diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d093394b71b5..7e3137df2d1f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - `[expect]` Allow again `expect.Matchers` generic with single value ([#11986](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/11986))
 - `[jest-core]` Incorrect detection of open ZLIB handles ([#12022](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/12022))
 - `[jest-environment-jsdom]` Add `@types/jsdom` dependency ([#11999](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/11999))
+- `[jest-environment-jsdom]` Do not reset the global.document too early on teardown ([#11871](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/11871))
 - `[jest-transform]` Improve error and warning messages ([#11998](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/11998))
 
 ### Chore & Maintenance
diff --git a/packages/jest-environment-jsdom/src/__tests__/jsdom_environment.test.ts b/packages/jest-environment-jsdom/src/__tests__/jsdom_environment.test.ts
index 6253fa99eb77..f10d330a7168 100644
--- a/packages/jest-environment-jsdom/src/__tests__/jsdom_environment.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-environment-jsdom/src/__tests__/jsdom_environment.test.ts
@@ -39,4 +39,28 @@ describe('JSDomEnvironment', () => {
 
     expect(env.dom.window.navigator.userAgent).toEqual('foo');
   });
+
+  /**
+   * When used in conjunction with Custom Elements (part of the WebComponents standard)
+   * setting the global.document to null too early is problematic because:
+   *
+   * CustomElement's disconnectedCallback method is called when a custom element
+   * is removed from the DOM. The disconnectedCallback could need the document
+   * in order to remove some listener for example.
+   *
+   * global.close calls jsdom's Window.js.close which does this._document.body.innerHTML = "".
+   * The custom element will be removed from the DOM at this point, therefore disconnectedCallback
+   * will be called, so please make sure the global.document is still available at this point.
+   */
+  it('should not set the global.document to null too early', () => {
+    const env = new JSDomEnvironment(makeProjectConfig());
+
+    const originalCloseFn = env.global.close.bind(env.global);
+    env.global.close = () => {
+      originalCloseFn();
+      expect(env.global.document).not.toBeNull();
+    };
+
+    return env.teardown();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/jest-environment-jsdom/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-environment-jsdom/src/index.ts
index 8db58a76a36e..1aab227fdb71 100644
--- a/packages/jest-environment-jsdom/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-environment-jsdom/src/index.ts
@@ -132,9 +132,14 @@ class JSDOMEnvironment implements JestEnvironment<number> {
       if (this.errorEventListener) {
         this.global.removeEventListener('error', this.errorEventListener);
       }
+      this.global.close();
+
       // Dispose "document" to prevent "load" event from triggering.
+
+      // Note that this.global.close() will trigger the CustomElement::disconnectedCallback
+      // Do not reset the document before CustomElement disconnectedCallback function has finished running,
+      // document should be accessible within disconnectedCallback.
       Object.defineProperty(this.global, 'document', {value: null});
-      this.global.close();
     }
     this.errorEventListener = null;
     // @ts-expect-error