diff --git a/setup-jest.js b/jest-setup.ts
similarity index 88%
rename from setup-jest.js
rename to jest-setup.ts
index 012cc97e6..646c151ff 100644
--- a/setup-jest.js
+++ b/jest-setup.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-undef, import/no-extraneous-dependencies */
+import "@testing-library/react-native/extend-expect";
 import { NativeModules } from "react-native";
 
-function keyMirror(keys) {
-  const obj = {};
+// Silence the warning: Animated: `useNativeDriver` is not supported because the native animated module is missing
+jest.mock("react-native/Libraries/Animated/NativeAnimatedHelper");
+
+function keyMirror(keys: string[]) {
+  const obj: Record<string, string> = {};
   keys.forEach((key) => (obj[key] = key));
   return obj;
 }
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ NativeModules.MLNModule = {
 };
 
 NativeModules.MLNOfflineModule = {
-  createPack: (packOptions) => {
+  createPack: (packOptions: any) => {
     return Promise.resolve({
       bounds: packOptions.bounds,
       metadata: JSON.stringify({ name: packOptions.name }),
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index 0b2a61fca..b735c7cba 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-/** @type {import('@jest/types').Config.InitialOptions} */
 module.exports = {
-  preset: "react-native",
-  collectCoverageFrom: ["javascript/**/*.js"],
-  setupFiles: ["./setup-jest.js", "./__tests__/__mocks__/react-native.mock.js"],
-  modulePathIgnorePatterns: ["example", "__tests__/__mocks__", "fixtures"],
+  preset: "@testing-library/react-native",
+  moduleFileExtensions: ["ts", "tsx", "js", "jsx", "json"],
+  setupFilesAfterEnv: ["./jest-setup.ts"],
+  setupFiles: ["./__tests__/__mocks__/react-native.mock.js"],
+  modulePathIgnorePatterns: ["__tests__/__mocks__", "fixtures"],
+  collectCoverageFrom: ["javascript/**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx}"],
 };
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 9cf78eaed..71f06c61d 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
     "isolatedModules": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "strict": true,
-    "types": ["node", "react-native", "geojson"],
+    "types": ["node", "react-native", "geojson", "jest"],
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "noUnusedLocals": true,
-    "noImplicitReturns": true,
+    "noImplicitReturns": true
   },
   "include": [
     "javascript/**/*", "index.ts"