diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 444c0d1924c9..fd3b6eaa84a1 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ module.exports = {
       rules: {
         '@typescript-eslint/array-type': ['error', {default: 'generic'}],
         '@typescript-eslint/ban-types': 'error',
-        '@typescript-eslint/no-implicit-any-catch': [
-          'error',
-          {allowExplicitAny: true},
-        ],
         '@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars': [
           'error',
           {argsIgnorePattern: '^_'},
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/resolveConditions.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/resolveConditions.test.ts
index 375257ac7640..ee7c00f6f12d 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/resolveConditions.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/resolveConditions.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ onNodeVersions('>=12.16.0', () => {
       });
       try {
         expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
-      } catch (error: unknown) {
+      } catch (error) {
         console.log(`Test failed on iteration ${i + 1}`);
         throw error;
       }
diff --git a/packages/expect/src/__tests__/isError.test.ts b/packages/expect/src/__tests__/isError.test.ts
index ddfecd088f86..bb6a77c47e6d 100644
--- a/packages/expect/src/__tests__/isError.test.ts
+++ b/packages/expect/src/__tests__/isError.test.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('isError', () => {
     testErrorFromDifferentContext((win: Window) => {
       try {
         win.document.querySelectorAll('');
-      } catch (e: unknown) {
+      } catch (e) {
         return e;
       }
       return null;
diff --git a/packages/expect/src/toThrowMatchers.ts b/packages/expect/src/toThrowMatchers.ts
index 3e5933551a49..8be9a79ae5fd 100644
--- a/packages/expect/src/toThrowMatchers.ts
+++ b/packages/expect/src/toThrowMatchers.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export const createMatcher = (
       } else {
         try {
           received();
-        } catch (e: unknown) {
+        } catch (e) {
           thrown = getThrown(e);
         }
       }
diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/src/run.ts b/packages/jest-circus/src/run.ts
index 78722bdf32da..d49cfdcb31bf 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/src/run.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/src/run.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ const _callCircusHook = async ({
       timeout,
     });
     await dispatch({describeBlock, hook, name: 'hook_success', test});
-  } catch (error: unknown) {
+  } catch (error) {
     await dispatch({describeBlock, error, hook, name: 'hook_failure', test});
   }
 };
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ const _callCircusTest = async (
       timeout,
     });
     await dispatch({name: 'test_fn_success', test});
-  } catch (error: unknown) {
+  } catch (error) {
     await dispatch({error, name: 'test_fn_failure', test});
   }
 };
diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/src/utils.ts b/packages/jest-circus/src/utils.ts
index ff0eb059ce5f..faeb9dab00aa 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/src/utils.ts
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export const callAsyncCircusFn = (
     } else {
       try {
         returnedValue = fn.call(testContext);
-      } catch (error: unknown) {
+      } catch (error) {
         reject(error);
         return;
       }
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/readConfigFileAndSetRootDir.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/readConfigFileAndSetRootDir.ts
index 09a2aaa8c896..2bff8dfd3a7c 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/readConfigFileAndSetRootDir.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/readConfigFileAndSetRootDir.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export default async function readConfigFileAndSetRootDir(
     } else {
       configObject = await requireOrImportModule<any>(configPath);
     }
-  } catch (error: unknown) {
+  } catch (error) {
     if (isJSON) {
       throw new Error(
         `Jest: Failed to parse config file ${configPath}\n` +
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/TestScheduler.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/TestScheduler.ts
index 708e1a7bfd7e..2786a65f6753 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/TestScheduler.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/TestScheduler.ts
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class TestScheduler {
             );
           }
         }
-      } catch (error: unknown) {
+      } catch (error) {
         if (!watcher.isInterrupted()) {
           throw error;
         }
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/cli/index.ts
index 6e74f98b0250..8a546027d6b5 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ const _run10000 = async (
       filterSetupPromise = (async () => {
         try {
           await rawFilter.setup();
-        } catch (err: unknown) {
+        } catch (err) {
           return err;
         }
         return undefined;
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/runGlobalHook.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/runGlobalHook.ts
index 2c635a2ecdb6..760cdca4c923 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/runGlobalHook.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/runGlobalHook.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export default async ({
             await globalModule(globalConfig);
           },
         );
-      } catch (error: unknown) {
+      } catch (error) {
         if (util.types.isNativeError(error)) {
           error.message = `Jest: Got error running ${moduleName} - ${modulePath}, reason: ${error.message}`;
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-fake-timers/src/legacyFakeTimers.ts b/packages/jest-fake-timers/src/legacyFakeTimers.ts
index 3762d00b2963..07505acb578f 100644
--- a/packages/jest-fake-timers/src/legacyFakeTimers.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-fake-timers/src/legacyFakeTimers.ts
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ export default class FakeTimers<TimerRef> {
     let errThrown = false;
     try {
       cb();
-    } catch (e: unknown) {
+    } catch (e) {
       errThrown = true;
       cbErr = e;
     }
diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/PCancelable.ts b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/PCancelable.ts
index d58e58ad0a3e..2c7b0aa826fe 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/PCancelable.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/PCancelable.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export default class PCancelable<T> implements PromiseLike<T> {
     if (typeof this._cancel === 'function') {
       try {
         this._cancel();
-      } catch (err: unknown) {
+      } catch (err) {
         this._reject(err);
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmineAsyncInstall.ts b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmineAsyncInstall.ts
index 6a31a66c32b7..be33f5b41bbc 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmineAsyncInstall.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmineAsyncInstall.ts
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function makeConcurrent(
           `Jest: concurrent test "${spec.getFullName()}" must return a Promise.`,
         );
       });
-    } catch (error: unknown) {
+    } catch (error) {
       promise = Promise.reject(error);
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-mock/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-mock/src/index.ts
index 0d0cdce00a8c..e92b0b3eb80c 100644
--- a/packages/jest-mock/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-mock/src/index.ts
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ export class ModuleMocker {
 
