diff --git a/.eslintrc.cjs b/.eslintrc.cjs
index 62117ad1727a..75ce0a7f3bd3 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.cjs
+++ b/.eslintrc.cjs
@@ -681,7 +681,6 @@ module.exports = {
     'unicorn/prefer-reflect-apply': 'off',
 
     // TODO: turn on at some point
-    'unicorn/better-regex': 'off',
     'unicorn/catch-error-name': 'off',
     'unicorn/consistent-function-scoping': 'off',
     'unicorn/error-message': 'off',
@@ -713,7 +712,6 @@ module.exports = {
     'unicorn/prefer-number-properties': 'off',
     'unicorn/prefer-object-from-entries': 'off',
     'unicorn/prefer-prototype-methods': 'off',
-    'unicorn/prefer-regexp-test': 'off',
     'unicorn/prefer-spread': 'off',
     'unicorn/prefer-string-replace-all': 'off',
     'unicorn/prevent-abbreviations': 'off',
diff --git a/e2e/Utils.ts b/e2e/Utils.ts
index 9374b9c0129e..083cd8dc261a 100644
--- a/e2e/Utils.ts
+++ b/e2e/Utils.ts
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ export const createEmptyPackage = (
 
 export const extractSummary = (stdout: string) => {
   const match = stdout
-    .replace(/(?:\\[rn])+/g, '\n')
+    .replace(/(?:\\[nr])+/g, '\n')
     .match(
       /(Seed:.*\n)?Test Suites:.*\nTests.*\nSnapshots.*\nTime.*(\nRan all test suites)*.*\n*$/gm,
     );
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/failures.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/failures.test.ts
index 056aa10e9626..b22a6bd11ad0 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/failures.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/failures.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import runJest from '../runJest';
 
 const dir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../failures');
 
-const normalizeDots = (text: string) => text.replace(/\.{1,}$/gm, '.');
+const normalizeDots = (text: string) => text.replace(/\.+$/gm, '.');
 
 function cleanStderr(stderr: string) {
   const {rest} = extractSummary(stderr);
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ test('works with async failures', () => {
   const result = normalizeDots(rest)
     .replace(/.*thrown:.*\n/, '')
     .replace(
-      /.*Add a timeout value to this test to increase the timeout, if this is a long-running test. See https:\/\/jestjs.io\/docs\/api#testname-fn-timeout..*/,
+      /.*Add a timeout value to this test to increase the timeout, if this is a long-running test. See https:\/\/jestjs.io\/docs\/api#testname-fn-timeout.+/,
       '<REPLACED>',
     )
     .replace(/.*Timeout - Async callback was not.*/, '<REPLACED>');
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/jasmineAsync.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/jasmineAsync.test.ts
index 37418d53955d..9e98e716bf8d 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/jasmineAsync.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/jasmineAsync.test.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ describe('async jasmine', () => {
     expect(json.numPendingTests).toBe(1);
     expect(json.testResults[0].message).toMatch(/concurrent test fails/);
     if (!isJestJasmineRun()) {
-      expect(stderr.match(/\[\[\w+\]\]/g)).toEqual([
+      expect(stderr.match(/\[\[\w+]]/g)).toEqual([
         '[[beforeAll]]',
         '[[test]]',
         '[[test]]',
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/runProgrammatically.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/runProgrammatically.test.ts
index 217cdf1fab19..828964881114 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/runProgrammatically.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/runProgrammatically.test.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ const dir = resolve(__dirname, '..', 'run-programmatically');
 
 test('run Jest programmatically cjs', () => {
   const {stdout} = run('node cjs.js --version', dir);
-  expect(stdout).toMatch(/\d{2}\.\d{1,2}\.\d{1,2}[-\S]*-dev$/);
+  expect(stdout).toMatch(/\d{2}(?:\.\d{1,2}){2}\S*-dev$/);
 });
 
 test('run Jest programmatically esm', () => {
   const {stdout} = run('node index.js --version', dir);
-  expect(stdout).toMatch(/\d{2}\.\d{1,2}\.\d{1,2}[-\S]*-dev$/);
+  expect(stdout).toMatch(/\d{2}(?:\.\d{1,2}){2}\S*-dev$/);
 });
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/showConfig.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/showConfig.test.ts
index cc7d598f2788..a921def3f0ac 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/showConfig.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/showConfig.test.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ test('--showConfig outputs config info and exits', () => {
 
