diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-run-linting-check-and-unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-run-linting-check-and-unit-tests.yml
index f98a91353e..b6e8a36e95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-run-linting-check-and-unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-run-linting-check-and-unit-tests.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ jobs:
           "packages/batch",
           "packages/commons",
           "packages/jmespath",
-          "packages/idempotency"
+          "packages/idempotency",
+          "packages/event-handler"
         ]
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
@@ -91,16 +92,14 @@ jobs:
             -w packages/tracer \
             -w packages/metrics \
             -w packages/parameters \
-            -w packages/parser \
-            -w packages/event-handler
+            -w packages/parser
       - name: Run unit tests
         run: |
           npm t -w packages/logger \
             -w packages/tracer \
             -w packages/metrics \
             -w packages/parameters \
-            -w packages/parser \
-            -w packages/event-handler
+            -w packages/parser
   check-examples:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
diff --git a/.husky/pre-push b/.husky/pre-push
index a6182662c5..29e324aa7b 100755
--- a/.husky/pre-push
+++ b/.husky/pre-push
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ npm t \
   -w packages/metrics \
   -w packages/tracer \
   -w packages/parameters \
-  -w packages/parser \
-  -w packages/event-handler
+  -w packages/parser
 
 npx vitest --run --coverage --changed="$(git merge-base HEAD main)"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/event-handler/jest.config.cjs b/packages/event-handler/jest.config.cjs
deleted file mode 100644
index d5dec2b8f0..0000000000
--- a/packages/event-handler/jest.config.cjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  displayName: {
-    name: 'Powertools for AWS Lambda (TypeScript) utility: EVENT HANDLER',
-    color: 'blue',
-  },
-  runner: 'groups',
-  moduleNameMapper: {
-    '^(\\.{1,2}/.*)\\.js$': '$1',
-  },
-  transform: {
-    '^.+\\.ts?$': 'ts-jest',
-  },
-  moduleFileExtensions: ['js', 'ts'],
-  collectCoverageFrom: ['**/src/**/*.ts', '!**/node_modules/**'],
-  testMatch: ['**/?(*.)+(spec|test).ts'],
-  roots: ['<rootDir>/src', '<rootDir>/tests'],
-  testPathIgnorePatterns: ['/node_modules/'],
-  testEnvironment: 'node',
-  coveragePathIgnorePatterns: ['/node_modules/', 'src/types/index.ts'],
-  coverageThreshold: {
-    global: {
-      statements: 100,
-      branches: 100,
-      functions: 100,
-      lines: 100,
-    },
-  },
-  coverageReporters: ['json-summary', 'text', 'lcov']
-};
diff --git a/packages/event-handler/package.json b/packages/event-handler/package.json
index 3031eb6e3f..3696fcac2a 100644
--- a/packages/event-handler/package.json
+++ b/packages/event-handler/package.json
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
   },
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "npm run test:unit",
-    "test:unit": "jest --group=unit --detectOpenHandles --coverage --verbose",
+    "test": "vitest --run",
+    "test:unit": "vitest --run",
+    "test:unit:coverage": "vitest --run tests/unit --coverage.enabled --coverage.thresholds.100 --coverage.include='src/**'",
+    "test:unit:types": "echo 'Not Implemented'",
     "test:e2e:nodejs18x": "echo \"Not implemented\"",
     "test:e2e:nodejs20x": "echo \"Not implemented\"",
     "test:e2e": "echo \"Not implemented\"",
diff --git a/packages/event-handler/tests/tsconfig.json b/packages/event-handler/tests/tsconfig.json
index 45ba862a85..39f442212e 100644
--- a/packages/event-handler/tests/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/event-handler/tests/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "rootDir": "../",
+    "rootDir": "../../",
     "noEmit": true
   },
-  "include": ["../src/**/*", "./**/*"]
+  "include": ["../../testing/src/setupEnv.ts", "../src/**/*", "./**/*"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/event-handler/tests/unit/index.test.ts b/packages/event-handler/tests/unit/index.test.ts
index c53ef9e1ce..cc067e7c70 100644
--- a/packages/event-handler/tests/unit/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/event-handler/tests/unit/index.test.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-/**
- * Test Event Handler
- *
- * @group unit/event-handler
- */
+import { afterAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { foo } from '../../src/index.js';
 
 describe('Event Handler', () => {
   const ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES = process.env;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    jest.clearAllMocks();
-    jest.resetModules();
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    vi.resetModules();
     process.env = { ...ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES };
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/event-handler/vitest.config.ts b/packages/event-handler/vitest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f1196ef1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/event-handler/vitest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { defineProject } from 'vitest/config';
+
+export default defineProject({
+  test: {
+    environment: 'node',
+    setupFiles: ['../testing/src/setupEnv.ts'],
+  },
+});
diff --git a/vitest.config.ts b/vitest.config.ts
index 989b2c970a..81203c1290 100644
--- a/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/vitest.config.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
         ...coverageConfigDefaults.exclude,
         'packages/batch/src/types.ts',
         'packages/commons/src/types/**',
-        'packages/event-handler/**',
+        'packages/event-handler/src/types/**',
         'packages/idempotency/src/types/**',
         'packages/jmespath/src/types.ts',
         'packages/logger/**',