diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
index 17fffcd7d1e0b2..fdf29bd883d0ee 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ async function bundleConfigFile(
   mjs = false
 ): Promise<{ code: string; dependencies: string[] }> {
   const result = await build({
+    absWorkingDir: process.cwd(),
     entryPoints: [fileName],
     outfile: 'out.js',
     write: false,
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts
index 0da11cff24340f..7a2048098ffe12 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ export async function optimizeDeps(
     config.optimizeDeps?.esbuildOptions ?? {}
 
   const result = await build({
+    absWorkingDir: process.cwd(),
     entryPoints: Object.keys(flatIdDeps),
     bundle: true,
     format: 'esm',
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts
index 1dc6e47019d48b..0de531bcd5b5bb 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ export async function scanImports(config: ResolvedConfig): Promise<{
   await Promise.all(
     entries.map((entry) =>
       build({
+        absWorkingDir: process.cwd(),
         write: false,
         entryPoints: [entry],
         bundle: true,