diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/package.json b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/package.json
index 7d581aef8934..f37de4ae6ca2 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/package.json
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/package.json
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@
     "@angular/ssr": "^0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER",
     "@web/test-runner": "^0.20.0",
     "browser-sync": "^3.0.2",
-    "jest": "^29.5.0",
-    "jest-environment-jsdom": "^29.5.0",
+    "jest": "^29.5.0 || ^30.2.0",
+    "jest-environment-jsdom": "^29.5.0 || ^30.2.0",
     "karma": "^6.3.0",
     "ng-packagr": "0.0.0-NG-PACKAGR-PEER-DEP",
     "protractor": "^7.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/jest/index.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/jest/index.ts
index c972dfa41a46..8cdcf59aad19 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/jest/index.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/jest/index.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export default createBuilder(
       '--experimental-vm-modules',
       jest,
 
-      `--rootDir="${testOut}"`,
+      `--rootDir=${testOut}`,
       `--config=${path.join(__dirname, 'jest.config.mjs')}`,
       '--testEnvironment=jsdom',
 
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/jest.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/jest.ts
index 904cc6f903d6..db67b4aa9cb1 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/jest.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/jest.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export async function applyJestBuilder(
     polyfills: ['zone.js', 'zone.js/testing'],
   },
 ): Promise<void> {
-  await silentNpm('install', 'jest@29.5.0', 'jest-environment-jsdom@29.5.0', '--save-dev');
+  await silentNpm('install', 'jest@30.2.0', 'jest-environment-jsdom@30.2.0', '--save-dev');
 
   await updateJsonFile('angular.json', (json) => {
     const projects = Object.values(json['projects']);