diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js
index 1f888bc6277e..083cc441ae31 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js
@@ -537,12 +537,12 @@ class Test extends AsyncResource {
     });
 
     try {
-      if (this.parent?.hooks.beforeEach.length > 0) {
-        await this.parent.runHook('beforeEach', { args, ctx });
-      }
       if (this.parent?.hooks.before.length > 0) {
         await this.parent.runHook('before', this.parent.getRunArgs());
       }
+      if (this.parent?.hooks.beforeEach.length > 0) {
+        await this.parent.runHook('beforeEach', { args, ctx });
+      }
       const stopPromise = stopTest(this.timeout, this.signal);
       const runArgs = ArrayPrototypeSlice(args);
       ArrayPrototypeUnshift(runArgs, this.fn, ctx);
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ class Test extends AsyncResource {
         return;
       }
 
-      await after();
       await afterEach();
+      await after();
       this.pass();
     } catch (err) {
       try { await after(); } catch { /* Ignore error. */ }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/hooks.js b/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/hooks.js
index 30532a29ad69..a69506bbda5e 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/hooks.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/hooks.js
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ test('test hooks', async (t) => {
   await t.test('2', () => testArr.push('2'));
 
   await t.test('nested', async (t) => {
+    t.before((t) => testArr.push('nested before ' + t.name));
+    t.after((t) => testArr.push('nested after ' + t.name));
     t.beforeEach((t) => testArr.push('nested beforeEach ' + t.name));
     t.afterEach((t) => testArr.push('nested afterEach ' + t.name));
     await t.test('nested 1', () => testArr.push('nested1'));
@@ -106,12 +108,15 @@ test('test hooks', async (t) => {
   });
 
   assert.deepStrictEqual(testArr, [
-    'beforeEach 1', 'before test hooks', '1', 'afterEach 1',
+    'before test hooks',
+    'beforeEach 1', '1', 'afterEach 1',
     'beforeEach 2', '2', 'afterEach 2',
     'beforeEach nested',
+    'nested before nested',
     'beforeEach nested 1', 'nested beforeEach nested 1', 'nested1', 'afterEach nested 1', 'nested afterEach nested 1',
     'beforeEach nested 2', 'nested beforeEach nested 2', 'nested 2', 'afterEach nested 2', 'nested afterEach nested 2',
     'afterEach nested',
+    'nested after nested',
   ]);
 });