   stdout = stdout
     .replace(/\\\\node_modules\\\\/g, 'node_modules')
-    .replace(/\\\\\.pnp\\\\\.\[\^[/\\]+\]\+\$/g, '<<REPLACED_PNP_PATH>>')
+    .replace(/\\\\\.pnp\\\\\.\[\^[/\\]+]\+\$/g, '<<REPLACED_PNP_PATH>>')
     .replace(/\\\\(?:([^.]+?)|$)/g, '/$1')
     .replace(/"cacheDirectory": "(.+)"/g, '"cacheDirectory": "/tmp/jest"')
     .replace(/"id": "(.+)"/g, '"id": "[md5 hash]"')
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/stackTrace.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/stackTrace.test.ts
index 9aa61522caa2..1f2dfd0dfa69 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/stackTrace.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/stackTrace.test.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ describe('Stack Trace', () => {
       /ReferenceError: thisIsARuntimeError is not defined/,
     );
     expect(stderr).toMatch(/> 10 \| thisIsARuntimeError\(\);/);
-    expect(stderr).toMatch(
-      /\s+at\s(?:.+?)\s\(__tests__\/runtimeError.test\.js/,
-    );
+    expect(stderr).toMatch(/\s+at\s.+?\s\(__tests__\/runtimeError.test\.js/);
   });
 
   it('does not print a stack trace for runtime errors when --noStackTrace is given', () => {
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ describe('Stack Trace', () => {
       /ReferenceError: thisIsARuntimeError is not defined/,
     );
     expect(stderr).not.toMatch(
-      /\s+at\s(?:.+?)\s\(__tests__\/runtimeError.test\.js/,
+      /\s+at\s.+?\s\(__tests__\/runtimeError.test\.js/,
     );
   });
 
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ describe('Stack Trace', () => {
     expect(extractSummary(stderr).summary).toMatchSnapshot();
     expect(exitCode).toBe(1);
 
-    expect(stderr).toMatch(/\s+at\s(?:.+?)\s\(__tests__\/stackTrace.test\.js/);
+    expect(stderr).toMatch(/\s+at\s.+?\s\(__tests__\/stackTrace.test\.js/);
   });
 
   it('does not print a stack trace for matching errors when --noStackTrace is given', () => {
@@ -59,9 +57,7 @@ describe('Stack Trace', () => {
     expect(extractSummary(stderr).summary).toMatchSnapshot();
     expect(exitCode).toBe(1);
 
-    expect(stderr).not.toMatch(
-      /\s+at\s(?:.+?)\s\(__tests__\/stackTrace.test\.js/,
-    );
+    expect(stderr).not.toMatch(/\s+at\s.+?\s\(__tests__\/stackTrace.test\.js/);
   });
 
   it('prints a stack trace for errors', () => {
@@ -73,16 +69,14 @@ describe('Stack Trace', () => {
     expect(stderr).toMatch(/this is unexpected\./);
     expect(stderr).toMatch(/this is a string\./);
 
-    expect(stderr).toMatch(/\s+at\s(?:.+?)\s\(__tests__\/testError.test\.js/);
+    expect(stderr).toMatch(/\s+at\s.+?\s\(__tests__\/testError.test\.js/);
 
     // Make sure we show Jest's jest-resolve as part of the stack trace
     expect(stderr).toMatch(
       /Cannot find module 'this-module-does-not-exist' from '__tests__\/testError\.test\.js'/,
     );
 
-    expect(stderr).toMatch(
-      /\s+at\s(?:.+?)\s\((?:.+?)jest-resolve\/build\/index\.js/,
-    );
+    expect(stderr).toMatch(/\s+at\s.+?\s\(.+?jest-resolve\/build\/index\.js/);
   });
 
   it('prints a stack trace for errors without message in stack trace', () => {
@@ -95,7 +89,7 @@ describe('Stack Trace', () => {
 
     expect(stderr).toMatch(/important message/);
     expect(stderr).toMatch(
-      /\s+at\s(?:.+?)\s\(__tests__\/stackTraceWithoutMessage.test\.js/,
+      /\s+at\s.+?\s\(__tests__\/stackTraceWithoutMessage.test\.js/,
     );
   });
 
