diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
index 541372996c2f4b..c6ad6740bd6f05 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ export async function _createServer(
 
   const watcher = chokidar.watch(
     // config file dependencies and env file might be outside of root
-    [root, ...config.configFileDependencies, path.join(config.envDir, '.env*')],
+    [root, ...config.configFileDependencies, config.envDir],
     resolvedWatchOptions,
   ) as FSWatcher