diff --git a/src/lightning_app/components/multi_node/lite.py b/src/lightning_app/components/multi_node/lite.py
index 003c6dfb1c75af..5f3351142ad5ef 100644
--- a/src/lightning_app/components/multi_node/lite.py
+++ b/src/lightning_app/components/multi_node/lite.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ def run(
             try:
                 pkg = importlib.import_module(pkg_name)
                 lites.append(pkg.LightningLite)
-                strategies.append(pkg.strategies.DDPSpawnShardedStrategy)
-                strategies.append(pkg.strategies.DDPSpawnStrategy)
+                strategies.append(pkg.strategies.DDPShardedStrategy)
+                strategies.append(pkg.strategies.DDPStrategy)
                 mps_accelerators.append(pkg.accelerators.MPSAccelerator)
             except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):
                 continue
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def pre_fn(lite, *args, **kwargs):
                         strategy = "ddp"
                     elif strategy == "ddp_sharded_spawn":
                         strategy = "ddp_sharded"
-                elif isinstance(strategy, tuple(strategies)):
+                elif isinstance(strategy, tuple(strategies)) and strategy._start_method in ("spawn", "fork"):
                     raise ValueError("DDP Spawned strategies aren't supported yet.")
 
             kwargs["strategy"] = strategy
diff --git a/tests/tests_app/components/multi_node/test_lite.py b/tests/tests_app/components/multi_node/test_lite.py
index 9b8aa29779fd21..2a60cf71df4d06 100644
--- a/tests/tests_app/components/multi_node/test_lite.py
+++ b/tests/tests_app/components/multi_node/test_lite.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def test_trainer_run_executor_arguments_choices(args_given: dict, args_expected:
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not module_available("lightning"), reason="Lightning not available")
 def test_lite_run_executor_invalid_strategy_instances():
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="DDP Spawned strategies aren't supported yet."):
-        _, _ = _get_args_after_tracer_injection(strategy=ll.strategies.DDPSpawnStrategy())
+        _, _ = _get_args_after_tracer_injection(strategy=ll.strategies.DDPStrategy(start_method="spawn"))
 
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="DDP Spawned strategies aren't supported yet."):
-        _, _ = _get_args_after_tracer_injection(strategy=ll.strategies.DDPSpawnShardedStrategy())
+        _, _ = _get_args_after_tracer_injection(strategy=ll.strategies.DDPShardedStrategy(start_method="spawn"))