diff --git a/.changeset/smart-buttons-provide.md b/.changeset/smart-buttons-provide.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..347f4ac21d19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/smart-buttons-provide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+"@sveltejs/adapter-auto": patch
+"@sveltejs/adapter-netlify": patch
+"@sveltejs/adapter-node": patch
+"@sveltejs/adapter-static": patch
+"@sveltejs/adapter-vercel": patch
+"create-svelte": patch
+"@sveltejs/enhanced-img": patch
+"@sveltejs/kit": patch
+---
+
+fix: import `node:process` instead of using globals
diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index 57c933183a19..8f15b41b936e 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default [
 			'packages/adapter-static/test/apps/*/build',
 			'packages/adapter-cloudflare/files',
 			'packages/adapter-netlify/files',
-			'packages/adapter-node/files',
+			'packages/adapter-node/files'
 		]
 	},
 	{
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export default [
 			'@typescript-eslint/await-thenable': 'error',
 			'@typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions': 'off',
 			'@typescript-eslint/require-await': 'error',
+			'n/prefer-global/process': ['error', 'never']
 		},
 		ignores: [
 			'packages/adapter-node/rollup.config.js',
diff --git a/packages/adapter-auto/adapters.js b/packages/adapter-auto/adapters.js
index 040876900506..edf9e3436e20 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-auto/adapters.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-auto/adapters.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import process from 'node:process';
+
 // List of adapters to check for. `version` is used to pin the installed adapter version and should point
 // to the latest version of the adapter that is compatible with adapter-auto's current peerDependency version of SvelteKit.
 export const adapters = [
diff --git a/packages/adapter-auto/index.js b/packages/adapter-auto/index.js
index fe720092bc79..1519169f7d5e 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-auto/index.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-auto/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { resolve } from 'import-meta-resolve';
 import { adapters } from './adapters.js';
 import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
 import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+import process from 'node:process';
 
 /** @type {Record<string, (name: string, version: string) => string>} */
 const commands = {
diff --git a/packages/adapter-netlify/index.js b/packages/adapter-netlify/index.js
index f843ed46b809..2b7fafd47711 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-netlify/index.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-netlify/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { appendFileSync, existsSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync }
 import { dirname, join, resolve, posix } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { builtinModules } from 'node:module';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import esbuild from 'esbuild';
 import toml from '@iarna/toml';
 
diff --git a/packages/adapter-netlify/src/serverless.js b/packages/adapter-netlify/src/serverless.js
index e14c8189dee4..486e4f8c3c6d 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-netlify/src/serverless.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-netlify/src/serverless.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import './shims';
 import { Server } from '0SERVER';
 import { split_headers } from './headers.js';
 import { createReadableStream } from '@sveltejs/kit/node';
+import process from 'node:process';
 
 /**
  * @param {import('@sveltejs/kit').SSRManifest} manifest
diff --git a/packages/adapter-node/src/env.js b/packages/adapter-node/src/env.js
index 0240abd0e798..b8e44ee0c7f5 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-node/src/env.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-node/src/env.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /* global ENV_PREFIX */
+import process from 'node:process';
 
 const expected = new Set([
 	'SOCKET_PATH',
diff --git a/packages/adapter-node/src/handler.js b/packages/adapter-node/src/handler.js
index 51690b783095..966956ff2cb7 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-node/src/handler.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-node/src/handler.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'SHIMS';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import sirv from 'sirv';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { parse as polka_url_parser } from '@polka/url';
diff --git a/packages/adapter-node/src/index.js b/packages/adapter-node/src/index.js
index 495eb7a69e11..1000b46f3a11 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-node/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-node/src/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from 'node:process';
 import { handler } from 'HANDLER';
 import { env } from 'ENV';
 import polka from 'polka';
diff --git a/packages/adapter-static/platforms.js b/packages/adapter-static/platforms.js
index 908e74b29a86..51a6bf0a3562 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-static/platforms.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-static/platforms.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
+import process from 'node:process';
 
 /**
  * @typedef {{
diff --git a/packages/adapter-static/test/utils.js b/packages/adapter-static/test/utils.js
index 28a931073483..52d5adbf7759 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-static/test/utils.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-static/test/utils.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { devices } from '@playwright/test';
+import process from 'node:process';
 
