diff --git a/packages/kbn-test/jest_integration_node/jest-preset.js b/packages/kbn-test/jest_integration_node/jest-preset.js
index 43373e41db5c1..dcee772a0949f 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-test/jest_integration_node/jest-preset.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-test/jest_integration_node/jest-preset.js
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ module.exports = {
   testPathIgnorePatterns: preset.testPathIgnorePatterns.filter(
     (pattern) => !pattern.includes('integration_tests')
   ),
+  // An array of regexp pattern strings that are matched against, matched files will skip transformation:
+  transformIgnorePatterns: [
+    // since ESM modules are not natively supported in Jest yet (https://github.com/facebook/jest/issues/4842)
+    '[/\\\\]node_modules(?![\\/\\\\](langchain))[/\\\\].+\\.js$',
+  ],
   setupFilesAfterEnv: [
     '<rootDir>/packages/kbn-test/src/jest/setup/after_env.integration.js',
     '<rootDir>/packages/kbn-test/src/jest/setup/mocks.moment_timezone.js',