@@ -108,8 +102,6 @@ describe('Stack Trace', () => {
     expect(extractSummary(stderr).summary).toMatchSnapshot();
     expect(exitCode).toBe(1);
 
-    expect(stderr).not.toMatch(
-      /\s+at\s(?:.+?)\s\(__tests__\/testError.test\.js/,
-    );
+    expect(stderr).not.toMatch(/\s+at\s.+?\s\(__tests__\/testError.test\.js/);
   });
 });
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/version.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/version.test.ts
index 5e90d023fae1..1c7b24598220 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/version.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/version.test.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ test('works with jest.config.js', () => {
   });
 
   const {exitCode, stdout, stderr} = runJest(DIR, ['--version']);
-  expect(stdout).toMatch(/\d{2}\.\d{1,2}\.\d{1,2}[-\S]*-dev$/);
+  expect(stdout).toMatch(/\d{2}(?:\.\d{1,2}){2}\S*-dev$/);
   // Only version gets printed and nothing else
   expect(stdout.split(/\n/)).toHaveLength(1);
   expect(stderr).toBe('');
diff --git a/e2e/snapshot-escape/__tests__/snapshotEscapeRegex.js b/e2e/snapshot-escape/__tests__/snapshotEscapeRegex.js
index 4fd245e24b3a..74ea3cb2d38c 100644
--- a/e2e/snapshot-escape/__tests__/snapshotEscapeRegex.js
+++ b/e2e/snapshot-escape/__tests__/snapshotEscapeRegex.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
-const regex = /\dd \s+ \w \\\[ \. blahzz.* [xyz]+/;
+const regex = /\dd \s+ \w \\\[ \. blahzz.* [x-z]+/;
 
 test('escape regex', () => expect(regex).toMatchSnapshot());
 
diff --git a/packages/expect-utils/src/utils.ts b/packages/expect-utils/src/utils.ts
index 24a3a7fdcfa2..cf3ff2aec4d5 100644
--- a/packages/expect-utils/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/expect-utils/src/utils.ts
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ export function emptyObject(obj: unknown): boolean {
   return obj && typeof obj === 'object' ? Object.keys(obj).length === 0 : false;
 }
 
-const MULTILINE_REGEXP = /[\r\n]/;
+const MULTILINE_REGEXP = /[\n\r]/;
 
 export const isOneline = (expected: unknown, received: unknown): boolean =>
   typeof expected === 'string' &&
diff --git a/packages/expect/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/toThrowMatchers.test.ts.snap b/packages/expect/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/toThrowMatchers.test.ts.snap
index 1c54deebd0e5..de7b0318643b 100644
--- a/packages/expect/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/toThrowMatchers.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/expect/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/toThrowMatchers.test.ts.snap
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ Received message: <r>"apple"</>
 exports[`toThrow regexp threw, but message did not match (non-error falsey) 1`] = `
 <d>expect(</><r>received</><d>).</>toThrow<d>(</><g>expected</><d>)</>
 
-Expected pattern: <g>/^[123456789]\\d*/</>
+Expected pattern: <g>/^[1-9]\\d*/</>
 Received value:   <r>0</>
 
 `;
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Received message:     <r>"Invalid<i> array </i>length"</>
 exports[`toThrow regexp threw, but message should not match (non-error truthy) 1`] = `
 <d>expect(</><r>received</><d>).</>not<d>.</>toThrow<d>(</><g>expected</><d>)</>
 
-Expected pattern: not <g>/^[123456789]\\d*/</>
+Expected pattern: not <g>/^[1-9]\\d*/</>
 Received value:       <r>404</>
 
 `;
diff --git a/packages/expect/src/__tests__/matchers.test.js b/packages/expect/src/__tests__/matchers.test.js
index 3e559ebeb12e..d800345a6a35 100644
--- a/packages/expect/src/__tests__/matchers.test.js
+++ b/packages/expect/src/__tests__/matchers.test.js
@@ -1817,7 +1817,7 @@ describe('.toMatch()', () => {
   });
 