             return undefined;
           })();
-        } catch (error: unknown) {
+        } catch (error) {
           // Store the thrown error so we can record it, then re-throw it.
           thrownError = error;
           callDidThrowError = true;
diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve/src/resolver.ts b/packages/jest-resolve/src/resolver.ts
index f5c668b85b43..315537ae4fcd 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve/src/resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve/src/resolver.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export default class Resolver {
         paths: paths ? (nodePaths || []).concat(paths) : nodePaths,
         rootDir: options.rootDir,
       });
-    } catch (e: unknown) {
+    } catch (e) {
       if (options.throwIfNotFound) {
         throw e;
       }
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
index 9fc2a52d33ea..5fdaf0ad65c1 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ export default class Runtime {
         this._esmoduleRegistry.set(cacheKey, module);
 
         transformResolve();
-      } catch (error: unknown) {
+      } catch (error) {
         transformReject(error);
         throw error;
       }
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ export default class Runtime {
         options,
         moduleRegistry,
       );
-    } catch (error: unknown) {
+    } catch (error) {
       moduleRegistry.delete(modulePath);
       throw error;
     }
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ export default class Runtime {
       } else {
         return this.requireModule<T>(from, moduleName);
       }
-    } catch (e: unknown) {
+    } catch (e) {
       const moduleNotFound = Resolver.tryCastModuleNotFoundError(e);
       if (moduleNotFound) {
         if (
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ export default class Runtime {
       return this._resolveModule(from, moduleName, {
         conditions: this.cjsConditions,
       });
-    } catch (err: unknown) {
+    } catch (err) {
       const module = this._resolver.getMockModule(from, moduleName);
 
       if (module) {
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ export default class Runtime {
     let modulePath;
     try {
       modulePath = this._resolveModule(from, moduleName, options);
-    } catch (e: unknown) {
+    } catch (e) {
       const manualMock = this._resolver.getMockModule(from, moduleName);
       if (manualMock) {
         this._shouldMockModuleCache.set(moduleID, true);
diff --git a/packages/jest-snapshot/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-snapshot/src/index.ts
index d9c7fed4dc38..3849c7dc4db8 100644
--- a/packages/jest-snapshot/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-snapshot/src/index.ts
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ const _toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot = (
   } else {
     try {
       received();
-    } catch (e: unknown) {
+    } catch (e) {
       error = e;
     }
   }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 75e3a124b5e2..475980a84870 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -21198,22 +21198,22 @@ react-native@0.64.0:
   linkType: hard
 
 "typescript@*, typescript@^4.0.2, typescript@^4.0.3":
-  version: 4.3.5
-  resolution: "typescript@npm:4.3.5"
+  version: 4.4.3
+  resolution: "typescript@npm:4.4.3"
   bin:
     tsc: bin/tsc
     tsserver: bin/tsserver
-  checksum: d9a8e78d72dd19896e6bfa73ab2a0fcea6eca2700d1d6e7c33f67a970af54a3e0fed8f715a8c4e6a0ff7fc0995067b394b2003518ab0aa84cd396377e54b760c
+  checksum: 0da3a2a96506240557512ee49ff37a882c49c8c803444b90b98984e50d5d2e526885d57cd0f75225525413630b0e070e0e9ab4538485852fa1c158a6e7925cbb
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
 "typescript@patch:typescript@*#builtin<compat/typescript>, typescript@patch:typescript@^4.0.2#builtin<compat/typescript>, typescript@patch:typescript@^4.0.3#builtin<compat/typescript>":
-  version: 4.3.5
-  resolution: "typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A4.3.5#builtin<compat/typescript>::version=4.3.5&hash=8133ad"
+  version: 4.4.3
+  resolution: "typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A4.4.3#builtin<compat/typescript>::version=4.4.3&hash=8133ad"
   bin:
     tsc: bin/tsc
     tsserver: bin/tsserver
-  checksum: 7e9040a3ee8b62c9f499fdaeeb2ea143c079e88fadeba562ce2f7ee878cf3eba9cf6097bf8a4ead0de4b35582f71a4866d9f475af9b064fde430d55d9fc6aaac
+  checksum: d328b850f6e56d424dfda4b2bf2950fcc2f8bb21446f0eb9fe2d4b7a4f9b678a4f17204a31f6ad2dfb2419a69e508683d938491cecc2650aedde9423e5489825
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard