diff --git a/e2e/runJest.ts b/e2e/runJest.ts
index 476ae851a115..3086fb7316f6 100644
--- a/e2e/runJest.ts
+++ b/e2e/runJest.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function spawnJest(
   dir: string,
   args: Array<string> = [],
   options: RunJestOptions = {},
-  spawnAsync: boolean = false,
+  spawnAsync = false,
 ): execa.ExecaSyncReturnValue | execa.ExecaChildProcess {
   const isRelative = !path.isAbsolute(dir);
 
diff --git a/packages/expect/src/asymmetricMatchers.ts b/packages/expect/src/asymmetricMatchers.ts
index 02b19c363956..01f56a48df65 100644
--- a/packages/expect/src/asymmetricMatchers.ts
+++ b/packages/expect/src/asymmetricMatchers.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class Anything extends AsymmetricMatcher<void> {
 }
 
 class ArrayContaining extends AsymmetricMatcher<Array<unknown>> {
-  constructor(sample: Array<unknown>, inverse: boolean = false) {
+  constructor(sample: Array<unknown>, inverse = false) {
     super(sample, inverse);
   }
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class ArrayContaining extends AsymmetricMatcher<Array<unknown>> {
 }
 
 class ObjectContaining extends AsymmetricMatcher<Record<string, unknown>> {
-  constructor(sample: Record<string, unknown>, inverse: boolean = false) {
+  constructor(sample: Record<string, unknown>, inverse = false) {
     super(sample, inverse);
   }
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class ObjectContaining extends AsymmetricMatcher<Record<string, unknown>> {
 }
 
 class StringContaining extends AsymmetricMatcher<string> {
-  constructor(sample: string, inverse: boolean = false) {
+  constructor(sample: string, inverse = false) {
     if (!isA('String', sample)) {
       throw new Error('Expected is not a string');
     }
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class StringContaining extends AsymmetricMatcher<string> {
 }
 
 class StringMatching extends AsymmetricMatcher<RegExp> {
-  constructor(sample: string | RegExp, inverse: boolean = false) {
+  constructor(sample: string | RegExp, inverse = false) {
     if (!isA('String', sample) && !isA('RegExp', sample)) {
       throw new Error('Expected is not a String or a RegExp');
     }
diff --git a/packages/expect/src/jestMatchersObject.ts b/packages/expect/src/jestMatchersObject.ts
index cbfe6344a6db..544530bbe398 100644
--- a/packages/expect/src/jestMatchersObject.ts
+++ b/packages/expect/src/jestMatchersObject.ts
@@ -68,10 +68,7 @@ export const setMatchers = <State extends MatcherState = MatcherState>(
         [unknown, ...Array<unknown>],
         State
       > {
-        constructor(
-          inverse: boolean = false,
-          ...sample: [unknown, ...Array<unknown>]
-        ) {
+        constructor(inverse = false, ...sample: [unknown, ...Array<unknown>]) {
           super(sample, inverse);
         }
 
diff --git a/packages/expect/src/matchers.ts b/packages/expect/src/matchers.ts
index f7f019129d51..5254722aee10 100644
--- a/packages/expect/src/matchers.ts
+++ b/packages/expect/src/matchers.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ const matchers: MatchersObject = {
     return {actual: received, expected, message, name: matcherName, pass};
   },
 
-  toBeCloseTo(received: number, expected: number, precision: number = 2) {
+  toBeCloseTo(received: number, expected: number, precision = 2) {
     const matcherName = 'toBeCloseTo';
     const secondArgument = arguments.length === 3 ? 'precision' : undefined;
     const isNot = this.isNot;
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/init/generateConfigFile.ts b/packages/jest-cli/src/init/generateConfigFile.ts
index 4e70ad309382..e629b085644c 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/init/generateConfigFile.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/init/generateConfigFile.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {defaults, descriptions} from 'jest-config';
 const stringifyOption = (
   option: keyof Config.InitialOptions,
   map: Partial<Config.InitialOptions>,
-  linePrefix: string = '',
+  linePrefix = '',
 ): string => {
   const optionDescription = `  // ${descriptions[option]}`;
   const stringifiedObject = `${option}: ${JSON.stringify(
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/init/index.ts b/packages/jest-cli/src/init/index.ts
index b063fcb66b91..700be87b8728 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/init/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/init/index.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export default async (
   }
 
   const questions = defaultQuestions.slice(0);
-  let hasJestProperty: boolean = false;
+  let hasJestProperty = false;
   let projectPackageJson: ProjectPackageJson;
 
   try {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export default async (
     ),
   );
 
-  let promptAborted: boolean = false;
+  let promptAborted = false;
 
   // @ts-expect-error: Return type cannot be object - faulty typings
   const results: PromptsResults = await prompts(questions, {
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
index f9b4c8456218..e22cd5dfb754 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export async function readConfig(
   // read individual configs for every project.
   skipArgvConfigOption?: boolean,
   parentConfigDirname?: Config.Path | null,
-  projectIndex: number = Infinity,
+  projectIndex = Infinity,
   skipMultipleConfigWarning = false,
 ): Promise<ReadConfig> {
   let rawOptions: Config.InitialOptions;
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
index a8916f55fd3f..a50715620f29 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ export default async function normalize(
   initialOptions: Config.InitialOptions,
   argv: Config.Argv,
   configPath?: Config.Path | null,
-  projectIndex: number = Infinity,
+  projectIndex = Infinity,
 ): Promise<{
   hasDeprecationWarnings: boolean;
   options: AllOptions;