diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index 9cd54f623..1de2500f4 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export default typegen([
       globals: {
         ...globals.es6,
         ...globals.node,
-        ...globals.mocha
+        ...globals.vitest
       }
     },
     linterOptions: {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a473deb46..4e6ef5cc0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
   "scripts": {
     "new": "node tools/new-rule.js",
     "start": "npm run test:base -- --watch --growl",
-    "test:base": "mocha \"tests/lib/**/*.js\" --reporter dot",
-    "test": "nyc npm run test:base -- \"tests/integrations/*.js\" --timeout 60000",
-    "test:integrations": "mocha \"tests/integrations/*.js\" --timeout 60000",
-    "debug": "mocha --inspect \"tests/lib/**/*.js\" --reporter dot --timeout 60000",
+    "test:base": "vitest run --reporter=dot tests/lib",
+    "test": "vitest run",
+    "test:integrations": "vitest run tests/integrations",
+    "debug": "vitest run --inspect --no-file-parallelism --reporter=dot tests/lib",
     "cover": "npm run cover:test && npm run cover:report",
-    "cover:test": "nyc npm run test:base -- --timeout 60000",
-    "cover:report": "nyc report --reporter=html",
+    "cover:test": "vitest run --coverage --reporter=dot tests/lib",
+    "cover:report": "echo 'HTML coverage report available at ./coverage/index.html'",
     "lint": "eslint . && markdownlint \"**/*.md\"",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix && markdownlint \"**/*.md\" --fix",
     "tsc": "tsc",
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@
     "globals": "^15.14.0",
     "jsdom": "^22.0.0",
     "markdownlint-cli": "^0.42.0",
-    "mocha": "^10.7.3",
-    "nyc": "^17.1.0",
     "pathe": "^1.1.2",
     "prettier": "^3.3.3",
     "typescript": "^5.7.2",
     "vite-plugin-eslint4b": "^0.5.1",
     "vitepress": "^1.4.1",
-    "vue-eslint-parser": "^10.0.0"
+    "vue-eslint-parser": "^10.0.0",
+    "vitest": "^3.2.4",
+    "@vitest/coverage-v8": "^3.2.4"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/integrations/eslint-plugin-import.js b/tests/integrations/eslint-plugin-import.js
index 4e26508ce..6f4be7acf 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/eslint-plugin-import.js
+++ b/tests/integrations/eslint-plugin-import.js
@@ -9,18 +9,12 @@ const cp = require('child_process')
 const path = require('path')
 const semver = require('semver')
 
+const PLUGIN_DIR = path.join(__dirname, 'eslint-plugin-import')
 const ESLINT = `.${path.sep}node_modules${path.sep}.bin${path.sep}eslint`
 
 describe('Integration with eslint-plugin-import', () => {
-  let originalCwd
-
-  before(() => {
-    originalCwd = process.cwd()
-    process.chdir(path.join(__dirname, 'eslint-plugin-import'))
-    cp.execSync('npm i', { stdio: 'inherit' })
-  })
-  after(() => {
-    process.chdir(originalCwd)
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    cp.execSync('npm i', { cwd: PLUGIN_DIR, stdio: 'inherit' })
   })
 
   // https://github.com/vuejs/eslint-plugin-vue/issues/21#issuecomment-308957697
@@ -41,6 +35,6 @@ describe('Integration with eslint-plugin-import', () => {
       return
     }
 
-    cp.execSync(`${ESLINT} a.vue`, { stdio: 'inherit' })
+    cp.execSync(`${ESLINT} a.vue`, { cwd: PLUGIN_DIR, stdio: 'inherit' })
   })
 })
diff --git a/tests/integrations/flat-config.js b/tests/integrations/flat-config.js
index df5190021..9dd2f2ad8 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/flat-config.js
+++ b/tests/integrations/flat-config.js
@@ -5,18 +5,12 @@ const cp = require('child_process')
 const path = require('path')
 const semver = require('semver')
 
+const TARGET_DIR = path.join(__dirname, 'flat-config')
 const ESLINT = `.${path.sep}node_modules${path.sep}.bin${path.sep}eslint`
 
 describe('Integration with flat config', () => {
-  let originalCwd
-
-  before(() => {
-    originalCwd = process.cwd()
-    process.chdir(path.join(__dirname, 'flat-config'))
-    cp.execSync('npm i -f', { stdio: 'inherit' })
-  })
-  after(() => {
-    process.chdir(originalCwd)
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    cp.execSync('npm i -f', { cwd: TARGET_DIR, stdio: 'inherit' })
   })
 
   it('should lint without errors', () => {
@@ -33,6 +27,7 @@ describe('Integration with flat config', () => {
 
     const result = JSON.parse(
       cp.execSync(`${ESLINT} a.vue --format=json`, {
+        cwd: TARGET_DIR,
         encoding: 'utf8'
       })
     )
diff --git a/vitest.config.ts b/vitest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74bea927a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vitest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+import { configDefaults, defineConfig } from 'vitest/config';
+export default defineConfig({
+  test: {
+    include: [...configDefaults.include, 'tests/lib/**/*.js', 'tests/integrations/**/*.js'],
+    exclude: [...configDefaults.exclude, 'tests/fixtures/**'],
+    passWithNoTests: true,
+    testTimeout: 60_000,
+    globals: true,
+    coverage: {
+      provider: 'v8',
+      include: ['lib/**/*.js'],
+      exclude: [
+        'tests/**',
+        'dist/**',
+        'tools/**',
+        'node_modules/**'
+      ],
+      reporter: ['text', 'lcov', 'json-summary', 'html'],
+      all: true,
+      reportsDirectory: './coverage'
+    },
+  },
+});