diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
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+const defaultConfig = require( '@wordpress/scripts/config/jest-unit.config' );
+
+const config = {
+	...defaultConfig,
+	transformIgnorePatterns: [ 'node_modules/(?!(is-plain-obj))' ],
+};
+
+module.exports = config;