   it('does not maintain RegExp state between calls', () => {
-    const regex = /[f]\d+/gi;
+    const regex = /f\d+/gi;
     jestExpect('f123').toMatch(regex);
     jestExpect('F456').toMatch(regex);
     jestExpect(regex.lastIndex).toBe(0);
diff --git a/packages/expect/src/__tests__/toThrowMatchers.test.ts b/packages/expect/src/__tests__/toThrowMatchers.test.ts
index 04264f293d49..5a87f9b3ac90 100644
--- a/packages/expect/src/__tests__/toThrowMatchers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/expect/src/__tests__/toThrowMatchers.test.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ describe('toThrow', () => {
         jestExpect(() => {
           // eslint-disable-next-line no-throw-literal
           throw 0;
-        }).toThrow(/^[123456789]\d*/);
+        }).toThrow(/^[1-9]\d*/);
       }).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot();
     });
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ describe('toThrow', () => {
         jestExpect(() => {
           // eslint-disable-next-line no-throw-literal
           throw 404;
-        }).not.toThrow(/^[123456789]\d*/);
+        }).not.toThrow(/^[1-9]\d*/);
       }).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot();
     });
   });
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/args.ts b/packages/jest-cli/src/args.ts
index 7a66bafd1233..5e84991fd47d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/args.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/args.ts
@@ -77,14 +77,10 @@ export function check(argv: Config.Argv): true {
   if (
     argv.config &&
     !isJSONString(argv.config) &&
-    !argv.config.match(
-      new RegExp(
-        `\\.(${constants.JEST_CONFIG_EXT_ORDER.map(e => e.slice(1)).join(
-          '|',
-        )})$`,
-        'i',
-      ),
-    )
+    !new RegExp(
+      `\\.(${constants.JEST_CONFIG_EXT_ORDER.map(e => e.slice(1)).join('|')})$`,
+      'i',
+    ).test(argv.config)
   ) {
     throw new Error(
       `The --config option requires a JSON string literal, or a file path with one of these extensions: ${constants.JEST_CONFIG_EXT_ORDER.join(
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.ts
index 7b07c744f215..99199a4ab906 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.ts
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ describe('preset', () => {
     );
 
     const errorMessage = semver.satisfies(process.versions.node, '<19.0.0')
-      ? /Unexpected token } in JSON at position (104|110)[\s\S]* at /
+      ? /Unexpected token } in JSON at position (104|110)[\S\s]* at /
       : 'SyntaxError: Expected double-quoted property name in JSON at position 104';
 
     await expect(
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ describe('preset', () => {
     );
 
     const errorMessage = semver.satisfies(process.versions.node, '<16.9.1')
-      ? /TypeError: Cannot read property 'call' of undefined[\s\S]* at /
+      ? /TypeError: Cannot read property 'call' of undefined[\S\s]* at /
       : "TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'call')";
 
     await expect(
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/stringToBytes.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/stringToBytes.ts
index 93891f2366d3..eb07249c6350 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/stringToBytes.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/stringToBytes.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function stringToBytes(
     if (isNaN(Number.parseFloat(input.slice(-1)))) {
       // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-const
       let [, numericString, trailingChars] =
-        input.match(/(.*?)([^0-9.-]+)$/i) || [];
+        input.match(/(.*?)([^\d.-]+)$/i) || [];
 
       if (trailingChars && numericString) {
         const numericValue = Number.parseFloat(numericString);
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts
index 3dac9816328f..220f57f1495d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export const resolve = (
 };
 
 export const escapeGlobCharacters = (path: string): string =>
-  path.replace(/([()*{}[\]!?\\])/g, '\\$1');
+  path.replace(/([!()*?[\\\]{}])/g, '\\$1');
 
 export const replaceRootDirInPath = (
   rootDir: string,
diff --git a/packages/jest-docblock/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-docblock/src/index.ts
index ae4525f4824b..ff9f94d08033 100644
--- a/packages/jest-docblock/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-docblock/src/index.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ type Pragmas = Record<string, string | Array<string>>;
 const commentEndRe = /\*\/$/;
 const commentStartRe = /^\/\*\*?/;
 const docblockRe = /^\s*(\/\*\*?(.|\r?\n)*?\*\/)/;
-const lineCommentRe = /(^|\s+)\/\/([^\r\n]*)/g;
+const lineCommentRe = /(^|\s+)\/\/([^\n\r]*)/g;
 const ltrimNewlineRe = /^(\r?\n)+/;
 const multilineRe =
-  /(?:^|\r?\n) *(@[^\r\n]*?) *\r?\n *(?![^@\r\n]*\/\/[^]*)([^@\r\n\s][^@\r\n]+?) *\r?\n/g;
-const propertyRe = /(?:^|\r?\n) *@(\S+) *([^\r\n]*)/g;
+  /(?:^|\r?\n) *(@[^\n\r]*?) *\r?\n *(?![^\n\r@]*\/\/[^]*)([^\s@][^\n\r@]+?) *\r?\n/g;
+const propertyRe = /(?:^|\r?\n) *@(\S+) *([^\n\r]*)/g;
 const stringStartRe = /(\r?\n|^) *\* ?/g;
 const STRING_ARRAY: ReadonlyArray<string> = [];
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-each/src/table/array.ts b/packages/jest-each/src/table/array.ts
index 1b1101c26a37..ed30c9eda58f 100644
--- a/packages/jest-each/src/table/array.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-each/src/table/array.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {format as pretty} from 'pretty-format';
 import type {EachTests} from '../bind';
 import {type Templates, interpolateVariables} from './interpolation';
 
