diff --git a/packages/jest/src/builders/jest/jest.impl.spec.ts b/packages/jest/src/builders/jest/jest.impl.spec.ts
index 21e796c364c385..bef0b4bde9bc20 100644
--- a/packages/jest/src/builders/jest/jest.impl.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/jest/src/builders/jest/jest.impl.spec.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe('Jest Builder', () => {
           colors: false,
           reporters: ['/test/path'],
           verbose: false,
-          coverageReporters: 'test',
+          coverageReporters: ['test'],
           coverageDirectory: '/test/path',
           watch: false
         },
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ describe('Jest Builder', () => {
           colors: false,
           verbose: false,
           reporters: ['/test/path'],
-          coverageReporters: 'test',
+          coverageReporters: ['test'],
           coverageDirectory: '/test/path',
           testResultsProcessor: 'results-processor',
           updateSnapshot: true,
diff --git a/packages/jest/src/builders/jest/jest.impl.ts b/packages/jest/src/builders/jest/jest.impl.ts
index df955ffc826732..1a2de908d5bd91 100644
--- a/packages/jest/src/builders/jest/jest.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/jest/src/builders/jest/jest.impl.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ function run(
     testPathPattern: options.testPathPattern,
     colors: options.colors,
     verbose: options.verbose,
-    coverageReporters: options.coverageReporters,
     coverageDirectory: options.coverageDirectory,
     testResultsProcessor: options.testResultsProcessor,
     updateSnapshot: options.updateSnapshot,
@@ -141,6 +140,11 @@ function run(
     config.reporters = options.reporters;
   }
 
+  if (options.coverageReporters) {
+    // In Jest coverageReporters is an array of strings
+    config.coverageReporters = [options.coverageReporters];
+  }
+
   return from(runCLI(config, [options.jestConfig])).pipe(
     map(results => {
       return {