diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cfd8a5b022bd..15f9d251e9db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- `[babel-plugin-jest-hoist]` Add `__dirname` and `__filename` to whitelisted globals ([#10903](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/10903))
 - `[expect]` [**BREAKING**] Revise `expect.not.objectContaining()` to be the inverse of `expect.objectContaining()`, as documented. ([#10708](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/10708))
 - `[jest-circus]` Fixed the issue of beforeAll & afterAll hooks getting executed even if it is inside a skipped `describe` block [#10451](https://github.com/facebook/jest/issues/10451)
 - `[jest-circus]` Fix `testLocation` on Windows when using `test.each` ([#10871](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/10871))
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-jest-hoist/src/index.ts b/packages/babel-plugin-jest-hoist/src/index.ts
index f5c59c44de25..d35602e68d5c 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-jest-hoist/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-jest-hoist/src/index.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ const ALLOWED_IDENTIFIERS = new Set<string>(
     'jest',
     'parseFloat',
     'parseInt',
+    'exports',
     'require',
+    'module',
+    '__filename',
+    '__dirname',
     'undefined',
     ...Object.getOwnPropertyNames(global),
   ].sort(),