-const SUPPORTED_PLACEHOLDERS = /%[sdifjoOp#]/g;
+const SUPPORTED_PLACEHOLDERS = /%[#Odfijops]/g;
 const PRETTY_PLACEHOLDER = '%p';
 const INDEX_PLACEHOLDER = '%#';
 const PLACEHOLDER_PREFIX = '%';
diff --git a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/__tests__/dependencyExtractor.js b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/__tests__/dependencyExtractor.js
index 166b3d121798..27b071b0aa90 100644
--- a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/__tests__/dependencyExtractor.js
+++ b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/__tests__/dependencyExtractor.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 const blockCommentRe = /\/\*[^]*?\*\//g;
 const lineCommentRe = /\/\/.*/g;
 const LOAD_MODULE_RE =
-  /(?:^|[^.]\s*)(\bloadModule\s*?\(\s*?)([`'"])([^`'"]+)(\2\s*?\))/g;
+  /(?:^|[^.]\s*)(\bloadModule\s*?\(\s*?)(["'`])([^"'`]+)(\2\s*?\))/g;
 
 export function extract(code, filePath, defaultDependencyExtractor) {
   const dependencies = defaultDependencyExtractor(code);
diff --git a/packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/messages.test.ts.snap b/packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/messages.test.ts.snap
index 1daf195036db..49dc55e198bc 100644
--- a/packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/messages.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/messages.test.ts.snap
@@ -116,16 +116,16 @@ exports[`on node >=15.0.0 should return the inner errors of an AggregateError 1`
 
     AggregateError:
 
-      <dim>at Object.<anonymous> (</intensity>packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/messages.test.ts<dim>:588:22)</intensity>
+      <dim>at Object.<anonymous> (</intensity>packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/messages.test.ts<dim>:586:22)</intensity>
 
     Errors contained in AggregateError:
      Err 1
 
-          <dim>at Object.<anonymous> (</intensity>packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/messages.test.ts<dim>:589:7)</intensity>
+          <dim>at Object.<anonymous> (</intensity>packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/messages.test.ts<dim>:587:7)</intensity>
 
      Err 2
 
-          <dim>at Object.<anonymous> (</intensity>packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/messages.test.ts<dim>:590:7)</intensity>
+          <dim>at Object.<anonymous> (</intensity>packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/messages.test.ts<dim>:588:7)</intensity>
 
 "
 `;
@@ -177,12 +177,12 @@ exports[`should return the error cause if there is one 1`] = `
 
     Test exception
 
-      <dim>at Object.<anonymous> (</intensity>packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/messages.test.ts<dim>:567:17)</intensity>
+      <dim>at Object.<anonymous> (</intensity>packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/messages.test.ts<dim>:565:17)</intensity>
 
     Cause:
      Cause Error
 
-          <dim>at Object.<anonymous> (</intensity>packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/messages.test.ts<dim>:570:17)</intensity>
+          <dim>at Object.<anonymous> (</intensity>packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/messages.test.ts<dim>:568:17)</intensity>
 
