jquery: TypeError: elem.getClientRects is not a function

I ran into this issue after jquery@2.2.0 was installed during a unit test build:

• TypeError: elem.getClientRects is not a function at Array.jQuery.expr.filters.visible (site/node_modules/somepackage/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js:8909:63) at site/node_modules/somepackage/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js:2198:22 at superMatcher (site/node_modules/somepackage/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js:2419:12) at Sizzle.select (site/node_modules/somepackage/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js:2599:44) at Sizzle (site/node_modules/somepackage/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js:864:9) at Function.Sizzle.matches (site/node_modules/somepackage/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js:1400:9) at Function.jQuery.filter (site/node_modules/somepackage/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js:2764:15) at winnow (site/node_modules/somepackage/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js:2744:18) at [object Object].jQuery.fn.extend.filter (site/node_modules/somepackage/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js:2796:26) at Object.kickOffMethod (site/file.js:24:16)

note: site/node_modules/somepackage is an internal package so I just masked it with that path

When I install jquery@2.1.4, all of my unit tests pass.

I poked around at my source and i see it trying to use the :visible filter like so:

$('selector:visible');

and it seems to be failing there.