diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index f30ff743c1..6b38da7014 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@
     "**/coverage": true,
     "**/dist": true
   },
-  "jestrunner.enableYarnPnpSupport": true,
-  "jestrunner.jestCommand": "node scripts/jest.cjs",
-  "jestrunner.yarnPnpCommand": "../../scripts/yarn.cjs",
   "jestrunner.changeDirectoryToWorkspaceRoot": true,
+  "jestrunner.jestCommand": "node scripts/test.cjs",
+  "jestrunner.enableYarnPnpSupport": true,
+  // The command is prefixed with `.yarn/releases/`, so we need `../..` (see https://github.com/firsttris/vscode-jest-runner/blob/4dea33a0f692a8f1519dbb8b2567787ffe1843da/src/jestRunner.ts#L180)
+  "jestrunner.yarnPnpCommand": "../../scripts/debug.cjs"
 }
diff --git a/scripts/debug.cjs b/scripts/debug.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69fcbd28b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/debug.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+//
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Gardener contributors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+const assert = require('assert').strict
+const { spawn } = require('child_process')
+const { findYarnWorkspace } = require('./helper.cjs')
+
+const args = process.argv.slice(3)
+const workspace = findYarnWorkspace(args[0])
+assert(workspace, 'yarn workspace not found')
+
+if (workspace.name === '@gardener-dashboard/frontend') {
+  const index = args.indexOf('--runInBand')
+  if (index !== -1) {
+    args.splice(index, 1)
+  }
+}
+args.push('--maxConcurrency=1', '--testTimeout=0')
+
+const cmd = spawn('yarn', ['workspace', workspace.name, 'run', 'test', ...args], {
+  stdio: 'inherit',
+  env: process.env,
+})
+cmd.once('error', err => process.stderr.write(err.message + '\n'))
+cmd.once('exit', code => process.exit(code))
diff --git a/scripts/helper.cjs b/scripts/helper.cjs
index e142467612..10c1095e01 100644
--- a/scripts/helper.cjs
+++ b/scripts/helper.cjs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const packageJson = require('../package.json')
 const repodir = path.dirname(__dirname)
 
 function getWorkspaces () {
-  const today = new Date().toISOString().substring(0, 10) 
+  const today = new Date().toISOString().substring(0, 10)
   const hash = crypto.createHash('md5').update(JSON.stringify(packageJson.workspaces)).digest('hex')
   const filename = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `gardener-dashboard-${today}`, `workspaces.${hash}.json`)
 
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ function getWorkspaces () {
   } catch (err) {
     if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') {
       throw err
-    } 
+    }
   }
 
   const workspaces = execSync('yarn workspaces list --json')
     .toString('utf8')
     .split('\n')
     .filter(val => val.startsWith('{') && val.endsWith('}') )
-    .map(val => JSON.parse(val)) 
+    .map(val => JSON.parse(val))
 
   fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(filename), { recursive: true })
   fs.writeFileSync(filename, JSON.stringify(workspaces), 'utf8')
@@ -47,31 +47,6 @@ function findYarnWorkspace (filename) {
   return workspaces.find(({ location }) => testfileLocation.startsWith(location))
 }
 
-function findJestConfig (workspace) {
-  const workspacedir = path.join(repodir, workspace.location)
-  const configfile = fs.readdirSync(workspacedir).find(name => {
-    if (name === 'jest.config.js' || name == 'jest.config.json') {
-      return true
-    }
-    if (name === 'package.json') {
-      const jest = require(path.join(workspacedir, 'package.json'))
-      return !!jest
-    }
-    return false
-  })
-  return path.join(workspacedir, configfile)
-}
-
-function findYarnCommand () {
-  const yarndir = path.join(repodir, '.yarn', 'releases')
-  const filename = fs.readdirSync(yarndir).find(filename => /^yarn-.+\.c?js$/.test(filename))
-  if (filename) {
-    return path.join(yarndir, filename)
-  }
-}
-
 module.exports = {
   findYarnWorkspace,
-  findYarnCommand,
-  findJestConfig,
 }
diff --git a/scripts/jest.cjs b/scripts/jest.cjs
deleted file mode 100644
index dace841b89..0000000000
--- a/scripts/jest.cjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-//
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Gardener contributors
-//
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-//
-
-const assert = require('assert').strict
-const { spawn } = require('child_process')
-const { findYarnWorkspace, findJestConfig } = require('./helper.cjs')
-
-const args =  process.argv.slice(2)
-const workspace = findYarnWorkspace(args[0])
-assert(workspace, 'yarn workspace not found')
-
-const jestConfig = findJestConfig(workspace)
-assert(jestConfig, 'jest configuration not found')
-process.argv.push('--config', jestConfig)
-
-const cmd = spawn('yarn',  ['workspace', workspace.name, 'run', 'test', ...args], { 
-  stdio: 'inherit' 
-})
-cmd.on('error', err => {
-  console.error(err.message)
-})
-cmd.on('exit', code => process.exit(code))
diff --git a/scripts/test.cjs b/scripts/test.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcaf21d3df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+//
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Gardener contributors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+const assert = require('assert').strict
+const { spawn } = require('child_process')
+const { findYarnWorkspace } = require('./helper.cjs')
+
+const args =  process.argv.slice(2)
+const workspace = findYarnWorkspace(args[0])
+assert(workspace, 'yarn workspace not found')
+
+const cmd = spawn('yarn', ['workspace', workspace.name, 'run', 'test', ...args], {
+  stdio: 'inherit'
+})
+cmd.once('error', err => process.stderr.write(err.message + '\n'))
+cmd.once('exit', code => process.exit(code))
diff --git a/scripts/yarn.cjs b/scripts/yarn.cjs
deleted file mode 100644
index d6b5e9c5a0..0000000000
--- a/scripts/yarn.cjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-//
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Gardener contributors
-//
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-//
-
-const assert = require('assert').strict
-const { findYarnWorkspace, findJestConfig, findYarnCommand } = require('./helper.cjs')
-
-const workspace = findYarnWorkspace(process.argv[3])
-assert(workspace, 'yarn workspace not found')
-
-const jestConfig = findJestConfig(workspace)
-assert(jestConfig, 'jest configuration not found')
-process.argv.push('--config', jestConfig)
-
-const yarnCommand = findYarnCommand()
-assert(yarnCommand, 'yarn command not found')
-
-require(yarnCommand)