diff --git a/test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts b/test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts
index 6be8753169b..dc4adaa0caa 100644
--- a/test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts
+++ b/test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ describe("scoped vitest configs", () => {
   it("normalizes plugins include patterns relative to the scoped dir", () => {
     expect(defaultPluginsConfig.test?.dir).toBe("src/plugins");
     expect(defaultPluginsConfig.test?.include).toEqual(["**/*.test.ts"]);
+    expect(defaultPluginsConfig.test?.exclude).toContain("contracts/**");
   });
 
   it("normalizes ui include patterns relative to the scoped dir", () => {
diff --git a/vitest.plugins.config.ts b/vitest.plugins.config.ts
index a00dde2acd5..ba63916e560 100644
--- a/vitest.plugins.config.ts
+++ b/vitest.plugins.config.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export function createPluginsVitestConfig(env?: Record<string, string | undefine
   return createScopedVitestConfig(["src/plugins/**/*.test.ts"], {
     dir: "src/plugins",
     env,
+    exclude: ["src/plugins/contracts/**"],
     isolate: true,
     name: "plugins",
     passWithNoTests: true,