diff --git a/src/image-generation/provider-registry.test.ts b/src/image-generation/provider-registry.test.ts
index fde4e41c7a8..c2a544ed173 100644
--- a/src/image-generation/provider-registry.test.ts
+++ b/src/image-generation/provider-registry.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.js";
 import type { ImageGenerationProviderPlugin } from "../plugins/types.js";
+import type * as ProviderRegistry from "./provider-registry.js";
 
 const { resolvePluginCapabilityProvidersMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   resolvePluginCapabilityProvidersMock: vi.fn<() => ImageGenerationProviderPlugin[]>(() => []),
@@ -10,8 +11,8 @@ vi.mock("../plugins/capability-provider-runtime.js", () => ({
   resolvePluginCapabilityProviders: resolvePluginCapabilityProvidersMock,
 }));
 
-const { getImageGenerationProvider, listImageGenerationProviders } =
-  await import("./provider-registry.js");
+let getImageGenerationProvider: typeof ProviderRegistry.getImageGenerationProvider;
+let listImageGenerationProviders: typeof ProviderRegistry.listImageGenerationProviders;
 
 function createProvider(
   params: Pick<ImageGenerationProviderPlugin, "id"> & Partial<ImageGenerationProviderPlugin>,
@@ -30,9 +31,12 @@ function createProvider(
 }
 
 describe("image-generation provider registry", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    vi.resetModules();
     resolvePluginCapabilityProvidersMock.mockReset();
     resolvePluginCapabilityProvidersMock.mockReturnValue([]);
+    ({ getImageGenerationProvider, listImageGenerationProviders } =
+      await import("./provider-registry.js"));
   });
 
   it("delegates provider resolution to the capability provider boundary", () => {