diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/index.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/index.ts
index aa6a7053a0cc..e3bd385ddf93 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { GlobalSetupPlugin } from './globalSetup'
 import { CSSEnablerPlugin } from './cssEnabler'
 import { CoverageTransform } from './coverageTransform'
 import { MocksPlugin } from './mocks'
+import { VitestResolver } from './vitestResolver'
 
 export async function VitestPlugin(options: UserConfig = {}, ctx = new Vitest('test')): Promise<VitePlugin[]> {
   const userConfig = deepMerge({}, options) as UserConfig
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ export async function VitestPlugin(options: UserConfig = {}, ctx = new Vitest('t
       ? await UIPlugin()
       : null,
     MocksPlugin(),
+    VitestResolver(ctx),
   ]
     .filter(notNullish)
 }
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/vitestResolver.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/vitestResolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..354d46b10b79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/vitestResolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import type { Plugin } from 'vite'
+import { join } from 'pathe'
+import type { Vitest } from '../core'
+
+export function VitestResolver(ctx: Vitest): Plugin {
+  return {
+    name: 'vitest:resolve-root',
+    enforce: 'pre',
+    async resolveId(id) {
+      if (id === 'vitest' || id.startsWith('@vitest/')) {
+        return this.resolve(
+          id,
+          join(ctx.config.root, 'index.html'),
+          { skipSelf: true },
+        )
+      }
+    },
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/workspace.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/workspace.ts
index 91aebe65b8d5..f87556d07d1e 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/workspace.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/workspace.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { CSSEnablerPlugin } from './cssEnabler'
 import { EnvReplacerPlugin } from './envReplacer'
 import { GlobalSetupPlugin } from './globalSetup'
 import { MocksPlugin } from './mocks'
+import { VitestResolver } from './vitestResolver'
 
 interface WorkspaceOptions extends UserWorkspaceConfig {
   root?: string
@@ -171,5 +172,6 @@ export function WorkspaceVitestPlugin(project: WorkspaceProject, options: Worksp
     CoverageTransform(project.ctx),
     GlobalSetupPlugin(project, project.ctx.logger),
     MocksPlugin(),
+    VitestResolver(project.ctx),
   ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/paths.ts b/packages/vitest/src/paths.ts
index 4e72159e632a..9bc74dd12216 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/paths.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/paths.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,3 @@ import { resolve } from 'pathe'
 
 export const rootDir = resolve(url.fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), '../../')
 export const distDir = resolve(url.fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), '../../dist')
-
-export const entryPath = 'vitest/dist/entry.js'
-export const spyPath = 'vitest/dist/spy.js'
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/execute.ts b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/execute.ts
index e717659aff49..bacd3c3b1747 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/execute.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/execute.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-import { createRequire } from 'node:module'
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
 import { ModuleCacheMap, ViteNodeRunner } from 'vite-node/client'
 import { isInternalRequest, isNodeBuiltin, isPrimitive } from 'vite-node/utils'
 import type { ViteNodeRunnerOptions } from 'vite-node'
-import { normalize, relative } from 'pathe'
+import { normalize, relative, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import { processError } from '@vitest/runner/utils'
 import type { MockMap } from '../types/mocker'
 import { getCurrentEnvironment, getWorkerState } from '../utils/global'
 import type { ContextRPC, ContextTestEnvironment, ResolvedConfig } from '../types'
-import { entryPath } from '../paths'
+import { distDir } from '../paths'
 import { VitestMocker } from './mocker'
 import { rpc } from './rpc'
 
@@ -20,10 +19,7 @@ export interface ExecuteOptions extends ViteNodeRunnerOptions {
 export async function createVitestExecutor(options: ExecuteOptions) {
   const runner = new VitestExecutor(options)
 
-  await Promise.all([
-    runner.executeId('/@vite/env'),
-    runner.mocker.initializeSpyModule(),
-  ])
+  await runner.executeId('/@vite/env')
 
   return runner
 }
@@ -80,10 +76,7 @@ export async function startViteNode(ctx: ContextRPC) {
     base: config.base,
   })
 
-  const _require = createRequire(config.root)
-  const vitestEntry = _require.resolve(entryPath, { paths: [config.root] })
-
-  const { run } = await import(pathToFileURL(vitestEntry).href)
+  const { run } = await import(pathToFileURL(resolve(distDir, 'entry.js')).href)
 
   _viteNode = { run, executor }
 
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/mocker.ts b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/mocker.ts
index c8a3ba30f87f..8b818bd8b399 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/mocker.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/mocker.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { isNodeBuiltin } from 'vite-node/utils'
 import { getWorkerState } from '../utils/global'
 import { getAllMockableProperties } from '../utils/base'
 import type { MockFactory, PendingSuiteMock } from '../types/mocker'
-import { spyPath } from '../paths'
+import { spyOn } from '../integrations/spy'
 import type { VitestExecutor } from './execute'
 
 const filterPublicKeys = ['__esModule', Symbol.asyncIterator, Symbol.hasInstance, Symbol.isConcatSpreadable, Symbol.iterator, Symbol.match, Symbol.matchAll, Symbol.replace, Symbol.search, Symbol.split, Symbol.species, Symbol.toPrimitive, Symbol.toStringTag, Symbol.unscopables]
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ function isSpecialProp(prop: Key, parentType: string) {
 
 export class VitestMocker {
   private static pendingIds: PendingSuiteMock[] = []
-  private spyModule?: typeof import('@vitest/spy')
   private resolveCache = new Map<string, Record<string, string>>()
 
   constructor(
@@ -63,10 +62,6 @@ export class VitestMocker {
     return this.executor.options.moduleDirectories || []
   }
 
-  public async initializeSpyModule() {
-    this.spyModule = await this.executor.executeId(spyPath)
-  }
-
   private deleteCachedItem(id: string) {
     const mockId = this.getMockPath(id)
     if (this.moduleCache.has(mockId))
@@ -280,10 +275,7 @@ export class VitestMocker {
           continue
 
         if (isFunction) {
-          const spyModule = this.spyModule
-          if (!spyModule)
-            throw new Error('[vitest] `spyModule` is not defined. This is Vitest error. Please open a new issue with reproduction.')
-          const mock = spyModule.spyOn(newContainer, property).mockImplementation(() => undefined)
+          const mock = spyOn(newContainer, property).mockImplementation(() => undefined)
           mock.mockRestore = () => {
             mock.mockReset()
             mock.mockImplementation(undefined!)