Version Details and Security Vulnerabilities

Babel-jest is a crucial plugin for developers using Jest, enabling seamless integration of Babel for code transformation during testing. Version 29.6.2, released on July 27, 2023, is a minor update from version 29.6.1, released earlier in July. While the core functionality remains consistent, developers should note the dependency updates. Specifically, @jest/transform and @jest/test-utils have been bumped from version 29.6.1 to 29.6.2. These updates likely contain bug fixes and minor enhancements within Jest's transformation and testing utilities that babel-jest relies on, although the impact on babel-jest itself is probably minimal. The other dependencies, including chalk, slash, graceful-fs, babel-preset-jest, @types/babel__core, babel-plugin-istanbul, @babel/core, and @types/graceful-fs, all remain unchanged. Both versions require @babel/core as a peer dependency, ensuring compatibility with Babel versions 7.8.0 and above. The unpacked size and number of files in the redistributed package is unchanged. If you're already using babel-jest 29.6.1, upgrading to 29.6.2 is recommended to benefit from the underlying Jest improvements, particularly if you rely on @jest/transform or @jest/test-utils. As standard practice it is always advised to test the new version in a non-production environment before a full deployment.