diff --git a/packages/cli/config/jest.js b/packages/cli/config/jest.js
index 80e0bcf26c..4ad8106ab4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/config/jest.js
+++ b/packages/cli/config/jest.js
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ async function getConfig() {
       ),
     },
 
+    // A bit more opinionated
+    testMatch: ['**/?(*.)test.{js,jsx,mjs,ts,tsx}'],
+
     // Default behaviour is to not apply transforms for node_modules, but we still want
     // to apply the esm-transformer to .esm.js files, since that's what we use in backstage packages.
     transformIgnorePatterns: [