diff --git a/packages/core/test/lib/transports/offline.test.ts b/packages/core/test/lib/transports/offline.test.ts
index 6a6474d51ef9..e7174cb7c2e0 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/lib/transports/offline.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/lib/transports/offline.test.ts
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ describe('makeOfflineTransport', () => {
     expect(getCalls()).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  // eslint-disable-next-line jest/no-disabled-tests
   it.skip(
     'Follows the Retry-After header',
     async () => {
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-sdk/package.json b/packages/eslint-config-sdk/package.json
index 8a5c8b770d95..4ab60f10ac1a 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-sdk/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^6.11.0",
     "eslint-plugin-deprecation": "^1.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.22.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-jest": "^27.2.2",
     "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^30.0.3",
     "eslint-plugin-simple-import-sort": "^5.0.3"
   },
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-sdk/src/index.js b/packages/eslint-config-sdk/src/index.js
index c070195ed083..ffdc8b8ba0af 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-sdk/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-sdk/src/index.js
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ module.exports = {
       },
     },
     {
-      // Configuration for test files
+      // Configuration for files in test directories
       env: {
         jest: true,
       },
@@ -186,6 +186,24 @@ module.exports = {
         '@sentry-internal/sdk/no-nullish-coalescing': 'off',
       },
     },
+    {
+      // Configuration only for test files (this won't apply to utils or other files in test directories)
+      plugins: ['jest'],
+      env: {
+        jest: true,
+      },
+      files: ['test.ts', '*.test.ts', '*.test.tsx', '*.test.js', '*.test.jsx'],
+      rules: {
+        // Prevent permanent usage of `it.only`, `fit`, `test.only` etc
+        // We want to avoid debugging leftovers making their way into the codebase
+        'jest/no-focused-tests': 'error',
+
+        // Prevent permanent usage of `it.skip`, `xit`, `test.skip` etc
+        // We want to avoid debugging leftovers making their way into the codebase
+        // If there's a good reason to skip a test (e.g. bad flakiness), just add an ignore comment
+        'jest/no-disabled-tests': 'error',
+      },
+    },
     {
       // Configuration for config files like webpack/rollup
       files: ['*.config.js'],
diff --git a/packages/node/test/integrations/undici.test.ts b/packages/node/test/integrations/undici.test.ts
index b30ac92c0695..e72f7ce70212 100644
--- a/packages/node/test/integrations/undici.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node/test/integrations/undici.test.ts
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ conditionalTest({ min: 16 })('Undici integration', () => {
   });
 
   // This flakes on CI for some reason: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/pull/8449
+  // eslint-disable-next-line jest/no-disabled-tests
   it.skip('attaches the sentry trace and baggage headers if there is an active span', async () => {
     expect.assertions(3);
 
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ conditionalTest({ min: 16 })('Undici integration', () => {
   });
 
   // This flakes on CI for some reason: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/pull/8449
+  // eslint-disable-next-line jest/no-disabled-tests
   it.skip('attaches the sentry trace and baggage headers if there is no active span', async () => {
     const scope = hub.getScope();
 
@@ -228,6 +230,7 @@ conditionalTest({ min: 16 })('Undici integration', () => {
   });
 
   // This flakes on CI for some reason: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/pull/8449
+  // eslint-disable-next-line jest/no-disabled-tests
   it.skip('attaches headers if `shouldCreateSpanForRequest` does not create a span using propagation context', async () => {
     const transaction = hub.startTransaction({ name: 'test-transaction' }) as Transaction;
     const scope = hub.getScope();
@@ -259,6 +262,7 @@ conditionalTest({ min: 16 })('Undici integration', () => {
   });
 
   // This flakes on CI for some reason: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/pull/8449
+  // eslint-disable-next-line jest/no-disabled-tests
   it.skip('uses tracePropagationTargets', async () => {
     const transaction = hub.startTransaction({ name: 'test-transaction' }) as Transaction;
     hub.getScope().setSpan(transaction);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8431c6928ee7..5dc640b26163 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2483,6 +2483,13 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@esbuild/win32-x64/-/win32-x64-0.16.17.tgz#c5a1a4bfe1b57f0c3e61b29883525c6da3e5c091"
   integrity sha512-y+EHuSchhL7FjHgvQL/0fnnFmO4T1bhvWANX6gcnqTjtnKWbTvUMCpGnv2+t+31d7RzyEAYAd4u2fnIhHL6N/Q==
 
+"@eslint-community/eslint-utils@^4.2.0":
+  version "4.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@eslint-community/eslint-utils/-/eslint-utils-4.4.0.tgz#a23514e8fb9af1269d5f7788aa556798d61c6b59"
+  integrity sha512-1/sA4dwrzBAyeUoQ6oxahHKmrZvsnLCg4RfxW3ZFGGmQkSNQPFNLV9CUEFQP1x9EYXHTo5p6xdhZM1Ne9p/AfA==
+  dependencies:
+    eslint-visitor-keys "^3.3.0"
+
 "@eslint/eslintrc@^0.4.3":
   version "0.4.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@eslint/eslintrc/-/eslintrc-0.4.3.tgz#9e42981ef035beb3dd49add17acb96e8ff6f394c"
@@ -5304,6 +5311,14 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/types" "5.48.0"
     "@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys" "5.48.0"
 
