diff --git a/tests/e2e/config/bootstrap.js b/tests/e2e/config/bootstrap.js
index 83c9ada3f7..3a767b21b0 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/config/bootstrap.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/config/bootstrap.js
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ const pageEvents = [];
 // The Jest timeout is increased because these tests are a bit slow
 jest.setTimeout( PUPPETEER_TIMEOUT || 100000 );
 
-
 /**
  * Adds an event listener to the page to handle additions of page event
  * handlers, to assure that they are removed at test teardown.
@@ -72,6 +71,12 @@ function observeConsoleLogging() {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		// An exception is made for jQuery migrate console warnings output by
+		// the unminified script loaded in development environments.
+		if ( text.includes( 'JQMIGRATE' ) ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		// Viewing posts on the front end can result in this error, which
 		// has nothing to do with Gutenberg.
 		if ( text.includes( 'net::ERR_UNKNOWN_URL_SCHEME' ) ) {