diff --git a/.changeset/renovate-4f0c2e3.md b/.changeset/renovate-4f0c2e3.md
index 687aed38919f5..9eb7ca8ed64a0 100644
--- a/.changeset/renovate-4f0c2e3.md
+++ b/.changeset/renovate-4f0c2e3.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ---
-'@backstage/cli': patch
+'@backstage/cli': minor
 ---
 
 Updated dependency `eslint-plugin-jest` to `^27.0.0`.
+
+Note that this major update to Jest plugin contains some breaking changes. This
+means that some of your tests may start seeing some new lint errors. [Read about
+them
+here](https://github.com/jest-community/eslint-plugin-jest/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#2700-2022-08-28).
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/test.ts
index 88769aec1a898..ec1bf8a7a0248 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/test.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,5 @@ export default async (_opts: OptionValues, cmd: Command) => {
     (process.stdout as any)._handle.setBlocking(true);
   }
 
-  // eslint-disable-next-line jest/no-jest-import
   await require('jest').run(args);
 };
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/parallel.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/parallel.test.ts
index 032d66afac194..b04831ff3b102 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/parallel.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/parallel.test.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('parseParallelismOption', () => {
   });
 
   it.each([['on'], [2.5], ['2.5']])('throws error for %p', value => {
-    expect(() => parseParallelismOption(value as any)).toThrowError(
+    expect(() => parseParallelismOption(value as any)).toThrow(
       `Parallel option value '${value}' is not a boolean or integer`,
     );
   });