diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/vitePlugin.ts b/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/vitePlugin.ts
index 64331bafa2..e9c68f6481 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/vitePlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/vitePlugin.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export function createPlugin(
       const registerSource = await fs.promises.readFile(registerSourceFile, 'utf-8');
       const registerSourceHash = calculateSha1(registerSource);
 
-      const { version: viteVersion } = require('vite/package.json');
+      const { version: viteVersion } = await import('vite');
       try {
         buildInfo = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(buildInfoFile, 'utf-8')) as BuildInfo;
         assert(buildInfo.version === playwrightVersion);
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export function createPlugin(
           }
         };
       }
-      const { build, preview } = require('vite');
+      const { build, preview } = await import('vite');
       // Build config unconditionally, either build or build & preview will use it.
       viteConfig.plugins ??= [];
       if (frameworkPluginFactory && !viteConfig.plugins.length)