 /** @type {import('@playwright/test').PlaywrightTestConfig} */
 export const config = {
diff --git a/packages/adapter-vercel/files/edge.js b/packages/adapter-vercel/files/edge.js
index 9834559a2235..1098fbf31379 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-vercel/files/edge.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-vercel/files/edge.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/* eslint-disable n/prefer-global/process --
+ Vercel Edge Runtime does not support node:process */
 import { Server } from 'SERVER';
 import { manifest } from 'MANIFEST';
 
diff --git a/packages/adapter-vercel/files/serverless.js b/packages/adapter-vercel/files/serverless.js
index 1a76ba8a6f29..a8f774be9424 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-vercel/files/serverless.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-vercel/files/serverless.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { installPolyfills } from '@sveltejs/kit/node/polyfills';
 import { getRequest, setResponse, createReadableStream } from '@sveltejs/kit/node';
 import { Server } from 'SERVER';
 import { manifest } from 'MANIFEST';
+import process from 'node:process';
 
 installPolyfills();
 
diff --git a/packages/adapter-vercel/index.js b/packages/adapter-vercel/index.js
index 46a3e00bdf68..bef15fc1ccfe 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-vercel/index.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-vercel/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { nodeFileTrace } from '@vercel/nft';
 import esbuild from 'esbuild';
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/bin.js b/packages/create-svelte/bin.js
index bbb0e8f86e62..0c1992b58186 100755
--- a/packages/create-svelte/bin.js
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/bin.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import * as p from '@clack/prompts';
 import { bold, cyan, grey, yellow } from 'kleur/colors';
 import { create } from './index.js';
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/scripts/update-template-repo-contents.js b/packages/create-svelte/scripts/update-template-repo-contents.js
index ad2f1ad84156..f6aaa67d04e6 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/scripts/update-template-repo-contents.js
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/scripts/update-template-repo-contents.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import { create } from '../index.js';
 
 const repo = process.argv[2];
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/utils.js b/packages/create-svelte/utils.js
index d2760749f6ae..a22ad37f34db 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/utils.js
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/utils.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 
 /** @param {string} dir */
diff --git a/packages/enhanced-img/src/index.js b/packages/enhanced-img/src/index.js
index 7e46b9570127..793d66593ea1 100644
--- a/packages/enhanced-img/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/enhanced-img/src/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import { imagetools } from 'vite-imagetools';
 import { image } from './preprocessor.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/kit/postinstall.js b/packages/kit/postinstall.js
index 5842304dd683..ac79151ebc44 100644
--- a/packages/kit/postinstall.js
+++ b/packages/kit/postinstall.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { load_config } from './src/core/config/index.js';
 import glob from 'tiny-glob/sync.js';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
+import process from 'node:process';
 
 try {
 	const cwd = process.env.INIT_CWD ?? process.cwd();
diff --git a/packages/kit/scripts/cp.js b/packages/kit/scripts/cp.js
index bca3e121c516..950120b35802 100755
--- a/packages/kit/scripts/cp.js
+++ b/packages/kit/scripts/cp.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { copy } from '../src/utils/filesystem.js';
+import process from 'node:process';
 
 const [src, dest] = process.argv.slice(2);
 
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/cli.js b/packages/kit/src/cli.js
index 99c339844230..1ebb02049afe 100755
--- a/packages/kit/src/cli.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/cli.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import colors from 'kleur';
 import sade from 'sade';
 import { load_config } from './core/config/index.js';
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/config/index.js b/packages/kit/src/core/config/index.js
index 7d4817fce5dc..36b82a86db04 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/config/index.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/config/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import * as url from 'node:url';
 import options from './options.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/config/index.spec.js b/packages/kit/src/core/config/index.spec.js
index e5639defc4c2..0f946a61292d 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/config/index.spec.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/config/index.spec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { assert, expect, test } from 'vitest';
 import { validate_config, load_config } from './index.js';
+import process from 'node:process';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = join(__filename, '..');
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/config/options.js b/packages/kit/src/core/config/options.js
index 316e935a2793..a4b41f2a16c6 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/config/options.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/config/options.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { join } from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 
 /** @typedef {import('./types.js').Validator} Validator */
 
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/sync/create_manifest_data/index.js b/packages/kit/src/core/sync/create_manifest_data/index.js
index acf6476b5a9c..588ba3d9c936 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/sync/create_manifest_data/index.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/sync/create_manifest_data/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import colors from 'kleur';
 import { lookup } from 'mrmime';
 import { list_files, runtime_directory } from '../../utils.js';
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_server.js b/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_server.js
index 3aa65f9ebe0b..eb50bfd4735b 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_server.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_server.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import { hash } from '../../runtime/hash.js';
 import { posixify, resolve_entry } from '../../utils/filesystem.js';
 import { s } from '../../utils/misc.js';
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_tsconfig.js b/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_tsconfig.js
index 896ef70b8e76..48114dd562fa 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_tsconfig.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_tsconfig.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import colors from 'kleur';
 import { posixify } from '../../utils/filesystem.js';
 import { write_if_changed } from './utils.js';
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_types/index.js b/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_types/index.js
index 778f338260c3..42728feaf187 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_types/index.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_types/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import MagicString from 'magic-string';
 import { posixify, rimraf, walk } from '../../../utils/filesystem.js';
 import { compact } from '../../../utils/array.js';
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/utils.js b/packages/kit/src/core/utils.js
index 6ab57f25c9cc..668306e9e70f 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/utils.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/utils.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import colors from 'kleur';
 import { posixify, to_fs } from '../utils/filesystem.js';
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/dev/index.js b/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/dev/index.js
index e3e69432aa81..e9eb23ec2c4f 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/dev/index.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/dev/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import { URL } from 'node:url';
 import { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks';
 import colors from 'kleur';
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js b/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js
index 2280025bcc62..06b1977c2b82 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 
 import colors from 'kleur';
 