 "
 `;
diff --git a/packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/messages.test.ts b/packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/messages.test.ts
index 9916b9c58096..3f3528c9c45a 100644
--- a/packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/messages.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-message-util/src/__tests__/messages.test.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const unixStackTrace =
   at Object.it (build/__tests__/messages-test.js:45:41)
   at Object.<anonymous> (../jest-jasmine2/build/jasmine-pit.js:35:32)
   at attemptAsync (../jest-jasmine2/build/jasmine-2.4.1.js:1919:24)`;
-const unixError = new Error(unixStackTrace.replace(/\n\s*at [\s\s]*/m, ''));
+const unixError = new Error(unixStackTrace.replace(/\n\s*at \s*/m, ''));
 unixError.stack = unixStackTrace;
 
 const assertionStack =
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ const assertionStack =
       at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:188:7)
       at internal/process/next_tick.js:188:7
 `;
-const assertionError = new Error(
-  assertionStack.replace(/\n\s*at [\s\s]*/m, ''),
-);
+const assertionError = new Error(assertionStack.replace(/\n\s*at \s*/m, ''));
 assertionError.stack = assertionStack;
 
 const vendorStack =
@@ -90,7 +88,7 @@ const babelStack =
      \u001b[90m 22 | \u001b[39m      )\u001b[33m;\u001b[39m
      \u001b[90m 23 | \u001b[39m    } \u001b[36melse\u001b[39m \u001b[36mif\u001b[39m (\u001b[36mtypeof\u001b[39m render \u001b[33m!==\u001b[39m \u001b[32m'function'\u001b[39m) {\u001b[0m
 `;
-const babelError = new Error(babelStack.replace(/\n\s*at [\s\s]*/m, ''));
+const babelError = new Error(babelStack.replace(/\n\s*at \s*/m, ''));
 babelError.stack = babelStack;
 
 function buildErrorWithCause(message: string, opts: {cause: unknown}): Error {
diff --git a/packages/jest-message-util/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-message-util/src/index.ts
index 01b0b80c44b7..055f611c4ba3 100644
--- a/packages/jest-message-util/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-message-util/src/index.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const trim = (string: string) => (string || '').trim();
 // want to trim those, because they may have pointers to the column/character
 // which will get misaligned.
 const trimPaths = (string: string) =>
-  string.match(STACK_PATH_REGEXP) ? trim(string) : string;
+  STACK_PATH_REGEXP.test(string) ? trim(string) : string;
 
 const getRenderedCallsite = (
   fileContent: string,
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ export const formatPath = (
   relativeTestPath: string | null = null,
 ): string => {
   // Extract the file path from the trace line.
-  const match = line.match(/(^\s*at .*?\(?)([^()]+)(:[0-9]+:[0-9]+\)?.*$)/);
+  const match = line.match(/(^\s*at .*?\(?)([^()]+)(:\d+:\d+\)?.*$)/);
   if (!match) {
     return line;
   }
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ export const separateMessageFromStack = (
   // If the error is a plain "Error:" instead of a SyntaxError or TypeError we
   // remove the prefix from the message because it is generally not useful.
   const messageMatch = content.match(
-    /^(?:Error: )?([\s\S]*?(?=\n\s*at\s.*:\d*:\d*)|\s*.*)([\s\S]*)$/,
+    /^(?:Error: )?([\S\s]*?(?=\n\s*at\s.*:\d*:\d*)|\s*.*)([\S\s]*)$/,
   );
   if (!messageMatch) {
     // For typescript
diff --git a/packages/jest-mock/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-mock/src/index.ts
index 1ab36498fb19..7b786d3af4ed 100644
--- a/packages/jest-mock/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-mock/src/index.ts
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ export class ModuleMocker {
         if (
           type === 'function' &&
           this.isMockFunction(component) &&
-          slot.match(/^mock/)
+          slot.startsWith('mock')
         ) {
           continue;
         }
diff --git a/packages/jest-regex-util/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-regex-util/src/index.ts
index 71d77377469d..9aaaf77a58d0 100644
--- a/packages/jest-regex-util/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-regex-util/src/index.ts
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ export const escapePathForRegex = (dir: string): string => {
 };
 
 export const escapeStrForRegex = (string: string): string =>
-  string.replace(/[[\]{}()*+?.\\^$|]/g, '\\$&');
+  string.replace(/[$()*+.?[\\\]^{|}]/g, '\\$&');
 
