diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6feea165a2b..8725fae1c77d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Fixes
 
 - `[expect, @jest/expect]` Revert buggy inference of argument types for `*CalledWith` and `*ReturnedWith` matchers introduced in 29.1.0 ([#13339](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/13339))
+- `[jest-worker]` Add missing dependency on `jest-util` ([#13341](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/13341))
 
 ### Chore & Maintenance
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-worker/package.json b/packages/jest-worker/package.json
index fbebdfa90d02..c844224404f9 100644
--- a/packages/jest-worker/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-worker/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/node": "*",
+    "jest-util": "workspace:^",
     "merge-stream": "^2.0.0",
     "supports-color": "^8.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/jest-worker/tsconfig.json b/packages/jest-worker/tsconfig.json
index 8f5708f84441..079c1dfca81e 100644
--- a/packages/jest-worker/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/jest-worker/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
   },
   "include": ["./src/**/*"],
   "exclude": ["./**/__tests__/**/*"],
-  "references": [{"path": "../jest-leak-detector"}]
+  "references": [{"path": "../jest-leak-detector"}, {"path": "../jest-util"}]
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9014bf3f6507..103734cfd897 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -13038,6 +13038,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/supports-color": ^8.1.0
     get-stream: ^6.0.0
     jest-leak-detector: "workspace:^"
+    jest-util: "workspace:^"
     merge-stream: ^2.0.0
     supports-color: ^8.0.0
     tsd-lite: ^0.6.0