diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/error.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/error.ts
index a3f12ef63a76..683d0c314568 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/error.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/error.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable prefer-template */
 /* eslint-disable no-template-curly-in-string */
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs'
-import { join, relative } from 'pathe'
+import { join, normalize, relative } from 'pathe'
 import c from 'picocolors'
 import cliTruncate from 'cli-truncate'
 import type { ErrorWithDiff, ParsedStack, Position } from '../types'
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function handleImportOutsideModuleError(stack: string, ctx: Vitest) {
   if (!esmErrors.some(e => stack.includes(e)))
     return
 
-  const path = stack.split('\n')[0].trim()
+  const path = normalize(stack.split('\n')[0].trim())
   let name = path.split('/node_modules/').pop() || ''
   if (name?.startsWith('@'))
     name = name.split('/').slice(0, 2).join('/')
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/stdin.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/stdin.ts
index 1595c331f578..847769ba4219 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/stdin.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/stdin.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import readline from 'readline'
 import c from 'picocolors'
 import prompt from 'prompts'
+import { stdout } from '../utils'
 import type { Vitest } from './core'
 
 const keys = [
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ const keys = [
 ]
 
 export function printShortcutsHelp() {
-  process.stdout.write(
+  stdout().write(
     `
 ${c.bold('  Watch Usage')}
 ${keys.map(i => c.dim('  press ') + c.reset(c.bold(i[0])) + c.dim(` to ${i[1]}`)).join('\n')}
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/collect.ts b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/collect.ts
index fcb210803512..35a74eb583bb 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/collect.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/collect.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { createHash } from 'crypto'
 import { relative } from 'pathe'
 import type { File, ResolvedConfig, Suite, TaskBase } from '../types'
+import { stdout } from '../utils'
 import { clearCollectorContext, defaultSuite } from './suite'
 import { getHooks, setHooks } from './map'
 import { processError } from './error'
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export async function collectTests(paths: string[], config: ResolvedConfig) {
         error: processError(e),
       }
       // not sure thy, this line is needed to trigger the error
-      process.stdout.write('\0')
+      stdout().write('\0')
     }
 
     calculateHash(file)
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/worker.ts b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/worker.ts
index fe827f25c852..f0d3d2c5aed4 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/worker.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/worker.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { createBirpc } from 'birpc'
 import { ModuleCacheMap } from 'vite-node/client'
 import type { ResolvedConfig, WorkerContext, WorkerRPC } from '../types'
 import { distDir } from '../constants'
-import { getWorkerState } from '../utils'
+import { getWorkerState, stdout } from '../utils'
 import type { MockMap } from '../types/mocker'
 import { executeInViteNode } from './execute'
 import { rpc } from './rpc'
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function init(ctx: WorkerContext) {
   if (typeof __vitest_worker__ !== 'undefined' && ctx.config.threads && ctx.config.isolate)
     throw new Error(`worker for ${ctx.files.join(',')} already initialized by ${getWorkerState().ctx.files.join(',')}. This is probably an internal bug of Vitest.`)
 
-  process.stdout.write('\0')
+  stdout().write('\0')
 
   const { config, port, id } = ctx
 
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/utils/base.ts b/packages/vitest/src/utils/base.ts
index c231f1b69431..3874d9684815 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/utils/base.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/utils/base.ts
@@ -126,3 +126,9 @@ export function assertTypes(value: unknown, name: string, types: string[]): void
   if (!pass)
     throw new TypeError(`${name} value must be ${types.join(' or ')}, received "${receivedType}"`)
 }
+
+export function stdout(): NodeJS.WriteStream {
+  // @ts-expect-error Node.js maps process.stdout to console._stdout
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  return console._stdout || process.stdout
+}