diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts
index b931c78f914f..875c77979c7d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ export const _replaceRootDirTags = <T extends ReplaceRootDirConfigValues>(
     case 'object':
       if (Array.isArray(config)) {
         /// can be string[] or {}[]
-        return config.map(item => _replaceRootDirTags(rootDir, item)) as T;
+        return (config as Array<string>).map(item =>
+          _replaceRootDirTags(rootDir, item),
+        ) as T;
       }
       if (config instanceof RegExp) {
         return config;
diff --git a/packages/jest-matcher-utils/src/deepCyclicCopyReplaceable.ts b/packages/jest-matcher-utils/src/deepCyclicCopyReplaceable.ts
index 8928927b8d2d..756c255aa14f 100644
--- a/packages/jest-matcher-utils/src/deepCyclicCopyReplaceable.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-matcher-utils/src/deepCyclicCopyReplaceable.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default function deepCyclicCopyReplaceable<T>(
   } else if (cycles.has(value)) {
     return cycles.get(value);
   } else if (Array.isArray(value)) {
-    return deepCyclicCopyArray(value, cycles);
+    return deepCyclicCopyArray(value as Array<T>, cycles);
   } else if (isMap(value)) {
     return deepCyclicCopyMap(value, cycles);
   } else if (isBuiltInObject(value)) {
diff --git a/packages/jest-util/src/deepCyclicCopy.ts b/packages/jest-util/src/deepCyclicCopy.ts
index d9f59bc409bb..af9b967241e5 100644
--- a/packages/jest-util/src/deepCyclicCopy.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-util/src/deepCyclicCopy.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export default function deepCyclicCopy<T>(
   } else if (cycles.has(value)) {
     return cycles.get(value);
   } else if (Array.isArray(value)) {
-    return deepCyclicCopyArray(value, options, cycles);
+    return deepCyclicCopyArray(value as Array<any>, options, cycles);
   } else {
     return deepCyclicCopyObject(value, options, cycles);
   }
diff --git a/packages/jest-validate/src/condition.ts b/packages/jest-validate/src/condition.ts
index 8302f865f10d..1ec9fa6136c5 100644
--- a/packages/jest-validate/src/condition.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-validate/src/condition.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export function getValues<T = unknown>(validOption: T): Array<T> {
     // @ts-expect-error
     validOption[MULTIPLE_VALID_OPTIONS_SYMBOL]
   ) {
-    return validOption;
+    return validOption as Array<T>;
   }
   return [validOption];
 }