diff --git a/__tests__/buildJsonResults.test.js b/__tests__/buildJsonResults.test.js
index ed0de19..524f69c 100644
--- a/__tests__/buildJsonResults.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/buildJsonResults.test.js
@@ -308,14 +308,16 @@ describe('buildJsonResults', () => {
         noStackTrace: "true"
       }));
 
-    const failureMsg = jsonResults.testsuites[1].testsuite[2].testcase[1].failure;
+    const failureInstance = jsonResults.testsuites[1].testsuite[2].testcase[1].failure
+
+    const failureMsg = failureInstance[0]._attr.message;
+    const failureStack = failureInstance[1]
 
     // Make sure no escape codes are there that exist in the mock
-    expect(failureMsg.includes('\u001b')).toBe(false);
+    expect(failureStack).toBe(undefined);
     expect(failureMsg).toMatch('Should fail');
     expect(failureMsg).not.toMatch('at _callee$ (path/to/failing.test.js:26:15)');
     expect(failureMsg).not.toMatch('at path/to/failing.test.js:2:554');
-
   });
 
   it('should parse messages with stack trace when notStackTrace set to false and jest >= 26.3.0', () => {
@@ -328,10 +330,10 @@ describe('buildJsonResults', () => {
     const failureMsg = jsonResults.testsuites[1].testsuite[2].testcase[1].failure;
 
     // Make sure no escape codes are there that exist in the mock
-    expect(failureMsg.includes('\u001b')).toBe(false);
-    expect(failureMsg).toMatch('Should fail');
-    expect(failureMsg).toMatch('at _callee$ (path/to/failing.test.js:26:15)');
-    expect(failureMsg).toMatch('at path/to/failing.test.js:2:554');
+    expect(failureMsg[1].includes('\u001b')).toBe(false);
+    expect(failureMsg[0]._attr.message).toMatch('Should fail');
+    expect(failureMsg[1]).toMatch('at _callee$ (path/to/failing.test.js:26:15)');
+    expect(failureMsg[1]).toMatch('at path/to/failing.test.js:2:554');
 
   });
 
diff --git a/utils/buildJsonResults.js b/utils/buildJsonResults.js
index 1b41a7c..0133e96 100644
--- a/utils/buildJsonResults.js
+++ b/utils/buildJsonResults.js
@@ -68,13 +68,16 @@ const generateTestCase = function(junitOptions, suiteOptions, tc, filepath, file
   // Write out all failure messages as <failure> tags
   // Nested underneath <testcase> tag
   if (tc.status === testFailureStatus || tc.status === testErrorStatus) {
-    const failureMessages = junitOptions.noStackTrace === 'true' && tc.failureDetails ?
-        tc.failureDetails.map(detail => detail.message) : tc.failureMessages;
+    
+    const failureMessages =  tc.failureDetails ? tc.failureDetails.map(detail => ({
+      message: detail.message,
+      stack: junitOptions.noStackTrace === "true" ? undefined : detail.stack,
+    })) : tc.failureMessages;
 
     failureMessages.forEach((failure) => {
       const tagName = tc.status === testFailureStatus ? 'failure': testErrorStatus
       testCase.testcase.push({
-        [tagName]: stripAnsi(failure)
+        [tagName]: typeof failure === "string" ? stripAnsi(failure):  [{ _attr: {message: stripAnsi(failure.message)} }, stripAnsi(failure.stack)]
       });
     })
   }