diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/src/eventHandler.ts b/packages/jest-circus/src/eventHandler.ts
index 590e66ca3a13..dfe916a629a1 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/src/eventHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/src/eventHandler.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ const eventHandler: Circus.EventHandler = (
         state.hasFocusedTests = true;
       }
       currentDescribeBlock.children.push(test);
+      currentDescribeBlock.tests.push(test);
       break;
     }
     case 'hook_failure': {
diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/src/utils.ts b/packages/jest-circus/src/utils.ts
index 2a5322607d17..ca9bebeef466 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/src/utils.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export const makeDescribe = (
     mode: _mode,
     name: convertDescriptorToString(name),
     parent,
+    tests: [],
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-types/src/Circus.ts b/packages/jest-types/src/Circus.ts
index 963a6a61b537..c1ef85c79892 100644
--- a/packages/jest-types/src/Circus.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-types/src/Circus.ts
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ export type DescribeBlock = {
   mode: BlockMode;
   name: BlockName;
   parent?: DescribeBlock;
+  /** @deprecated Please get from `children` array instead */
+  tests: Array<TestEntry>;
 };
 
 export type TestError = Exception | [Exception | undefined, Exception]; // the error from the test, as well as a backup error for async