diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index c0f2b6ece0..3d9ab21b8b 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -23,5 +23,8 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   transformIgnorePatterns: [
     '[/\\\\]node_modules[/\\\\].+\\.(?!(axios)/)(js|jsx)$'
+  ],
+  watchPathIgnorePatterns: [
+    '<rootDir>/node_modules'
   ]
 };