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ interface TsJestTransformerOptions {
 
 export type JsWithTsPreset = {
   transform: {
-    '^.+.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest', TsJestTransformerOptions]
+    '^.+\\.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest', TsJestTransformerOptions]
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ interface TsJestTransformerOptions {
 
 export type JsWithTsPreset = {
   transform: {
-    '^.+.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest/legacy', TsJestTransformerOptions]
+    '^.+\\.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest/legacy', TsJestTransformerOptions]
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ interface TsJestTransformerOptions {
 
 export type JsWithBabelPreset = {
   transform: {
-    '^.+.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest', TsJestTransformerOptions]
+    '^.+\\.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest', TsJestTransformerOptions]
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ interface TsJestTransformerOptions {
 
 export type JsWithBabelPreset = {
   transform: {
-    '^.+.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest/legacy', TsJestTransformerOptions]
+    '^.+\\.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest/legacy', TsJestTransformerOptions]
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ interface TsJestTransformerOptions {
 
 export type JsWithBabelPreset = {
   transform: {
-    '^.+.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest', TsJestTransformerOptions]
+    '^.+\\.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest', TsJestTransformerOptions]
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ interface TsJestTransformerOptions {
 
 export type JsWithBabelPreset = {
   transform: {
-    '^.+.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest/legacy', TsJestTransformerOptions]
+    '^.+\\.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest/legacy', TsJestTransformerOptions]
   }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/website/versioned_docs/version-29.2/getting-started/presets.md b/website/versioned_docs/version-29.2/getting-started/presets.md
index f4aca92b1e..f7aadae4d0 100644
--- a/website/versioned_docs/version-29.2/getting-started/presets.md
+++ b/website/versioned_docs/version-29.2/getting-started/presets.md
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ interface TsJestTransformerOptions {
 
 export type DefaultPreset = {
   transform: {
-    '^.+.tsx?$': ['ts-jest/legacy', TsJestTransformerOptions]
+    '^.+\\.tsx?$': ['ts-jest/legacy', TsJestTransformerOptions]
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ interface TsJestTransformerOptions {
 
 export type JsWithTsPreset = {
   transform: {
-    '^.+.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest', TsJestTransformerOptions]
+    '^.+\\.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest', TsJestTransformerOptions]
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ interface TsJestTransformerOptions {
 
 export type JsWithTsPreset = {
   transform: {
-    '^.+.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest/legacy', TsJestTransformerOptions]
+    '^.+\\.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest/legacy', TsJestTransformerOptions]
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ interface TsJestTransformerOptions {
 
 export type JsWithBabelPreset = {
   transform: {
-    '^.+.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest', TsJestTransformerOptions]
+    '^.+\\.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest', TsJestTransformerOptions]
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ interface TsJestTransformerOptions {
 
 export type JsWithBabelPreset = {
   transform: {
-    '^.+.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest/legacy', TsJestTransformerOptions]
+    '^.+\\.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest/legacy', TsJestTransformerOptions]
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ interface TsJestTransformerOptions {
 
 export type JsWithBabelPreset = {
   transform: {
-    '^.+.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest', TsJestTransformerOptions]
+    '^.+\\.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest', TsJestTransformerOptions]
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ interface TsJestTransformerOptions {
 
 export type JsWithBabelPreset = {
   transform: {
-    '^.+.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest/legacy', TsJestTransformerOptions]
+    '^.+\\.[tj]sx?$': ['ts-jest/legacy', TsJestTransformerOptions]
   }
 }
 ```