diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/SnapshotInteractiveMode.test.js b/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/SnapshotInteractiveMode.test.js
index 9a4be4e83be6..3b3f1bb7c177 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/SnapshotInteractiveMode.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/SnapshotInteractiveMode.test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import chalk from 'chalk'
 import {KEYS} from 'jest-watcher';
 import SnapshotInteractiveMode from '../SnapshotInteractiveMode';
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/watch.test.js b/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/watch.test.js
index 4c9234d8509f..1b55f71df8af 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/watch.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/watch.test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import chalk from 'chalk'
 import TestWatcher from '../TestWatcher';
 import {JestHook, KEYS} from 'jest-watcher';
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/watch_filename_pattern_mode.test.js b/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/watch_filename_pattern_mode.test.js
index 089f27140705..7cf924acd6bc 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/watch_filename_pattern_mode.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/watch_filename_pattern_mode.test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import chalk from 'chalk'
 import {KEYS} from 'jest-watcher';
 
 const runJestMock = jest.fn();
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/watch_test_name_pattern_mode.test.js b/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/watch_test_name_pattern_mode.test.js
index 835facb87fba..ed8bd206229d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/watch_test_name_pattern_mode.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/watch_test_name_pattern_mode.test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import chalk from 'chalk'
 import {KEYS} from 'jest-watcher';
 
 const runJestMock = jest.fn();
diff --git a/packages/jest-diff/README.md b/packages/jest-diff/README.md
index f8888e94b7f0..f63843ce8f3c 100644
--- a/packages/jest-diff/README.md
+++ b/packages/jest-diff/README.md
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ The `jest-diff` package does not assume that the 2 labels have equal length.
 
 For consistency with most diff tools, you might exchange the colors:
 
-```js
+```ts
 import chalk = require('chalk');
 
 const options = {
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ const options = {
 
 Although the default inverse of foreground and background colors is hard to beat for changed substrings **within lines**, especially because it highlights spaces, if you want bold font weight on yellow background color:
 
-```js
+```ts
 import chalk = require('chalk');
 
 const options = {
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ A patch mark like `@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@` accounts for omitted common lines.
 
 If you want patch marks to have the same dim color as common lines:
 
-```js
+```ts
 import chalk = require('chalk');
 
 const options = {
diff --git a/packages/jest-reporters/src/__tests__/utils.test.js b/packages/jest-reporters/src/__tests__/utils.test.js
index 04b5a4976cff..52e1802502cb 100644
--- a/packages/jest-reporters/src/__tests__/utils.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-reporters/src/__tests__/utils.test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import path from 'path';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import chalk from 'chalk'
 import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
 import {printDisplayName, trimAndFormatPath, wrapAnsiString} from '../utils';