diff --git a/packages/vite-node/src/client.ts b/packages/vite-node/src/client.ts
index 00a2e1176271..24a314c6da2e 100644
--- a/packages/vite-node/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-node/src/client.ts
@@ -323,6 +323,9 @@ export class ViteNodeRunner {
           hotContext ||= this.options.createHotContext?.(this, `/@fs/${fsPath}`)
           return hotContext
         },
+        set: (value) => {
+          hotContext = value
+        },
       })
     }
 
diff --git a/test/vite-node/src/deps.css b/test/vite-node/src/deps.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..293d3b1f1316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vite-node/src/deps.css
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+body {
+  margin: 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/vite-node/src/deps.ts b/test/vite-node/src/deps.ts
index 285eb842f8ad..c81840a1d46e 100644
--- a/test/vite-node/src/deps.ts
+++ b/test/vite-node/src/deps.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import './deps.css'
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
 console.log('deps')