diff --git a/packages/vitest/package.json b/packages/vitest/package.json
index 18d4988fed4d..b5a693f10f78 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/package.json
+++ b/packages/vitest/package.json
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
     "local-pkg": "^0.4.2",
     "picocolors": "^1.0.0",
     "source-map": "^0.6.1",
+    "std-env": "^3.3.1",
     "strip-literal": "^1.0.0",
     "tinybench": "^2.3.1",
     "tinypool": "^0.3.0",
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/defaults.ts b/packages/vitest/src/defaults.ts
index 4c494df06c4a..d5210544c89a 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/defaults.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/defaults.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { BenchmarkUserOptions, ResolvedCoverageOptions, UserConfig } from './types'
+import { isCI } from './utils/env'
 
 export const defaultInclude = ['**/*.{test,spec}.{js,mjs,cjs,ts,mts,cts,jsx,tsx}']
 export const defaultExclude = ['**/node_modules/**', '**/dist/**', '**/cypress/**', '**/.{idea,git,cache,output,temp}/**', '**/{karma,rollup,webpack,vite,vitest,jest,ava,babel,nyc,cypress,tsup,build}.config.*']
@@ -53,8 +54,8 @@ export const fakeTimersDefaults = {
 } as NonNullable<UserConfig['fakeTimers']>
 
 const config = {
-  allowOnly: !process.env.CI,
-  watch: !process.env.CI,
+  allowOnly: !isCI,
+  watch: !isCI,
   globals: false,
   environment: 'node' as const,
   threads: true,
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/config.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/config.ts
index b780a80818f7..7ff6540be997 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/config.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type { ResolvedConfig as ResolvedViteConfig } from 'vite'
 import type { ApiConfig, ResolvedConfig, UserConfig, VitestRunMode } from '../types'
 import { defaultPort } from '../constants'
 import { benchmarkConfigDefaults, configDefaults } from '../defaults'
-import { toArray } from '../utils'
+import { isCI, toArray } from '../utils'
 import { VitestCache } from './cache'
 import { BaseSequencer } from './sequencers/BaseSequencer'
 import { RandomSequencer } from './sequencers/RandomSequencer'
@@ -139,11 +139,10 @@ export function resolveConfig(
       : new RegExp(resolved.testNamePattern)
     : undefined
 
-  const CI = !!process.env.CI
   const UPDATE_SNAPSHOT = resolved.update || process.env.UPDATE_SNAPSHOT
   resolved.snapshotOptions = {
     snapshotFormat: resolved.snapshotFormat || {},
-    updateSnapshot: CI && !UPDATE_SNAPSHOT
+    updateSnapshot: isCI && !UPDATE_SNAPSHOT
       ? 'none'
       : UPDATE_SNAPSHOT
         ? 'all'
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/base.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/base.ts
index 320b634e37b7..80ac85e139d4 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/base.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/base.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { performance } from 'perf_hooks'
 import c from 'picocolors'
 import type { ErrorWithDiff, File, Reporter, Task, TaskResultPack, UserConsoleLog } from '../../types'
-import { clearInterval, getFullName, getSuites, getTests, hasFailed, hasFailedSnapshot, isNode, relativePath, setInterval } from '../../utils'
+import { clearInterval, getFullName, getSuites, getTests, hasFailed, hasFailedSnapshot, isCI, isNode, relativePath, setInterval } from '../../utils'
 import type { Vitest } from '../../node'
 import { F_RIGHT } from '../../utils/figures'
 import { countTestErrors, divider, formatProjectName, formatTimeString, getStateString, getStateSymbol, pointer, renderSnapshotSummary } from './renderers/utils'
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export abstract class BaseReporter implements Reporter {
   start = 0
   end = 0
   watchFilters?: string[]
-  isTTY = isNode && process.stdout?.isTTY && !process.env.CI
+  isTTY = isNode && process.stdout?.isTTY && !isCI
   ctx: Vitest = undefined!
 
   private _filesInWatchMode = new Map<string, number>()
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/utils/env.ts b/packages/vitest/src/utils/env.ts
index 648a7337ceea..cafe9b01256e 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/utils/env.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/utils/env.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export const isNode: boolean = typeof process < 'u' && typeof process.stdout < 'u' && !process.versions?.deno && !globalThis.window
 export const isBrowser: boolean = typeof window !== 'undefined'
+export { isCI } from 'std-env'
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/vitest/src/utils/index.ts
index 21f3d40b7889..73365d759e5a 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type { Suite, Task } from '../types'
 import { EXIT_CODE_RESTART } from '../constants'
 import { getWorkerState } from '../utils'
 import { getNames } from './tasks'
-import { isBrowser, isNode } from './env'
+import { isBrowser, isCI, isNode } from './env'
 
 export * from './graph'
 export * from './tasks'
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export async function ensurePackageInstalled(
   if (isPackageExists(dependency, { paths: [root] }))
     return true
 
-  const promptInstall = !process.env.CI && process.stdout.isTTY
+  const promptInstall = !isCI && process.stdout.isTTY
 
   process.stderr.write(c.red(`${c.inverse(c.red(' MISSING DEP '))} Can not find dependency '${dependency}'\n\n`))
 
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index cd884b1089aa..c160b72af4b4 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -871,6 +871,7 @@ importers:
       prompts: ^2.4.2
       rollup: ^2.79.1
       source-map: ^0.6.1
+      std-env: ^3.3.1
       strip-ansi: ^7.0.1
       strip-literal: ^1.0.0
       tinybench: ^2.3.1
@@ -893,6 +894,7 @@ importers:
       local-pkg: 0.4.2
       picocolors: 1.0.0
       source-map: 0.6.1
+      std-env: 3.3.1
       strip-literal: 1.0.0
       tinybench: 2.3.1
       tinypool: 0.3.0
@@ -19118,6 +19120,10 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>= 0.8'}
     dev: true
 
+  /std-env/3.3.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-3H20QlwQsSm2OvAxWIYhs+j01MzzqwMwGiiO1NQaJYZgJZFPuAbf95/DiKRBSTYIJ2FeGUc+B/6mPGcWP9dO3Q==}
+    dev: false
+
   /store2/2.14.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-siT1RiqlfQnGqgT/YzXVUNsom9S0H1OX+dpdGN1xkyYATo4I6sep5NmsRD/40s3IIOvlCq6akxkqG82urIZW1w==}
     dev: true