diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d8bfbfa97d82..8cbfb7b613fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- `[jest-console]` `console.dir` now respects the second argument correctly ([#10638](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/10638))
 - `[expect]` [**BREAKING**] Revise `expect.not.objectContaining()` to be the inverse of `expect.objectContaining()`, as documented. ([#10708](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/10708))
 - `[jest-resolve]` Replace read-pkg-up with escalade package ([#10781](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/10781))
 - `[jest-runtime]` [**BREAKING**] Do not inject `global` variable into module wrapper ([#10644](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/10644))
diff --git a/packages/jest-console/src/BufferedConsole.ts b/packages/jest-console/src/BufferedConsole.ts
index 55c4e20ffc95..8d67c968dea7 100644
--- a/packages/jest-console/src/BufferedConsole.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-console/src/BufferedConsole.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import assert = require('assert');
 import {Console} from 'console';
-import {format} from 'util';
+import {format, formatWithOptions, inspect} from 'util';
 import chalk = require('chalk');
 import {ErrorWithStack, formatTime} from 'jest-util';
 import type {
@@ -95,8 +95,9 @@ export default class BufferedConsole extends Console {
     this._log('debug', format(firstArg, ...rest));
   }
 
-  dir(firstArg: unknown, ...rest: Array<unknown>): void {
-    this._log('dir', format(firstArg, ...rest));
+  dir(firstArg: unknown, options: NodeJS.InspectOptions = {}): void {
+    const representation = inspect(firstArg, options);
+    this._log('dir', formatWithOptions(options, representation));
   }
 
   dirxml(firstArg: unknown, ...rest: Array<unknown>): void {
diff --git a/packages/jest-console/src/CustomConsole.ts b/packages/jest-console/src/CustomConsole.ts
index 5c3ed54da576..cbf8cf768ee3 100644
--- a/packages/jest-console/src/CustomConsole.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-console/src/CustomConsole.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import assert = require('assert');
 import {Console} from 'console';
-import {format} from 'util';
+import {format, formatWithOptions, inspect} from 'util';
 import chalk = require('chalk');
 import {clearLine, formatTime} from 'jest-util';
 import type {LogCounters, LogMessage, LogTimers, LogType} from './types';
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ export default class CustomConsole extends Console {
     this._log('debug', format(firstArg, ...args));
   }
 
-  dir(firstArg: unknown, ...args: Array<unknown>): void {
-    this._log('dir', format(firstArg, ...args));
+  dir(firstArg: unknown, options: NodeJS.InspectOptions = {}): void {
+    const representation = inspect(firstArg, options);
+    this._log('dir', formatWithOptions(options, representation));
   }
 
   dirxml(firstArg: unknown, ...args: Array<unknown>): void {
diff --git a/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/CustomConsole.test.ts b/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/CustomConsole.test.ts
index 07bb5cf4f888..b4c1b6d4e0d0 100644
--- a/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/CustomConsole.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/CustomConsole.test.ts
@@ -187,6 +187,16 @@ describe('CustomConsole', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('dir', () => {
+    test('should print the deepest value', () => {
+      const deepObject = {1: {2: {3: {4: {5: {6: 'value'}}}}}};
+      _console.dir(deepObject, {depth: 6});
+
+      expect(_stdout).toMatch('value');
+      expect(_stdout).not.toMatch('depth');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('timeLog', () => {
     test('should return the time between time() and timeEnd() on default timer', () => {
       _console.time();
diff --git a/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/bufferedConsole.test.ts b/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/bufferedConsole.test.ts
index 8b0ee9f98439..59e37ebfd116 100644
--- a/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/bufferedConsole.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/bufferedConsole.test.ts
@@ -147,6 +147,16 @@ describe('CustomConsole', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('dir', () => {
+    test('should print the deepest value', () => {
+      const deepObject = {1: {2: {3: {4: {5: {6: 'value'}}}}}};
+      _console.dir(deepObject, {depth: 6});
+
+      expect(stdout()).toMatch('value');
+      expect(stdout()).not.toMatch('depth');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('timeLog', () => {
     test('should return the time between time() and timeEnd() on default timer', () => {
       _console.time();