diff --git a/yarn-project/.yarn/patches/jest-runner-npm-29.7.0-3bc9f82b58.patch b/yarn-project/.yarn/patches/jest-runner-npm-29.7.0-3bc9f82b58.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36a2a45009b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yarn-project/.yarn/patches/jest-runner-npm-29.7.0-3bc9f82b58.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/build/index.js b/build/index.js
+index 65c0ed180a1f44a5095f80d572aacb68be1db3da..3bb4938110a50a2eca1b2f01466b7be16c9c8145 100644
+--- a/build/index.js
++++ b/build/index.js
+@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class TestRunner extends _types.EmittingTestRunner {
+       enableWorkerThreads: this._globalConfig.workerThreads,
+       exposedMethods: ['worker'],
+       forkOptions: {
+-        serialization: 'json',
++        serialization: 'advanced',
+         stdio: 'pipe'
+       },
+       // The workerIdleMemoryLimit should've been converted to a number during
diff --git a/yarn-project/package.json b/yarn-project/package.json
index 70f765df28f..78df3f10602 100644
--- a/yarn-project/package.json
+++ b/yarn-project/package.json
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     "@aztec/bb.js": "portal:../barretenberg/ts",
     "@noir-lang/acvm_js": "portal:../noir/packages/acvm_js",
     "@noir-lang/types": "portal:../noir/packages/types",
-    "@noir-lang/noirc_abi": "portal:../noir/packages/noirc_abi"
+    "@noir-lang/noirc_abi": "portal:../noir/packages/noirc_abi",
+    "jest-runner@^29.7.0": "patch:jest-runner@npm%3A29.7.0#./.yarn/patches/jest-runner-npm-29.7.0-3bc9f82b58.patch"
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn-project/yarn.lock b/yarn-project/yarn.lock
index 1121959ee0b..8016230e32f 100644
--- a/yarn-project/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn-project/yarn.lock
@@ -9040,7 +9040,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"jest-runner@npm:^29.7.0":
+"jest-runner@npm:29.7.0":
   version: 29.7.0
   resolution: "jest-runner@npm:29.7.0"
   dependencies:
@@ -9069,6 +9069,35 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"jest-runner@patch:jest-runner@npm%3A29.7.0#./.yarn/patches/jest-runner-npm-29.7.0-3bc9f82b58.patch::locator=%40aztec%2Faztec3-packages%40workspace%3A.":
+  version: 29.7.0
+  resolution: "jest-runner@patch:jest-runner@npm%3A29.7.0#./.yarn/patches/jest-runner-npm-29.7.0-3bc9f82b58.patch::version=29.7.0&hash=a79dea&locator=%40aztec%2Faztec3-packages%40workspace%3A."
+  dependencies:
+    "@jest/console": ^29.7.0
+    "@jest/environment": ^29.7.0
+    "@jest/test-result": ^29.7.0
+    "@jest/transform": ^29.7.0
+    "@jest/types": ^29.6.3
+    "@types/node": "*"
+    chalk: ^4.0.0
+    emittery: ^0.13.1
+    graceful-fs: ^4.2.9
+    jest-docblock: ^29.7.0
+    jest-environment-node: ^29.7.0
+    jest-haste-map: ^29.7.0
+    jest-leak-detector: ^29.7.0
+    jest-message-util: ^29.7.0
+    jest-resolve: ^29.7.0
+    jest-runtime: ^29.7.0
+    jest-util: ^29.7.0
+    jest-watcher: ^29.7.0
+    jest-worker: ^29.7.0
+    p-limit: ^3.1.0
+    source-map-support: 0.5.13
+  checksum: 8345cba67695e45a6cc1fddca470ba61d981c6fa3565b53728ba36678acf6ce7657868e7483ab34b75e433efd42f57fd2894031069c06ac48b7b22ac9950ff1d
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "jest-runtime@npm:^29.7.0":
   version: 29.7.0
   resolution: "jest-runtime@npm:29.7.0"