diff --git a/scripts/run-vitest.mjs b/scripts/run-vitest.mjs
index c3a8a795bc1..dc52fc61633 100644
--- a/scripts/run-vitest.mjs
+++ b/scripts/run-vitest.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import path from "node:path";
 import { spawnPnpmRunner } from "./pnpm-runner.mjs";
 
 const TRUTHY_ENV_VALUES = new Set(["1", "true", "yes", "on"]);
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 
 function isTruthyEnvValue(value) {
   return TRUTHY_ENV_VALUES.has(value?.trim().toLowerCase() ?? "");
@@ -14,6 +17,11 @@ export function resolveVitestNodeArgs(env = process.env) {
   return ["--no-maglev"];
 }
 
+export function resolveVitestCliEntry() {
+  const vitestPackageJson = require.resolve("vitest/package.json");
+  return path.join(path.dirname(vitestPackageJson), "vitest.mjs");
+}
+
 function main(argv = process.argv.slice(2), env = process.env) {
   if (argv.length === 0) {
     console.error("usage: node scripts/run-vitest.mjs <vitest args...>");
@@ -21,8 +29,7 @@ function main(argv = process.argv.slice(2), env = process.env) {
   }
 
   const child = spawnPnpmRunner({
-    pnpmArgs: ["exec", "vitest", ...argv],
-    nodeArgs: resolveVitestNodeArgs(env),
+    pnpmArgs: ["exec", "node", ...resolveVitestNodeArgs(env), resolveVitestCliEntry(), ...argv],
     env,
   });