diff --git a/.changeset/gold-teachers-wink.md b/.changeset/gold-teachers-wink.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0578e8d02b4ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gold-teachers-wink.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+Fix issue with `esm` loaded dependencies being different from the `cjs` import for Vite dependencies
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/bundler/server.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/bundler/server.ts
index 53f3b2c25a709..1da15cd37ecd7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/bundler/server.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/bundler/server.ts
@@ -165,12 +165,12 @@ DEPRECATION WARNING: React Router Beta is deprecated and support for it will be
   });
 
   if (process.env.EXPERIMENTAL_VITE) {
-    const vite = await import('vite');
-    const { default: viteReact } = await import('@vitejs/plugin-react');
-    const { nodePolyfills: viteNodePolyfills } = await import(
-      'vite-plugin-node-polyfills'
-    );
-    const { createHtmlPlugin: viteHtml } = await import('vite-plugin-html');
+    const vite = require('vite');
+    const { default: viteReact } = require('@vitejs/plugin-react');
+    const {
+      nodePolyfills: viteNodePolyfills,
+    } = require('vite-plugin-node-polyfills');
+    const { createHtmlPlugin: viteHtml } = require('vite-plugin-html');
     viteServer = await vite.createServer({
       define: {
         global: 'window',