+"@typescript-eslint/scope-manager@5.62.0":
+  version "5.62.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@typescript-eslint/scope-manager/-/scope-manager-5.62.0.tgz#d9457ccc6a0b8d6b37d0eb252a23022478c5460c"
+  integrity sha512-VXuvVvZeQCQb5Zgf4HAxc04q5j+WrNAtNh9OwCsCgpKqESMTu3tF/jhZ3xG6T4NZwWl65Bg8KuS2uEvhSfLl0w==
+  dependencies:
+    "@typescript-eslint/types" "5.62.0"
+    "@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys" "5.62.0"
+
 "@typescript-eslint/type-utils@5.48.0":
   version "5.48.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@typescript-eslint/type-utils/-/type-utils-5.48.0.tgz#40496dccfdc2daa14a565f8be80ad1ae3882d6d6"
@@ -5329,6 +5344,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@typescript-eslint/types/-/types-5.48.0.tgz#d725da8dfcff320aab2ac6f65c97b0df30058449"
   integrity sha512-UTe67B0Ypius0fnEE518NB2N8gGutIlTojeTg4nt0GQvikReVkurqxd2LvYa9q9M5MQ6rtpNyWTBxdscw40Xhw==
 
+"@typescript-eslint/types@5.62.0":
+  version "5.62.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@typescript-eslint/types/-/types-5.62.0.tgz#258607e60effa309f067608931c3df6fed41fd2f"
+  integrity sha512-87NVngcbVXUahrRTqIK27gD2t5Cu1yuCXxbLcFtCzZGlfyVWWh8mLHkoxzjsB6DDNnvdL+fW8MiwPEJyGJQDgQ==
+
 "@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree@3.10.1":
   version "3.10.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree/-/typescript-estree-3.10.1.tgz#fd0061cc38add4fad45136d654408569f365b853"
@@ -5356,6 +5376,19 @@
     semver "^7.3.7"
     tsutils "^3.21.0"
 
+"@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree@5.62.0":
+  version "5.62.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree/-/typescript-estree-5.62.0.tgz#7d17794b77fabcac615d6a48fb143330d962eb9b"
+  integrity sha512-CmcQ6uY7b9y694lKdRB8FEel7JbU/40iSAPomu++SjLMntB+2Leay2LO6i8VnJk58MtE9/nQSFIH6jpyRWyYzA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@typescript-eslint/types" "5.62.0"
+    "@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys" "5.62.0"
+    debug "^4.3.4"
+    globby "^11.1.0"
+    is-glob "^4.0.3"
+    semver "^7.3.7"
+    tsutils "^3.21.0"
+
 "@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree@^4.8.2":
   version "4.23.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree/-/typescript-estree-4.23.0.tgz#0753b292097523852428a6f5a1aa8ccc1aae6cd9"
@@ -5383,6 +5416,20 @@
     eslint-utils "^3.0.0"
     semver "^7.3.7"
 
+"@typescript-eslint/utils@^5.10.0":
+  version "5.62.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@typescript-eslint/utils/-/utils-5.62.0.tgz#141e809c71636e4a75daa39faed2fb5f4b10df86"
+  integrity sha512-n8oxjeb5aIbPFEtmQxQYOLI0i9n5ySBEY/ZEHHZqKQSFnxio1rv6dthascc9dLuwrL0RC5mPCxB7vnAVGAYWAQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@eslint-community/eslint-utils" "^4.2.0"
+    "@types/json-schema" "^7.0.9"
+    "@types/semver" "^7.3.12"
+    "@typescript-eslint/scope-manager" "5.62.0"
+    "@typescript-eslint/types" "5.62.0"
+    "@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree" "5.62.0"
+    eslint-scope "^5.1.1"
+    semver "^7.3.7"
+
 "@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys@3.10.1":
   version "3.10.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys/-/visitor-keys-3.10.1.tgz#cd4274773e3eb63b2e870ac602274487ecd1e931"
@@ -5406,6 +5453,14 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/types" "5.48.0"
     eslint-visitor-keys "^3.3.0"
 
+"@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys@5.62.0":
+  version "5.62.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys/-/visitor-keys-5.62.0.tgz#2174011917ce582875954ffe2f6912d5931e353e"
+  integrity sha512-07ny+LHRzQXepkGg6w0mFY41fVUNBrL2Roj/++7V1txKugfjm/Ci/qSND03r2RhlJhJYMcTn9AhhSSqQp0Ysyw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@typescript-eslint/types" "5.62.0"
+    eslint-visitor-keys "^3.3.0"
+
 "@vitest/coverage-c8@^0.29.2":
   version "0.29.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@vitest/coverage-c8/-/coverage-c8-0.29.2.tgz#30b81e32ff11c20e2f3ab78c84e21b4c6c08190c"
@@ -12491,6 +12546,13 @@ eslint-plugin-import@^2.22.0:
     resolve "^1.17.0"
     tsconfig-paths "^3.9.0"
 
+eslint-plugin-jest@^27.2.2:
+  version "27.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-jest/-/eslint-plugin-jest-27.2.2.tgz#be4ded5f91905d9ec89aa8968d39c71f3b072c0c"
+  integrity sha512-euzbp06F934Z7UDl5ZUaRPLAc9MKjh0rMPERrHT7UhlCEwgb25kBj37TvMgWeHZVkR5I9CayswrpoaqZU1RImw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@typescript-eslint/utils" "^5.10.0"
+
 eslint-plugin-jsdoc@^30.0.3:
   version "30.7.13"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-jsdoc/-/eslint-plugin-jsdoc-30.7.13.tgz#52e5c74fb806d3bbeb51d04a0c829508c3c6b563"