diff --git a/test/jest/acceptance/cli-json-file-output.spec.ts b/test/jest/acceptance/cli-json-file-output.spec.ts
index 5e611d9635..922c33efac 100644
--- a/test/jest/acceptance/cli-json-file-output.spec.ts
+++ b/test/jest/acceptance/cli-json-file-output.spec.ts
@@ -32,53 +32,6 @@ describe('test --json-file-output', () => {
     server.close(() => done());
   });
 
-  it('test with --json returns without error and with JSON return type when no vulns found', async () => {
-    const project = await createProjectFromWorkspace('fail-on/no-vulns');
-    server.setCustomResponse(await project.readJSON('vulns-result.json'));
-
-    const { code, stdout } = await runSnykCLI(`test --json`, {
-      cwd: project.path(),
-      env,
-    });
-
-    expect(code).toEqual(0);
-
-    expect(server.getRequests().length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
-    const outputObj = JSON.parse(stdout);
-    expect(outputObj).not.toBe('');
-  });
-
-  it('test without --json returns without error and with a string return type when no vulns found', async () => {
-    const project = await createProjectFromWorkspace('fail-on/no-vulns');
-    server.setCustomResponse(await project.readJSON('vulns-result.json'));
-
-    const { code, stdout } = await runSnykCLI(`test`, {
-      cwd: project.path(),
-      env,
-    });
-
-    expect(code).toEqual(0);
-
-    expect(server.getRequests().length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
-    expect(stdout).not.toBe('');
-    expect(typeof stdout).toBe('string');
-  });
-
-  it('test with --json throws error and error contains json output with vulnerabilities when vulns found', async () => {
-    const project = await createProjectFromWorkspace('fail-on/no-fixable');
-    server.setCustomResponse(await project.readJSON('vulns-result.json'));
-
-    const { code, stdout } = await runSnykCLI(`test --json`, {
-      cwd: project.path(),
-      env,
-    });
-
-    const returnedJson = JSON.parse(stdout);
-    expect(returnedJson.vulnerabilities.length > 0).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(code).toEqual(1);
-    expect(stdout).not.toBe('');
-  });
-
   it('can save JSON output to file while sending human readable output to stdout', async () => {
     const project = await createProjectFromWorkspace('no-vulns');
     const outputPath = 'json-file-output.json';
diff --git a/test/jest/acceptance/cli-json-output.spec.ts b/test/jest/acceptance/cli-json-output.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b877e2abfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/jest/acceptance/cli-json-output.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { fakeServer } from '../../acceptance/fake-server';
+import { createProjectFromWorkspace } from '../util/createProject';
+import { runSnykCLI } from '../util/runSnykCLI';
+
+jest.setTimeout(1000 * 60);
+
+describe('test --json', () => {
+  let server: ReturnType<typeof fakeServer>;
+  let env: Record<string, string>;
+
+  beforeAll((done) => {
+    const apiPath = '/api/v1';
+    const apiPort = process.env.PORT || process.env.SNYK_PORT || '12345';
+    env = {
+      ...process.env,
+      SNYK_API: 'http://localhost:' + apiPort + apiPath,
+      SNYK_TOKEN: '123456789',
+      SNYK_DISABLE_ANALYTICS: '1',
+    };
+
+    server = fakeServer(apiPath, env.SNYK_TOKEN);
+    server.listen(apiPort, () => done());
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    server.restore();
+  });
+
+  afterAll((done) => {
+    server.close(() => done());
+  });
+
+  it('test with --json returns without error and with JSON return type when no vulns found', async () => {
+    const project = await createProjectFromWorkspace('fail-on/no-vulns');
+    server.setCustomResponse(await project.readJSON('vulns-result.json'));
+
+    const { code, stdout } = await runSnykCLI(`test --json`, {
+      cwd: project.path(),
+      env,
+    });
+
+    expect(code).toEqual(0);
+
+    expect(server.getRequests().length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+    const outputObj = JSON.parse(stdout);
+    expect(outputObj).not.toBe('');
+  });
+
+  it('test without --json returns without error and with a string return type when no vulns found', async () => {
+    const project = await createProjectFromWorkspace('fail-on/no-vulns');
+    server.setCustomResponse(await project.readJSON('vulns-result.json'));
+
+    const { code, stdout } = await runSnykCLI(`test`, {
+      cwd: project.path(),
+      env,
+    });
+
+    expect(code).toEqual(0);
+
+    expect(server.getRequests().length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+    expect(stdout).not.toBe('');
+    expect(typeof stdout).toBe('string');
+  });
+
+  it('test with --json throws error and error contains json output with vulnerabilities when vulns found', async () => {
+    const project = await createProjectFromWorkspace('fail-on/no-fixable');
+    server.setCustomResponse(await project.readJSON('vulns-result.json'));
+
+    const { code, stdout } = await runSnykCLI(`test --json`, {
+      cwd: project.path(),
+      env,
+    });
+
+    const returnedJson = JSON.parse(stdout);
+    expect(returnedJson.vulnerabilities.length > 0).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(code).toEqual(1);
+    expect(stdout).not.toBe('');
+  });
+});