diff --git a/Libraries/Interaction/__tests__/InteractionManager-test.js b/Libraries/Interaction/__tests__/InteractionManager-test.js
index 3b551e84b3f..00428e8eabe 100644
--- a/Libraries/Interaction/__tests__/InteractionManager-test.js
+++ b/Libraries/Interaction/__tests__/InteractionManager-test.js
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ describe('promise tasks', () => {
   }
   beforeEach(() => {
     jest.resetModules();
-    jest.useFakeTimers();
+    jest.useFakeTimers('legacy');
     InteractionManager = require('../InteractionManager');
     BatchedBridge = require('../../BatchedBridge/BatchedBridge');
     sequenceId = 0;
diff --git a/flow/jest.js b/flow/jest.js
index 8f562116961..c64fc43c224 100644
--- a/flow/jest.js
+++ b/flow/jest.js
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ type JestObjectType = {
    * (setTimeout, setInterval, clearTimeout, clearInterval, nextTick,
    * setImmediate and clearImmediate).
    */
-  useFakeTimers(): JestObjectType,
+  useFakeTimers(type?: 'legacy' | 'modern'): JestObjectType,
   /**
    * Instructs Jest to use the real versions of the standard timer functions.
    */
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index 512bd1b538e..4c5aee76f41 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module.exports = {
     '.*': './jest/private/preprocessor.js',
   },
   setupFiles: ['./jest/setup.js'],
-  timers: 'fake',
+  timers: 'legacy',
   testRegex: '/__tests__/.*-test\\.js$',
   testPathIgnorePatterns: [
     '/node_modules/',