 export const replacePathSepForRegex = (string: string): string => {
   if (sep === '\\') {
     return string.replace(
-      /(\/|(.)?\\(?![[\]{}()*+?.^$|\\]))/g,
+      /(\/|(.)?\\(?![$()*+.?[\\\]^{|}]))/g,
       (_match, _, p2) => (p2 && p2 !== '\\' ? `${p2}\\\\` : '\\\\'),
     );
   }
diff --git a/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/repl.ts b/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/repl.ts
index 0039fa56a7c3..7b8356c98f75 100644
--- a/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/repl.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-repl/src/cli/repl.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ const replInstance: repl.REPLServer = repl.start({
 });
 
 replInstance.context.require = (moduleName: string) => {
-  if (/(\/|\\|\.)/.test(moduleName)) {
+  if (/([./\\])/.test(moduleName)) {
     moduleName = path.resolve(process.cwd(), moduleName);
   }
   return require(moduleName) as unknown;
diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve/src/resolver.ts b/packages/jest-resolve/src/resolver.ts
index f8187135a4b2..e4be68f5fdb0 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve/src/resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve/src/resolver.ts
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ export default class Resolver {
     return matches
       ? (moduleName: string) =>
           moduleName.replace(
-            /\$([0-9]+)/g,
+            /\$(\d+)/g,
             (_, index) => matches[parseInt(index, 10)] || '',
           )
       : (moduleName: string) => moduleName;
diff --git a/packages/jest-transform/src/shouldInstrument.ts b/packages/jest-transform/src/shouldInstrument.ts
index 56c44b9aac22..527261992262 100644
--- a/packages/jest-transform/src/shouldInstrument.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-transform/src/shouldInstrument.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ export default function shouldInstrument(
   }
 
   if (
-    config.coveragePathIgnorePatterns.some(pattern => !!filename.match(pattern))
+    config.coveragePathIgnorePatterns.some(pattern =>
+      new RegExp(pattern).test(filename),
+    )
   ) {
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/packages/jest-util/src/TestPathPatterns.ts b/packages/jest-util/src/TestPathPatterns.ts
index 2c5856e4932a..558f4a68e99b 100644
--- a/packages/jest-util/src/TestPathPatterns.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-util/src/TestPathPatterns.ts
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ export default class TestPathPatterns {
     const regexString = this.patterns
       .map(p => {
         // absolute paths passed on command line should stay same
-        if (p.match(/^\//)) {
+        if (/^\//.test(p)) {
           return p;
         }
 
         // explicit relative paths should resolve against rootDir
-        if (p.match(/^\.\//)) {
+        if (/^\.\//.test(p)) {
           return p.replace(/^\.\//, rootDirRegex);
         }
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-util/src/replacePathSepForGlob.ts b/packages/jest-util/src/replacePathSepForGlob.ts
index 3a0ca627e62d..aaa13199209d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-util/src/replacePathSepForGlob.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-util/src/replacePathSepForGlob.ts
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
  */
 
 export default function replacePathSepForGlob(path: string): string {
-  return path.replace(/\\(?![{}()+?.^$])/g, '/');
+  return path.replace(/\\(?![$()+.?^{}])/g, '/');
 }
diff --git a/packages/pretty-format/src/index.ts b/packages/pretty-format/src/index.ts
index d730c36818d1..a2c19cac3ac8 100644
--- a/packages/pretty-format/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/pretty-format/src/index.ts
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ function printBasicValue(
   if (toStringed === '[object RegExp]') {
     if (escapeRegex) {
       // https://github.com/benjamingr/RegExp.escape/blob/main/polyfill.js
-      return regExpToString.call(val).replace(/[\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, '\\$&');
+      return regExpToString.call(val).replace(/[$()*+.?[\\\]^{|}]/g, '\\$&');
     }
     return regExpToString.call(val);
   }
diff --git a/scripts/checkChangelog.mjs b/scripts/checkChangelog.mjs
index 7070ff6eea21..9eb9b738acc6 100644
--- a/scripts/checkChangelog.mjs
+++ b/scripts/checkChangelog.mjs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import fs from 'graceful-fs';
 
 const linkRegex =
-  /\[#(\d+)\]\(https:\/\/github.com\/facebook\/jest\/(issues|pull)\/(\d+)\)/g;
+  /\[#(\d+)]\(https:\/\/github.com\/facebook\/jest\/(issues|pull)\/(\d+)\)/g;
 
 const changelogPath = 'CHANGELOG.md';
 const data = fs.readFileSync(changelogPath, 'utf-8');