diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fc857b12fcd7..eccb30f33648 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 ### Fixes
 
 - `[@jest/expect-utils]` `toMatchObject` diffs should include `Symbol` properties ([#13810](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/13810))
+- `[jest-runtime]` Handle missing `replaceProperty` ([#13823](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/13823))
 
 ### Chore & Maintenance
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
index ae0f8bde2ca9..f050d0d01e58 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
@@ -2319,9 +2319,14 @@ export default class Runtime {
           'Your test environment does not support `mocked`, please update it.',
         );
       });
-    const replaceProperty = this._moduleMocker.replaceProperty.bind(
-      this._moduleMocker,
-    );
+    const replaceProperty =
+      typeof this._moduleMocker.replaceProperty === 'function'
+        ? this._moduleMocker.replaceProperty.bind(this._moduleMocker)
+        : () => {
+            throw new Error(
+              'Your test environment does not support `jest.replaceProperty` - please ensure its Jest dependencies are updated to version 29.4 or later',
+            );
+          };
 
     const setTimeout = (timeout: number) => {
       this._environment.global[testTimeoutSymbol] = timeout;