diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a3fdc55f111b..d43698c9b78b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 ### Chore & Maintenance
 
+- `[jest-resolve]` [**BREAKING**] Migrate to ESM ([#10688](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/10688))
+
 ### Performance
 
 ## 26.6.1
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js b/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
index 89ee1bdb2daa..4ab11cbb8aa6 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import {DEFAULT_JS_PATTERN} from '../constants';
 const DEFAULT_CSS_PATTERN = '\\.(css)$';
 
 jest
-  .mock('jest-resolve')
   .mock('path', () => jest.requireActual('path').posix)
   .mock('graceful-fs', () => {
     const realFs = jest.requireActual('fs');
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   expectedPathAbs = path.join(root, 'an', 'abs', 'path');
   expectedPathAbsAnother = path.join(root, 'another', 'abs', 'path');
 
-  require('jest-resolve').findNodeModule = findNodeModule;
+  require('jest-resolve').default.findNodeModule = findNodeModule;
 
   jest.spyOn(console, 'warn');
 });
@@ -306,7 +305,7 @@ describe('roots', () => {
 describe('transform', () => {
   let Resolver;
   beforeEach(() => {
-    Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+    Resolver = require('jest-resolve').default;
     Resolver.findNodeModule = jest.fn(name => name);
   });
 
@@ -352,7 +351,7 @@ describe('transform', () => {
 describe('haste', () => {
   let Resolver;
   beforeEach(() => {
-    Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+    Resolver = require('jest-resolve').default;
     Resolver.findNodeModule = jest.fn(name => name);
   });
 
@@ -376,7 +375,7 @@ describe('haste', () => {
 describe('setupFilesAfterEnv', () => {
   let Resolver;
   beforeEach(() => {
-    Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+    Resolver = require('jest-resolve').default;
     Resolver.findNodeModule = jest.fn(name =>
       name.startsWith('/') ? name : '/root/path/foo' + path.sep + name,
     );
@@ -424,7 +423,7 @@ describe('setupTestFrameworkScriptFile', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     console.warn.mockImplementation(() => {});
-    Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+    Resolver = require('jest-resolve').default;
     Resolver.findNodeModule = jest.fn(name =>
       name.startsWith('/') ? name : '/root/path/foo' + path.sep + name,
     );
@@ -673,7 +672,7 @@ describe('testRunner', () => {
   });
 
   it('is overwritten by argv', () => {
-    const Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+    const Resolver = require('jest-resolve').default;
     Resolver.findNodeModule = jest.fn(name => name);
     const {options} = normalize(
       {
@@ -704,7 +703,7 @@ describe('coverageDirectory', () => {
 describe('testEnvironment', () => {
   let Resolver;
   beforeEach(() => {
-    Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+    Resolver = require('jest-resolve').default;
     Resolver.findNodeModule = jest.fn(name => {
       if (['jsdom', 'jest-environment-jsdom'].includes(name)) {
         return `node_modules/${name}`;
@@ -758,7 +757,7 @@ describe('testEnvironment', () => {
 describe('babel-jest', () => {
   let Resolver;
   beforeEach(() => {
-    Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+    Resolver = require('jest-resolve').default;
     Resolver.findNodeModule = jest.fn(name =>
       name.indexOf('babel-jest') === -1
         ? path.sep + 'node_modules' + path.sep + name
@@ -799,7 +798,7 @@ describe('Upgrade help', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     console.warn.mockImplementation(() => {});
 
-    const Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+    const Resolver = require('jest-resolve').default;
     Resolver.findNodeModule = jest.fn(name => {
       if (name == 'bar/baz') {
         return '/node_modules/bar/baz';
@@ -944,7 +943,7 @@ describe('moduleDirectories', () => {
 
 describe('preset', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
-    const Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+    const Resolver = require('jest-resolve').default;
     Resolver.findNodeModule = jest.fn(name => {
       if (name === 'react-native/jest-preset') {
         return '/node_modules/react-native/jest-preset.json';
@@ -1111,7 +1110,7 @@ describe('preset', () => {
   });
 
   test('searches for .json and .js preset files', () => {
-    const Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+    const Resolver = require('jest-resolve').default;
 