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/utils/fork.js b/packages/kit/src/utils/fork.js
index 28dc8a798853..918eded41e5f 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/utils/fork.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/utils/fork.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { Worker, parentPort } from 'node:worker_threads';
+import process from 'node:process';
 
 /**
  * Runs a task in a subprocess so any dangling stuff gets killed upon completion.
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/utils/import.js b/packages/kit/src/utils/import.js
index ca49592e492b..78ed5482972d 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/utils/import.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/utils/import.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as imr from 'import-meta-resolve';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/utils.js b/packages/kit/test/utils.js
index 98c72bfe76f5..7ddbf3709361 100644
--- a/packages/kit/test/utils.js
+++ b/packages/kit/test/utils.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import http from 'node:http';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { test as base, devices } from '@playwright/test';
 
diff --git a/packages/migrate/bin.js b/packages/migrate/bin.js
index a643b8fa7c50..df8d7de7479d 100755
--- a/packages/migrate/bin.js
+++ b/packages/migrate/bin.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import fs from 'node:fs';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import colors from 'kleur';
 
diff --git a/packages/migrate/migrations/package/index.js b/packages/migrate/migrations/package/index.js
index 065892d8b860..f2d0683b667f 100644
--- a/packages/migrate/migrations/package/index.js
+++ b/packages/migrate/migrations/package/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import colors from 'kleur';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import prompts from 'prompts';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 import { bail, check_git } from '../../utils.js';
diff --git a/packages/migrate/migrations/routes/index.js b/packages/migrate/migrations/routes/index.js
index 4044fc931417..9f043327de6a 100644
--- a/packages/migrate/migrations/routes/index.js
+++ b/packages/migrate/migrations/routes/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import colors from 'kleur';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import prompts from 'prompts';
 import glob from 'tiny-glob/sync.js';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
diff --git a/packages/migrate/migrations/self-closing-tags/index.js b/packages/migrate/migrations/self-closing-tags/index.js
index 40bcabfa65bc..ced6ca3089e7 100644
--- a/packages/migrate/migrations/self-closing-tags/index.js
+++ b/packages/migrate/migrations/self-closing-tags/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import colors from 'kleur';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import prompts from 'prompts';
 import glob from 'tiny-glob/sync.js';
 import { remove_self_closing_tags } from './migrate.js';
diff --git a/packages/migrate/migrations/svelte-4/index.js b/packages/migrate/migrations/svelte-4/index.js
index fac2bffcb7f8..98ca69cb33d5 100644
--- a/packages/migrate/migrations/svelte-4/index.js
+++ b/packages/migrate/migrations/svelte-4/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import colors from 'kleur';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import prompts from 'prompts';
 import glob from 'tiny-glob/sync.js';
 import { bail, check_git, update_js_file, update_svelte_file } from '../../utils.js';
diff --git a/packages/migrate/migrations/sveltekit-2/index.js b/packages/migrate/migrations/sveltekit-2/index.js
index 32fb5408508f..86b5c7f34a43 100644
--- a/packages/migrate/migrations/sveltekit-2/index.js
+++ b/packages/migrate/migrations/sveltekit-2/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import colors from 'kleur';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import prompts from 'prompts';
 import semver from 'semver';
 import glob from 'tiny-glob/sync.js';
diff --git a/packages/migrate/utils.js b/packages/migrate/utils.js
index 71ec9e44e979..ca8ae6477a0a 100644
--- a/packages/migrate/utils.js
+++ b/packages/migrate/utils.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import MagicString from 'magic-string';
 import { execFileSync, execSync } from 'node:child_process';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import semver from 'semver';
 import ts from 'typescript';
 
diff --git a/packages/package/src/cli.js b/packages/package/src/cli.js
index 4833dc489359..6deffa3c20a6 100644
--- a/packages/package/src/cli.js
+++ b/packages/package/src/cli.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import colors from 'kleur';
 import sade from 'sade';
 import { load_config } from './config.js';
diff --git a/packages/package/src/config.js b/packages/package/src/config.js
index 81d9756d7772..651c09f3fcf3 100644
--- a/packages/package/src/config.js
+++ b/packages/package/src/config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import url from 'node:url';
 
diff --git a/packages/package/test/index.js b/packages/package/test/index.js
index 73667f593266..45903ecb0b23 100644
--- a/packages/package/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/package/test/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
+import process from 'node:process';
 import { join, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';