diff --git a/packages/jest-repl/src/__tests__/jest_repl.test.js b/packages/jest-repl/src/__tests__/jest_repl.test.js
index 943ac20bdc38..b86932a89b0e 100644
--- a/packages/jest-repl/src/__tests__/jest_repl.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-repl/src/__tests__/jest_repl.test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import {spawnSync} from 'child_process';
 import path from 'path';
 
-const JEST_RUNTIME = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../bin/jest-repl.js');
+const JEST_RUNTIME = require.resolve('../../bin/jest-repl.js');
 
 describe('Repl', () => {
   describe('cli', () => {
diff --git a/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/args.ts b/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/args.ts
index 09f1b6392660..9bb253b3e1cc 100644
--- a/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/args.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/args.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import type {Options} from 'yargs';
 export const usage = 'Usage: $0 [--config=<pathToConfigFile>]';
 
 const runtimeCLIOptions: Record<
-  'cache' | 'config' | 'debug' | 'version' | 'watchman',
+  'cache' | 'config' | 'debug' | 'watchman',
   Options
 > = {
   cache: {
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ const runtimeCLIOptions: Record<
     description: 'Print debugging info about your jest config.',
     type: 'boolean',
   },
-  version: {
-    alias: 'v',
-    description: 'Print the version and exit',
-    type: 'boolean',
-  },
   watchman: {
     default: true,
     description:
diff --git a/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/index.ts
index 00f296512d44..1fbf59205a2d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ import * as args from './args';
 import {run as runtimeCLI} from './runtime-cli';
 import {VERSION} from './version';
 
-const REPL_SCRIPT = require.resolve('./repl.js');
+const REPL_SCRIPT = require.resolve('./repl');
 
-export function run(): void {
+export function run(): Promise<void> {
   const argv = yargs.usage(args.usage).options(args.options)
     .argv as Config.Argv;
 
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ export function run(): void {
 
   argv._ = [REPL_SCRIPT];
 
-  runtimeCLI(argv, [`Jest REPL v${VERSION}`]);
+  return runtimeCLI(argv, [`Jest REPL v${VERSION}`]);
 }