diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
deleted file mode 100644
index f3e7eb83de..0000000000
--- a/.babelrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "presets": ["@babel/preset-env"],
-  "env": {
-    "test": {
-      "plugins": ["@babel/plugin-transform-runtime"]
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/babel.config.js b/babel.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0426556a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/babel.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = (api) => {
+  api.cache(true);
+
+  return {
+    presets: ['@babel/preset-env'],
+    env: {
+      test: {
+        plugins: ['@babel/plugin-transform-runtime'],
+      },
+    },
+  };
+};