diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
index e5f72e6ac65957..68fe8abe85fc6d 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
@@ -465,7 +465,9 @@ export async function resolveConfig(
   const resolved: ResolvedConfig = {
     ...config,
     configFile: configFile ? normalizePath(configFile) : undefined,
-    configFileDependencies,
+    configFileDependencies: configFileDependencies.map((name) =>
+      normalizePath(path.resolve(name))
+    ),
     inlineConfig,
     root: resolvedRoot,
     base: BASE_URL,
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/hmr.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/hmr.ts
index eae184a64f4773..edb73785247b6f 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/hmr.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/hmr.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export async function handleHMRUpdate(
 
   const isConfig = file === config.configFile
   const isConfigDependency = config.configFileDependencies.some(
-    (name) => file === path.resolve(name)
+    (name) => file === name
   )
   const isEnv =
     config.inlineConfig.envFile !== false &&