diff --git a/scripts/tasks/src/jest.ts b/scripts/tasks/src/jest.ts
index c74ffa25996972..0f4f069fc718d7 100644
--- a/scripts/tasks/src/jest.ts
+++ b/scripts/tasks/src/jest.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { JestTaskOptions, logger } from 'just-scripts';
+import { logger } from 'just-scripts';
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
 import { spawn } from 'just-scripts-utils';
 
 import { JustArgs, getJustArgv } from './argv';
 
-const commonJestTask = (options: JestTaskOptions = {}) => {
+const commonJestTask = (options: JestTaskConfig = {}) => {
   const {
     nodeArgs,
     _ = [],
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ const commonJestTask = (options: JestTaskOptions = {}) => {
     registry,
     // these args without explicit handling will be passed directly through to jest
     ...otherArgs
-  } = getJustArgv() as JustArgs & JestTaskOptions;
+  } = getJustArgv() as JustArgs & JestTaskConfig;
 
-  return jestTask({ ...otherArgs });
+  return jestTask({ ...options, ...otherArgs });
 };
 
 export const jest = () => {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export const jestWatch = () => {
   return commonJestTask({ watch: true });
 };
 
-export type JestTaskConfig = {
+type JestTaskConfig = {
   config?: string;
   passWithNoTests?: boolean;
   cache?: boolean;