diff --git a/packages/react-native/jest.config.js b/packages/react-native/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d510bded33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/** @type {import('jest').Config} */
+const config = {
+  preset: 'react-native',
+  modulePathIgnorePatterns: ['dist/'],
+  moduleFileExtensions: ['ts', 'tsx', 'js', 'jsx', 'json', 'node'],
+  transformIgnorePatterns: ['node_modules/(?!react-native|@react-native)'],
+  setupFilesAfterEnv: ['<rootDir>/../../node_modules/react-native-gesture-handler/jestSetup.js'],
+};
+module.exports = config;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/package.json b/packages/react-native/package.json
index 9af03cdd33..bc883dde36 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native/package.json
@@ -37,23 +37,6 @@
     "test": "jest",
     "test:ci": "jest"
   },
-  "jest": {
-    "transformIgnorePatterns": [
-      "node_modules/(?!react-native|@react-native)"
-    ],
-    "modulePathIgnorePatterns": [
-      "dist/"
-    ],
-    "moduleFileExtensions": [
-      "ts",
-      "tsx",
-      "js",
-      "jsx",
-      "json",
-      "node"
-    ],
-    "preset": "react-native"
-  },
   "dependencies": {
     "@storybook/channels": "^8",
     "@storybook/client-logger": "^8",