diff --git a/src/middleware/global_options.ts b/src/middleware/global_options.ts
index ed6259a..5701421 100644
--- a/src/middleware/global_options.ts
+++ b/src/middleware/global_options.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ export default class implements ApplicationLifecycle {
           // https://nodejs.org/api/url.html#url_url_pathtofileurl_path
           esmLoader = pathToFileURL(esmLoader).href;
         }
+        // wait for https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/40940
+        addNodeOptionsToEnv('--no-warnings', ctx.env);
         addNodeOptionsToEnv(`--loader ${esmLoader}`, ctx.env);
       }
 
diff --git a/test/cmd/test.test.ts b/test/cmd/test.test.ts
index f282ddc..ceabf4b 100644
--- a/test/cmd/test.test.ts
+++ b/test/cmd/test.test.ts
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ describe('test/cmd/test.test.ts', () => {
         .debug()
         .expect('stdout', /should work/)
         .expect('stdout', /2 passing/)
+        .notExpect('stderr', /ExperimentalWarning/)
         .expect('code', 0)
         .end();
     });