     normalize(
       {
@@ -1225,7 +1224,7 @@ describe('preset', () => {
 
 describe('preset with globals', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
-    const Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+    const Resolver = require('jest-resolve').default;
     Resolver.findNodeModule = jest.fn(name => {
       if (name === 'global-foo/jest-preset') {
         return '/node_modules/global-foo/jest-preset.json';
@@ -1286,7 +1285,7 @@ describe.each(['setupFiles', 'setupFilesAfterEnv'])(
   configKey => {
     let Resolver;
     beforeEach(() => {
-      Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+      Resolver = require('jest-resolve').default;
       Resolver.findNodeModule = jest.fn(
         name => path.sep + 'node_modules' + path.sep + name,
       );
@@ -1327,7 +1326,7 @@ describe.each(['setupFiles', 'setupFilesAfterEnv'])(
 describe('runner', () => {
   let Resolver;
   beforeEach(() => {
-    Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+    Resolver = require('jest-resolve').default;
     Resolver.findNodeModule = jest.fn(name => {
       if (['eslint', 'jest-runner-eslint', 'my-runner-foo'].includes(name)) {
         return `node_modules/${name}`;
@@ -1385,7 +1384,7 @@ describe('runner', () => {
 describe('watchPlugins', () => {
   let Resolver;
   beforeEach(() => {
-    Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+    Resolver = require('jest-resolve').default;
     Resolver.findNodeModule = jest.fn(name => {
       if (
         ['typeahead', 'jest-watch-typeahead', 'my-watch-plugin'].includes(name)
@@ -1519,7 +1518,7 @@ describe('testPathPattern', () => {
       describe('win32', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
           jest.mock('path', () => jest.requireActual('path').win32);
-          require('jest-resolve').findNodeModule = findNodeModule;
+          require('jest-resolve').default.findNodeModule = findNodeModule;
         });
 
         afterEach(() => {
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
index 5d60d45c2053..d54f423f9ffa 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {ValidationError, validate} from 'jest-validate';
 import {clearLine, replacePathSepForGlob, tryRealpath} from 'jest-util';
 import chalk = require('chalk');
 import micromatch = require('micromatch');
-import Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+import Resolver from 'jest-resolve';
 import {replacePathSepForRegex} from 'jest-regex-util';
 import merge = require('deepmerge');
 import validatePattern from './validatePattern';
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts
index baa834fffcf9..dff6dd2d7f48 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import {ValidationError} from 'jest-validate';
-import Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+import Resolver from 'jest-resolve';
 import chalk = require('chalk');
 
 type ResolveOptions = {
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/watch.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/watch.ts
index 64d9407fefe6..a52f4b2789f3 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/watch.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/watch.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {formatExecError} from 'jest-message-util';
 import {isInteractive, preRunMessage, specialChars} from 'jest-util';
 import {ValidationError} from 'jest-validate';
 import type {Context} from 'jest-runtime';
-import Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+import Resolver from 'jest-resolve';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import {
   AllowedConfigOptions,
diff --git a/packages/jest-reporters/src/types.ts b/packages/jest-reporters/src/types.ts
index 45dc7c5c00f6..5c4a868ccb54 100644
--- a/packages/jest-reporters/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-reporters/src/types.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import type {
   TestResult,
 } from '@jest/test-result';
 import type {FS as HasteFS, ModuleMap} from 'jest-haste-map';
-import type {ResolverType} from 'jest-resolve';
+import type Resolver from 'jest-resolve';
 import type {worker} from './coverage_worker';
 
 export type ReporterOnStartOptions = {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export type Context = {
   config: Config.ProjectConfig;
   hasteFS: HasteFS;
   moduleMap: ModuleMap;
-  resolver: ResolverType;
+  resolver: Resolver;
 };
 
 export type Test = {
diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve-dependencies/src/__tests__/dependency_resolver.test.ts b/packages/jest-resolve-dependencies/src/__tests__/dependency_resolver.test.ts
index d32526f3fd81..73cb219d8a9a 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve-dependencies/src/__tests__/dependency_resolver.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve-dependencies/src/__tests__/dependency_resolver.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import {tmpdir} from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+import Resolver from 'jest-resolve';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import {buildSnapshotResolver} from 'jest-snapshot';
 import {makeProjectConfig} from '../../../../TestUtils';
diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve-dependencies/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-resolve-dependencies/src/index.ts
index c354ed76efc6..880ead0cd661 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve-dependencies/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve-dependencies/src/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import type {FS as HasteFS} from 'jest-haste-map';
-import type {ResolveModuleConfig, ResolverType} from 'jest-resolve';
+import type {ResolveModuleConfig, default as Resolver} from 'jest-resolve';
 import {SnapshotResolver, isSnapshotPath} from 'jest-snapshot';
 
