diff --git a/jest.config.base.js b/jest.config.base.js
index 2bb5386e84367e48cfdf54678c0ec51af064ee1d..ba6f496f0f0f382ecb7c2f669d339755a796be14 100644
--- a/jest.config.base.js
+++ b/jest.config.base.js
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ module.exports = (path, options = {}) => {
       '^.+\\.(md|zip|png|yml|yaml)$': 'jest-raw-loader',
     },
     transformIgnorePatterns: [`node_modules/(?!(${transformIgnoreNodeModules.join('|')}))`],
-    timers: 'fake',
+    timers: 'legacy',
     testEnvironment: '<rootDir>/spec/frontend/environment.js',
     testEnvironmentOptions: {
       IS_EE,