diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cb909d7841ac..23d5543773f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 - `[jest-haste-map]` Fix the `mapper` option which was incorrectly ignored ([#8299](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8299))
 - `[jest-jasmine2]` Fix describe return value warning being shown if the describe function throws ([#8335](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8335))
 - `[jest-environment-jsdom]` Re-declare global prototype of JSDOMEnvironment ([#8352](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8352))
-- `[jest-transform]` Replace colons in transform cache filenames to support Windows ([#8353](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8353))
+- `[jest-transform]` Replace special characters in transform cache filenames to support Windows ([#8353](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8353))
 
 ### Chore & Maintenance
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts b/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
index d1e1c50d1aa0..7748d2cb2439 100644
--- a/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ export default class ScriptTransformer {
             rootDir: this._config.rootDir,
           }),
         )
-        .update(filename)
         .update(CACHE_VERSION)
         .digest('hex');
     } else {
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ export default class ScriptTransformer {
     const cacheDir = path.join(baseCacheDir, cacheKey[0] + cacheKey[1]);
     const cacheFilenamePrefix = path
       .basename(filename, path.extname(filename))
-      .replace(/:/g, '_COLON_');
+      .replace(/\W/g, '');
     const cachePath = slash(
       path.join(cacheDir, cacheFilenamePrefix + '_' + cacheKey),
     );