diff --git a/client/tests/jest/jest.setup.js b/client/tests/jest/jest.setup.js
index 660c40d654e..e165b562fe6 100644
--- a/client/tests/jest/jest.setup.js
+++ b/client/tests/jest/jest.setup.js
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@ import "@testing-library/jest-dom";
 
 /* still don't understand what was invoking the following, but nothing should,
 and this makes the tag tests work correctly */
-global.XMLHttpRequest = undefined;
\ No newline at end of file
+global.XMLHttpRequest = undefined;
+
+// stops Bootstrap's warnings when components can't find a non-existent doc
+// https://github.com/bootstrap-vue/bootstrap-vue/issues/3303
+process.env.BOOTSTRAP_VUE_NO_WARN = true;