diff --git a/e2e/transform/transform-runner/runner.ts b/e2e/transform/transform-runner/runner.ts
index 325956eae108..3dd269ac5ac1 100644
--- a/e2e/transform/transform-runner/runner.ts
+++ b/e2e/transform/transform-runner/runner.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import throat from 'throat';
+import pLimit from 'p-limit';
 import {Test, TestResult, createEmptyTestResult} from '@jest/test-result';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import type {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default class BaseTestRunner {
     onResult: OnTestSuccess,
     onFailure: OnTestFailure,
   ): Promise<void> {
-    const mutex = throat(1);
+    const mutex = pLimit(1);
     return tests.reduce(
       (promise, test) =>
         mutex(() =>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9e7678426d1a..3c3ee0b4e611 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
     "mock-fs": "^5.1.2",
     "netlify-plugin-cache": "^1.0.3",
     "node-notifier": "^10.0.0",
+    "p-limit": "^3.1.0",
     "pkg-dir": "^5.0.0",
     "prettier": "^2.1.1",
     "progress": "^2.0.0",
@@ -78,7 +79,6 @@
     "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0",
     "strip-json-comments": "^3.1.1",
     "tempy": "^1.0.0",
-    "throat": "^6.0.1",
     "ts-node": "^10.5.0",
     "type-fest": "^2.11.2",
     "typescript": "^4.7.3",
diff --git a/packages/jest-changed-files/package.json b/packages/jest-changed-files/package.json
index 38ead81110d7..dc7b4f2878df 100644
--- a/packages/jest-changed-files/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-changed-files/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "execa": "^5.0.0",
-    "throat": "^6.0.1"
+    "p-limit": "^3.1.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || ^16.10.0 || >=17.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/jest-changed-files/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-changed-files/src/index.ts
index 96ec1bf80d5a..d7bb623859a5 100644
--- a/packages/jest-changed-files/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-changed-files/src/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-import throat from 'throat';
+import pLimit = require('p-limit');
 import git from './git';
 import hg from './hg';
 import type {ChangedFilesPromise, Options, Repos, SCMAdapter} from './types';
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function notEmpty<T>(value: T | null | undefined): value is T {
 
 // This is an arbitrary number. The main goal is to prevent projects with
 // many roots (50+) from spawning too many processes at once.
-const mutex = throat(5);
+const mutex = pLimit(5);
 
 const findGitRoot = (dir: string) => mutex(() => git.getRoot(dir));
 const findHgRoot = (dir: string) => mutex(() => hg.getRoot(dir));
diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/package.json b/packages/jest-circus/package.json
index 4dca4e39727a..d4493c5058c6 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/package.json
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
     "jest-runtime": "^28.1.1",
     "jest-snapshot": "^28.1.1",
     "jest-util": "^28.1.1",
+    "p-limit": "^3.1.0",
     "pretty-format": "^28.1.1",
     "slash": "^3.0.0",
-    "stack-utils": "^2.0.3",
-    "throat": "^6.0.1"
+    "stack-utils": "^2.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.11.6",
diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/src/run.ts b/packages/jest-circus/src/run.ts
index 8d8242b6c203..562a49aa38e3 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/src/run.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/src/run.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import throat from 'throat';
+import pLimit = require('p-limit');
 import type {Circus} from '@jest/types';
 import {dispatch, getState} from './state';
 import {RETRY_TIMES} from './types';
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const _runTestsForDescribeBlock = async (
 
   if (isRootBlock) {
     const concurrentTests = collectConcurrentTests(describeBlock);
-    const mutex = throat(getState().maxConcurrency);
+    const mutex = pLimit(getState().maxConcurrency);
     for (const test of concurrentTests) {
       try {
         const promise = mutex(test.fn);
diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/package.json b/packages/jest-jasmine2/package.json
index be103d874b75..4ec8079202de 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/package.json
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
     "jest-runtime": "^28.1.1",
     "jest-snapshot": "^28.1.1",
     "jest-util": "^28.1.1",
-    "pretty-format": "^28.1.1",
-    "throat": "^6.0.1"
+    "p-limit": "^3.1.0",
+    "pretty-format": "^28.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/co": "^4.6.2"
diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmineAsyncInstall.ts b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmineAsyncInstall.ts
index b4023ba58474..c4d2a115046d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmineAsyncInstall.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmineAsyncInstall.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 import co from 'co';
 import isGeneratorFn from 'is-generator-fn';
-import throat from 'throat';
+import pLimit = require('p-limit');
 import type {Config, Global} from '@jest/types';
 import isError from './isError';
 import type Spec from './jasmine/Spec';
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ function makeConcurrent(
     timeout?: number,
   ) => Spec,
   env: Jasmine['currentEnv_'],
-  mutex: ReturnType<typeof throat>,
+  mutex: ReturnType<typeof pLimit>,
 ): Global.ItConcurrentBase {
   const concurrentFn = function (
     specName: Global.TestNameLike,
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ export default function jasmineAsyncInstall(
   global: Global.Global,
 ): void {
   const jasmine = global.jasmine;
-  const mutex = throat(globalConfig.maxConcurrency);
+  const mutex = pLimit(globalConfig.maxConcurrency);
 
