diff --git a/packages/react/jest.config.js b/packages/react/jest.config.js
index c16374ebe05fe4..e962c1bd0f4aeb 100644
--- a/packages/react/jest.config.js
+++ b/packages/react/jest.config.js
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ const { createV8Config: createConfig } = require('@fluentui/scripts-jest');
 const config = createConfig({
   setupFiles: ['./config/tests.js'],
   snapshotSerializers: ['@fluentui/jest-serializer-merge-styles'],
+  // Keeps Jest from using too much memory as GC gets invokes more often, makes tests slower
+  // https://stackoverflow.com/a/75857711
+  workerIdleMemoryLimit: '1024MB',
 });
 
 module.exports = config;