diff --git a/e2e/vite/src/vite-crystal.test.ts b/e2e/vite/src/vite-crystal.test.ts
index 5b36a4291b0978..96ab29489249b3 100644
--- a/e2e/vite/src/vite-crystal.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/vite/src/vite-crystal.test.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe('@nx/vite/plugin', () => {
       }, 200_000);
 
       it('should test application', () => {
-        const result = runCLI(`test ${myApp}`);
+        const result = runCLI(`test ${myApp} --watch=false`);
         expect(result).toContain('Successfully ran target test');
       }, 200_000);
     });
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe('@nx/vite/plugin', () => {
       }, 200_000);
 
       it('should test application', () => {
-        const result = runCLI(`test ${myVueApp}`);
+        const result = runCLI(`test ${myVueApp} --watch=false`);
         expect(result).toContain('Successfully ran target test');
       }, 200_000);
     });
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/plugins/plugin.ts b/packages/vite/src/plugins/plugin.ts
index 05859050971e95..0aced63e26bfd6 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/plugins/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/plugins/plugin.ts
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ async function testTarget(
 ) {
   return {
     command: `vitest`,
-    options: { cwd: joinPathFragments(projectRoot), watch: false },
+    options: { cwd: joinPathFragments(projectRoot) },
     cache: true,
     inputs: [
       ...('production' in namedInputs