   const env = jasmine.getEnv();
   env.it = promisifyIt(env.it, env, jasmine);
diff --git a/packages/jest-runner/package.json b/packages/jest-runner/package.json
index 725fa9aa6282..436fd65c0acc 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runner/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-runner/package.json
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
     "jest-util": "^28.1.1",
     "jest-watcher": "^28.1.1",
     "jest-worker": "^28.1.1",
-    "source-map-support": "0.5.13",
-    "throat": "^6.0.1"
+    "p-limit": "^3.1.0",
+    "source-map-support": "0.5.13"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@tsd/typescript": "~4.7.3",
diff --git a/packages/jest-runner/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-runner/src/index.ts
index 15273df93dbe..46233f1a60b5 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runner/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runner/src/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import chalk = require('chalk');
 import Emittery = require('emittery');
-import throat from 'throat';
+import pLimit = require('p-limit');
 import type {
   Test,
   TestEvents,
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export default class TestRunner extends EmittingTestRunner {
 
   async #createInBandTestRun(tests: Array<Test>, watcher: TestWatcher) {
     process.env.JEST_WORKER_ID = '1';
-    const mutex = throat(1);
+    const mutex = pLimit(1);
     return tests.reduce(
       (promise, test) =>
         mutex(() =>
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export default class TestRunner extends EmittingTestRunner {
     if (worker.getStdout()) worker.getStdout().pipe(process.stdout);
     if (worker.getStderr()) worker.getStderr().pipe(process.stderr);
 
-    const mutex = throat(this._globalConfig.maxWorkers);
+    const mutex = pLimit(this._globalConfig.maxWorkers);
 
     // Send test suites to workers continuously instead of all at once to track
     // the start time of individual tests.
diff --git a/scripts/buildTs.mjs b/scripts/buildTs.mjs
index c8fb4267c076..5d7293f29a5e 100644
--- a/scripts/buildTs.mjs
+++ b/scripts/buildTs.mjs
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import execa from 'execa';
 import globby from 'globby';
 import fs from 'graceful-fs';
+import pLimit from 'p-limit';
 import stripJsonComments from 'strip-json-comments';
-import throat from 'throat';
 import {getPackages} from './buildUtils.mjs';
 
 (async () => {
@@ -130,9 +130,10 @@ import {getPackages} from './buildUtils.mjs';
   const typesNodeReferenceDirective = `${typesReferenceDirective}="node" />`;
 
   try {
+    const mutex = pLimit(cpus);
     await Promise.all(
-      packagesWithTs.map(
-        throat(cpus, async ({packageDir, pkg}) => {
+      packagesWithTs.map(({packageDir, pkg}) =>
+        mutex(async () => {
           const buildDir = path.resolve(packageDir, 'build/**/*.d.ts');
 
           const globbed = await globby([buildDir]);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d3f0b2690b4c..c52f6b7c9d9d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2722,6 +2722,7 @@ __metadata:
     mock-fs: ^5.1.2
     netlify-plugin-cache: ^1.0.3
     node-notifier: ^10.0.0
+    p-limit: ^3.1.0
     pkg-dir: ^5.0.0
     prettier: ^2.1.1
     progress: ^2.0.0
@@ -2735,7 +2736,6 @@ __metadata:
     strip-ansi: ^6.0.0
     strip-json-comments: ^3.1.1
     tempy: ^1.0.0
-    throat: ^6.0.1
     ts-node: ^10.5.0
     type-fest: ^2.11.2
     typescript: ^4.7.3
@@ -13111,7 +13111,7 @@ __metadata:
   resolution: "jest-changed-files@workspace:packages/jest-changed-files"
   dependencies:
     execa: ^5.0.0
-    throat: ^6.0.1
+    p-limit: ^3.1.0
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -13142,10 +13142,10 @@ __metadata:
     jest-runtime: ^28.1.1
     jest-snapshot: ^28.1.1
     jest-util: ^28.1.1
+    p-limit: ^3.1.0
     pretty-format: ^28.1.1
     slash: ^3.0.0
     stack-utils: ^2.0.3
-    throat: ^6.0.1
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -13388,8 +13388,8 @@ __metadata:
     jest-runtime: ^28.1.1
     jest-snapshot: ^28.1.1
     jest-util: ^28.1.1
+    p-limit: ^3.1.0
     pretty-format: ^28.1.1
-    throat: ^6.0.1
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -13606,8 +13606,8 @@ __metadata:
     jest-util: ^28.1.1
     jest-watcher: ^28.1.1
     jest-worker: ^28.1.1
+    p-limit: ^3.1.0
     source-map-support: 0.5.13
-    throat: ^6.0.1
     tsd-lite: ^0.5.1
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
@@ -16930,7 +16930,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"p-limit@npm:^3.0.2":
+"p-limit@npm:^3.0.2, p-limit@npm:^3.1.0":
   version: 3.1.0
   resolution: "p-limit@npm:3.1.0"
   dependencies: