diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 39021d60caf7..d5441ff255f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 ### Chore & Maintenance
 
 - `[website]` Switch domain to https://jestjs.io ([#6549](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6549))
+- `[tests]` Improve stability of `yarn test` on Windows ([#6534](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6534))
 
 ## 23.2.0
 
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/test_environment_async.test.js b/e2e/__tests__/test_environment_async.test.js
index b10181689af4..8decfc1121bc 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/test_environment_async.test.js
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/test_environment_async.test.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const os = require('os');
 const runJest = require('../runJest');
 const {cleanup} = require('../Utils');
 
-const DIR = os.tmpdir() + '/jest';
+const DIR = os.tmpdir() + '/jest-test-environment';
 
 beforeEach(() => cleanup(DIR));
 afterAll(() => cleanup(DIR));
diff --git a/e2e/test-environment-async/TestEnvironment.js b/e2e/test-environment-async/TestEnvironment.js
index a650d8436da7..a5b5b8648b22 100644
--- a/e2e/test-environment-async/TestEnvironment.js
+++ b/e2e/test-environment-async/TestEnvironment.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const os = require('os');
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 const JSDOMEnvironment = require('jest-environment-jsdom');
 
-const DIR = os.tmpdir() + '/jest';
+const DIR = os.tmpdir() + '/jest-test-environment';
 
 class TestEnvironment extends JSDOMEnvironment {
   constructor(config) {
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/normalize.test.js.snap b/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/normalize.test.js.snap
index b3c6e240ddd7..4acf2575baa6 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/normalize.test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/normalize.test.js.snap
@@ -17,17 +17,6 @@ exports[`Upgrade help logs a warning when \`scriptPreprocessor\` and/or \`prepro
 <yellow></>"
 `;
 
-exports[`preset throws when preset is invalid 1`] = `
-"<red><bold><bold>● <bold>Validation Error</>:</>
-<red></>
-<red>  Preset <bold>react-native</> is invalid:</>
-<red>  Unexpected token } in JSON at position 104</>
-<red></>
-<red>  <bold>Configuration Documentation:</></>
-<red>  https://facebook.github.io/jest/docs/configuration.html</>
-<red></>"
-`;
-
 exports[`preset throws when preset not found 1`] = `
 "<red><bold><bold>● <bold>Validation Error</>:</>
 <red></>
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js b/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
index bc2b5a759231..b7d3d99cfeb0 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ describe('preset', () => {
         },
         {},
       );
-    }).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot();
+    }).toThrowError(/Unexpected token }/);
   });
 
   test('works with "react-native"', () => {