diff --git a/src/plugins/jest/start-local-registry.d.ts b/src/plugins/jest/start-local-registry.d.ts
index 4bd827c50cd20cc103ed42c0d2871d9a09dc2cce..05bfdc4e4ceb0722d0536b0ab29c9348fd436796 100644
--- a/src/plugins/jest/start-local-registry.d.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/jest/start-local-registry.d.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
  * @param localRegistryTarget the target to run to start the local registry e.g. workspace:local-registry
  * @param storage the storage location for the local registry
  * @param verbose whether to log verbose output
+ * @param clearStorage whether to clear the verdaccio storage before running the registry
  */
 export declare function startLocalRegistry({ localRegistryTarget, storage, verbose, }: {
     localRegistryTarget: string;
     storage?: string;
     verbose?: boolean;
+    clearStorage?: boolean;
 }): Promise<() => void>;
 export default startLocalRegistry;
diff --git a/src/plugins/jest/start-local-registry.js b/src/plugins/jest/start-local-registry.js
index 907fdc6bf0726c18cb88083a9a49d5dff85ded1f..15ffe0bf50740786d6a0ea205a6752f147f11351 100644
--- a/src/plugins/jest/start-local-registry.js
+++ b/src/plugins/jest/start-local-registry.js
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ const child_process_1 = require("child_process");
  * @param storage the storage location for the local registry
  * @param verbose whether to log verbose output
  */
-function startLocalRegistry({ localRegistryTarget, storage, verbose, }) {
+function startLocalRegistry({ localRegistryTarget, storage, verbose, clearStorage }) {
     if (!localRegistryTarget) {
         throw new Error(`localRegistryTarget is required`);
     }
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         const childProcess = (0, child_process_1.fork)(require.resolve('nx'), [
-            ...`run ${localRegistryTarget} --location none --clear true`.split(' '),
+            ...`run ${localRegistryTarget} --location none --clear ${clearStorage ?? true}`.split(' '),
             ...(storage ? [`--storage`, storage] : []),
         ], { stdio: 'pipe' });
         const listener = (data) => {