 namespace DependencyResolver {
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ namespace DependencyResolver {
  */
 class DependencyResolver {
   private _hasteFS: HasteFS;
-  private _resolver: ResolverType;
+  private _resolver: Resolver;
   private _snapshotResolver: SnapshotResolver;
 
   constructor(
-    resolver: ResolverType,
+    resolver: Resolver,
     hasteFS: HasteFS,
     snapshotResolver: SnapshotResolver,
   ) {
diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve/src/__tests__/resolve.test.ts b/packages/jest-resolve/src/__tests__/resolve.test.ts
index 822cdede4d2d..598fea807bdb 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve/src/__tests__/resolve.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve/src/__tests__/resolve.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import {ModuleMap} from 'jest-haste-map';
 import {sync as resolveSync} from 'resolve';
-import Resolver = require('../');
+import Resolver from '../';
 import userResolver from '../__mocks__/userResolver';
 import nodeModulesPaths from '../nodeModulesPaths';
 import defaultResolver from '../defaultResolver';
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ describe('Resolver.getModulePaths() -> nodeModulesPaths()', () => {
   it('can resolve node modules relative to absolute paths in "moduleDirectories" on Windows platforms', () => {
     jest.doMock('path', () => _path.win32);
     const path = require('path');
-    const Resolver = require('../');
+    const Resolver = require('../').default;
 
     const cwd = 'D:\\temp\\project';
     const src = 'C:\\path\\to\\node_modules';
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ describe('Resolver.getModulePaths() -> nodeModulesPaths()', () => {
   it('can resolve node modules relative to absolute paths in "moduleDirectories" on Posix platforms', () => {
     jest.doMock('path', () => _path.posix);
     const path = require('path');
-    const Resolver = require('../');
+    const Resolver = require('../').default;
 
     const cwd = '/temp/project';
     const src = '/path/to/node_modules';
diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve/src/defaultResolver.ts b/packages/jest-resolve/src/defaultResolver.ts
index c925ae8fe3b0..68b8d6da3a13 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve/src/defaultResolver.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve/src/defaultResolver.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ type ResolverOptions = {
   packageFilter?: ResolveOpts['packageFilter'];
 };
 
+// https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/10617
 declare global {
   namespace NodeJS {
     export interface ProcessVersions {
-      // the "pnp" version named isn't in DefinitelyTyped
-      pnp?: unknown;
+      pnp?: any;
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-resolve/src/index.ts
index 2068632f84c1..6233aa1084d4 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve/src/index.ts
@@ -34,13 +34,10 @@ type FindNodeModuleConfig = {
 // TODO: replace with a Map in Jest 26
 type BooleanObject = Record<string, boolean>;
 
-namespace Resolver {
-  export type ResolveModuleConfig = {
-    skipNodeResolution?: boolean;
-    paths?: Array<Config.Path>;
-  };
-  export type ResolverType = Resolver;
-}
+export type ResolveModuleConfig = {
+  skipNodeResolution?: boolean;
+  paths?: Array<Config.Path>;
+};
 
 const NATIVE_PLATFORM = 'native';
 
@@ -139,7 +136,7 @@ class Resolver {
   resolveModuleFromDirIfExists(
     dirname: Config.Path,
     moduleName: string,
-    options?: Resolver.ResolveModuleConfig,
+    options?: ResolveModuleConfig,
   ): Config.Path | null {
     const paths = (options && options.paths) || this._options.modulePaths;
     const moduleDirectory = this._options.moduleDirectories;
@@ -227,7 +224,7 @@ class Resolver {
   resolveModule(
     from: Config.Path,
     moduleName: string,
-    options?: Resolver.ResolveModuleConfig,
+    options?: ResolveModuleConfig,
   ): Config.Path {
     const dirname = path.dirname(from);
     const module =
@@ -502,4 +499,4 @@ Please check your configuration for these entries:
   return error;
 };
 
