diff --git a/.changeset/rotten-windows-wonder.md b/.changeset/rotten-windows-wonder.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fb7ebf7adabd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rotten-windows-wonder.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: adjust vite config type to work with vitest options
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+vitest/vite.config.ts b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+vitest/vite.config.ts
index 4942cb347ebc..37b6a84bc3c4 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+vitest/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+vitest/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 import { sveltekit } from '@sveltejs/kit/vite';
-import type { UserConfig } from 'vite';
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config';
 
-/** @type {import('vite').UserConfig} */
-const config: UserConfig = {
+export default defineConfig({
 	plugins: [sveltekit()],
 	test: {
 		include: ['src/**/*.{test,spec}.{js,ts}']
 	}
-};
-
-export default config;
+});
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/vite.config.ts b/packages/create-svelte/shared/vite.config.ts
index 60ef89c74357..bbf8c7da43f0 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/shared/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 import { sveltekit } from '@sveltejs/kit/vite';
-import type { UserConfig } from 'vite';
+import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
 
-/** @type {import('vite').UserConfig} */
-const config: UserConfig = {
+export default defineConfig({
 	plugins: [sveltekit()]
-};
-
-export default config;
+});
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/vite.config.js b/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/vite.config.js
index 9f6d10066b6f..b594e97fa5aa 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/vite.config.js
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/vite.config.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import { sveltekit } from '@sveltejs/kit/vite';
+import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
 
-/** @type {import('vite').UserConfig} */
-const config = {
+export default defineConfig({
 	plugins: [sveltekit()],
 
 	server: {
@@ -10,6 +10,4 @@ const config = {
 			allow: [path.resolve('../../../kit')]
 		}
 	}
-};
-
-export default config;
+});
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/templates/skeleton/vite.config.js b/packages/create-svelte/templates/skeleton/vite.config.js
index 8747050534d8..bbf8c7da43f0 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/templates/skeleton/vite.config.js
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/templates/skeleton/vite.config.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { sveltekit } from '@sveltejs/kit/vite';
+import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
 
-/** @type {import('vite').UserConfig} */
-const config = {
+export default defineConfig({
 	plugins: [sveltekit()]
-};
-
-export default config;
+});
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/templates/skeletonlib/vite.config.js b/packages/create-svelte/templates/skeletonlib/vite.config.js
index 8747050534d8..bbf8c7da43f0 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/templates/skeletonlib/vite.config.js
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/templates/skeletonlib/vite.config.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { sveltekit } from '@sveltejs/kit/vite';
+import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
 
-/** @type {import('vite').UserConfig} */
-const config = {
+export default defineConfig({
 	plugins: [sveltekit()]
-};
-
-export default config;
+});