diff --git a/packages/cdktf-cli/templates/typescript/.hooks.sscaff.js b/packages/cdktf-cli/templates/typescript/.hooks.sscaff.js
index 4b6f80a9d2..4d1037d1a7 100644
--- a/packages/cdktf-cli/templates/typescript/.hooks.sscaff.js
+++ b/packages/cdktf-cli/templates/typescript/.hooks.sscaff.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ exports.post = ctx => {
   if (!npm_cdktf) { throw new Error(`missing context "npm_cdktf"`); }
 
   installDeps([npm_cdktf, `constructs@10`]);
-  installDeps(['@types/node', 'typescript', 'jest', '@types/jest', "ts-jest", "ts-node"], true);
+  installDeps(['@types/node', 'typescript', 'jest@^26.6.3', '@types/jest', "ts-jest", "ts-node"], true);
 
   console.log(readFileSync('./help', 'utf-8'));
 };