-export = Resolver;
+export default Resolver;
diff --git a/packages/jest-runner/src/runTest.ts b/packages/jest-runner/src/runTest.ts
index 85aadd468329..f0b94b89dea5 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runner/src/runTest.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runner/src/runTest.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import RuntimeClass = require('jest-runtime');
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import {ErrorWithStack, interopRequireDefault, setGlobal} from 'jest-util';
 import LeakDetector from 'jest-leak-detector';
-import type {ResolverType} from 'jest-resolve';
+import type Resolver from 'jest-resolve';
 import {getTestEnvironment} from 'jest-config';
 import * as docblock from 'jest-docblock';
 import {formatExecError} from 'jest-message-util';
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ async function runTestInternal(
   path: Config.Path,
   globalConfig: Config.GlobalConfig,
   config: Config.ProjectConfig,
-  resolver: ResolverType,
+  resolver: Resolver,
   context?: TestRunnerContext,
   sendMessageToJest?: TestFileEvent,
 ): Promise<RunTestInternalResult> {
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ export default async function runTest(
   path: Config.Path,
   globalConfig: Config.GlobalConfig,
   config: Config.ProjectConfig,
-  resolver: ResolverType,
+  resolver: Resolver,
   context?: TestRunnerContext,
   sendMessageToJest?: TestFileEvent,
 ): Promise<TestResult> {
diff --git a/packages/jest-runner/src/testWorker.ts b/packages/jest-runner/src/testWorker.ts
index 10e2e3e0b318..e01ec33c6217 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runner/src/testWorker.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runner/src/testWorker.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import HasteMap = require('jest-haste-map');
 import exit = require('exit');
 import {separateMessageFromStack} from 'jest-message-util';
 import Runtime = require('jest-runtime');
-import type {ResolverType} from 'jest-resolve';
+import type Resolver from 'jest-resolve';
 import {messageParent} from 'jest-worker';
 import type {
   ErrorWithCode,
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const formatError = (error: string | ErrorWithCode): SerializableError => {
   };
 };
 
-const resolvers = new Map<string, ResolverType>();
+const resolvers = new Map<string, Resolver>();
 const getResolver = (config: Config.ProjectConfig) => {
   const resolver = resolvers.get(config.name);
   if (!resolver) {
diff --git a/packages/jest-runner/src/types.ts b/packages/jest-runner/src/types.ts
index 4b20d260e910..d090c1ecdf5b 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runner/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runner/src/types.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import type {
 } from '@jest/test-result';
 import type {JestEnvironment} from '@jest/environment';
 import type {FS as HasteFS, ModuleMap} from 'jest-haste-map';
-import type {ResolverType} from 'jest-resolve';
+import type Resolver from 'jest-resolve';
 import type {RuntimeType} from 'jest-runtime';
 
 export type ErrorWithCode = Error & {code?: string};
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export type Context = {
   config: Config.ProjectConfig;
   hasteFS: HasteFS;
   moduleMap: ModuleMap;
-  resolver: ResolverType;
+  resolver: Resolver;
 };
 
 export type OnTestStart = (test: Test) => Promise<void>;
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
index 224fe024d25c..14f51ba74c70 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import {CoverageInstrumenter, V8Coverage} from 'collect-v8-coverage';
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import jestMock = require('jest-mock');
 import HasteMap = require('jest-haste-map');
-import Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
+import Resolver from 'jest-resolve';
 import Snapshot = require('jest-snapshot');
 import stripBOM = require('strip-bom');
 import type {Context as JestContext} from './types';
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/src/types.ts b/packages/jest-runtime/src/types.ts
index 7ef3887ec060..99f9ca0f9c08 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/src/types.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
  */
 
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
-import type {ResolverType} from 'jest-resolve';
+import type Resolver from 'jest-resolve';
 import type {FS as HasteFS, ModuleMap} from 'jest-haste-map';
 
 export type Context = {
   config: Config.ProjectConfig;
   hasteFS: HasteFS;
   moduleMap: ModuleMap;
-  resolver: ResolverType;
+  resolver: Resolver;
 };