diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/paths.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/paths.js
index b52ea6b82a..c680d87b99 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/paths.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/paths.js
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ module.exports = {
   testsSetup: resolveApp('src/setupTests.ts'),
   appNodeModules: resolveApp('node_modules'),
   appTsConfig: resolveApp('tsconfig.json'),
+  appTsTestConfig: resolveApp('tsconfig.test.json'),
   publicUrl: getPublicUrl(resolveApp('package.json')),
   servedPath: getServedPath(resolveApp('package.json')),
   // These properties only exist before ejecting:
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ if (
     testsSetup: resolveOwn('template/src/setupTests.ts'),
     appNodeModules: resolveOwn('node_modules'),
     appTsConfig: resolveOwn('template/tsconfig.json'),
+    appTsTestConfig: resolveOwn('template/tsconfig.test.json'),
     publicUrl: getPublicUrl(resolveOwn('package.json')),
     servedPath: getServedPath(resolveOwn('package.json')),
     // These properties only exist before ejecting:
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/createJestConfig.js b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/createJestConfig.js
index 9063be329d..019767d7e8 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/createJestConfig.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/createJestConfig.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ module.exports = (resolve, rootDir) => {
     },
     globals: {
       'ts-jest': {
-        tsConfigFile: paths.appTsConfig,
+        tsConfigFile: paths.appTsTestConfig,
       },
     },
   };
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template/tsconfig.json b/packages/react-scripts/template/tsconfig.json
index 2f2a20c728..8597354149 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/template/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/template/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "build/dist",
-    "module": "commonjs",
+    "module": "esnext",
     "target": "es5",
     "lib": ["es6", "dom"],
     "sourceMap": true,
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template/tsconfig.test.json b/packages/react-scripts/template/tsconfig.test.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65ffdd4939
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/template/tsconfig.test.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "commonjs"
+  }
+}
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