diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index 3ca720e..835d11d 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ exports_files(
         "tsconfig.json",
         "jest.config.js",
         "jest-reporter.js",
+        "hack/jestSetup.ts",
     ],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
diff --git a/hack/bazel/js/jest.bzl b/hack/bazel/js/jest.bzl
index e9f7072..ad70cae 100644
--- a/hack/bazel/js/jest.bzl
+++ b/hack/bazel/js/jest.bzl
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ DEFAULT_DEPS = [
     "@npm//enzyme-to-json",
     "@npm//react-dom",
     "@npm//@types/react-dom",
+    "@npm//jest-react-hooks-shallow",
     "//:tsconfig.json",
+    "//:hack/jestSetup.ts",
 ]
 
 def _impl_jest_test(name, srcs, deps, jest_config, **kwargs):
diff --git a/hack/jestSetup.ts b/hack/jestSetup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a60a8bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/jestSetup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import enableHooks from 'jest-react-hooks-shallow';
+
+// pass an instance of jest to `enableHooks()`
+enableHooks(jest);
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index 19b07cf..1fecd80 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module.exports = {
     preset: 'ts-jest',
     testEnvironment: 'enzyme',
     reporters: ['default', './jest-reporter'],
-    setupFilesAfterEnv: ['jest-enzyme', 'jest-styled-components'],
+    setupFilesAfterEnv: ['jest-enzyme', 'jest-styled-components', './hack/jestSetup.ts'],
     moduleNameMapper: pathsToModuleNameMapper(compilerOptions.paths, {
         prefix: '<rootDir>/',
     }),
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 01bf231..a18a43b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
         "jest-cli": "^26.6.1",
         "jest-environment-enzyme": "^7.1.2",
         "jest-enzyme": "^7.1.2",
+        "jest-react-hooks-shallow": "^1.4.1",
         "jest-styled-components": "^7.0.3",
         "minimist": "^1.2.5",
         "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
diff --git a/src/design-system/atoms/typist/Typist.spec.tsx b/src/design-system/atoms/typist/Typist.spec.tsx
index 3f2e409..efa7e66 100644
--- a/src/design-system/atoms/typist/Typist.spec.tsx
+++ b/src/design-system/atoms/typist/Typist.spec.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { mount } from 'enzyme';
+import { mount, shallow } from 'enzyme';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
 import { Typist } from './Typist';
@@ -7,25 +7,21 @@ jest.useFakeTimers();
 
 it('correctly cycles through provided lines', () => {
     const lines = ['abcdef', 'ghijkl'];
-    act(() => {
-        let view = mount(<Typist charTimeout={100} resetTimeout={10000} lines={lines} />);
+    let view = shallow(<Typist charTimeout={100} resetTimeout={10000} lines={lines} />);
 
-        jest.advanceTimersByTime(100 * lines[0].length);
-        view = view.update();
-        expect(view.text()).toBe(lines[0]);
-    });
+    jest.advanceTimersByTime(100 * lines[0].length);
+    view = view.update();
+    expect(view.text()).toBe(lines[0]);
 });
 
 it('correctly cycles through provided characters in a line', () => {
     const lines = ['abcdef'];
 
-    act(() => {
-        let view = mount(<Typist charTimeout={1} resetTimeout={100} lines={lines} />);
+    let view = shallow(<Typist charTimeout={1} resetTimeout={100} lines={lines} />);
 
-        Array(...lines[0]).forEach((_, idx) => {
-            view = view.update();
-            expect(view.text()).toBe(lines[0].slice(0, idx));
-            jest.advanceTimersByTime(1);
-        });
+    Array(...lines[0]).forEach((_, idx) => {
+        view = view.update();
+        expect(view.text()).toBe(lines[0].slice(0, idx));
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(1);
     });
 });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 74b01d2..d37a829 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8704,6 +8704,13 @@ jest-pnp-resolver@^1.2.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jest-pnp-resolver/-/jest-pnp-resolver-1.2.2.tgz#b704ac0ae028a89108a4d040b3f919dfddc8e33c"
   integrity sha512-olV41bKSMm8BdnuMsewT4jqlZ8+3TCARAXjZGT9jcoSnrfUnRCqnMoF9XEeoWjbzObpqF9dRhHQj0Xb9QdF6/w==
 
+jest-react-hooks-shallow@^1.4.1:
+  version "1.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jest-react-hooks-shallow/-/jest-react-hooks-shallow-1.4.1.tgz#5a0082c7ef72c0434f55bd7ef4ff8fdbe4e0ab1d"
+  integrity sha512-el9oYNAp77WEUgVdBEjPMU+5koOFXfAhitlVShuBine/y2AVCL5nEF9kRDSu9iAo2mMocbwmeTEPyDsw/LAHvg==
+  dependencies:
+    react "^16.8.0"
+
 jest-regex-util@^24.9.0:
   version "24.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jest-regex-util/-/jest-regex-util-24.9.0.tgz#c13fb3380bde22bf6575432c493ea8fe37965636"
@@ -11577,6 +11584,15 @@ react-tooltip@^4.2.10:
     prop-types "^15.7.2"
     uuid "^7.0.3"
 
+react@^16.8.0:
+  version "16.14.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-16.14.0.tgz#94d776ddd0aaa37da3eda8fc5b6b18a4c9a3114d"
+  integrity sha512-0X2CImDkJGApiAlcf0ODKIneSwBPhqJawOa5wCtKbu7ZECrmS26NvtSILynQ66cgkT/RJ4LidJOc3bUESwmU8g==
+  dependencies:
+    loose-envify "^1.1.0"
+    object-assign "^4.1.1"
+    prop-types "^15.6.2"
+
 react@^16.8.3:
   version "16.13.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-16.13.1.tgz#2e818822f1a9743122c063d6410d85c1e3afe48e"