diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-tests.yml
index 3843bda357..88f460dc19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-tests.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ jobs:
           'current'  # newest
         ]
         no-lockfile: ['false', 'true']
-    name: "Tests [Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}, ${{ matrix.runs-on }}, ${{ matrix.no-lockfile == 'false' && 'Using yarn.lock' || 'Ignoring yarn.lock' }}]"
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test.yml
     with:
       node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 7da3ddc69b..2244cc1b1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ jobs:
           no-lockfile: ${{ inputs.no-lockfile }}
       - name: Run Jest Tests
         run: yarn jest --ci --maxWorkers 4 --reporters=default --reporters=jest-junit --rootdir='./'
+        env:
+          NIGHTLY_TESTS_NO_LOCKFILE: ${{ inputs.no-lockfile }}
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index c8021801dc..0388347ad0 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
  */
 
 module.exports = function jestConfig() {
+  const testPathIgnorePatterns = [];
+  if (process.env.NIGHTLY_TESTS_NO_LOCKFILE) {
+    // flaky babel types test - this should be removed once babel is updated
+    testPathIgnorePatterns.push('__tests__/babel-lib-defs-test.js');
+  }
+
   /** @type {import('jest').Config} **/
   const config = {
     modulePathIgnorePatterns: ['/node_modules/', 'packages/[^/]+/build/'],
@@ -18,6 +24,7 @@ module.exports = function jestConfig() {
     },
     testEnvironment: 'node',
     testRegex: '/__tests__/.*-test\\.js$',
+    testPathIgnorePatterns,
     fakeTimers: {
       enableGlobally: true,
       legacyFakeTimers: false,