diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin/rollup.config.js b/packages/vite-plugin/rollup.config.js
index 441dbce5..b425e71c 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin/rollup.config.js
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin/rollup.config.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const extensions = [".ts"];
 
 export default {
   input,
-  external: [...Object.keys(packageJson.dependencies), ...modulePackage.builtinModules],
+  external: [...Object.keys(packageJson.dependencies), ...modulePackage.builtinModules, "vite"],
   onwarn: (warning) => {
     if (warning.code === "CIRCULAR_DEPENDENCY") {
       // Circular dependencies are usually not a big deal for us so let's just warn about them
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin/src/index.ts b/packages/vite-plugin/src/index.ts
index cfa3856d..4d72d217 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin/src/index.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 import { SentryRollupPluginOptions } from "@sentry/rollup-plugin";
 import { _rollupPluginInternal } from "@sentry/rollup-plugin";
-import { createRequire } from "node:module";
-import { Plugin } from "vite";
+import vite, { Plugin } from "vite";
 
 function getViteMajorVersion(): string | undefined {
   try {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
-    // @ts-ignore - Rollup already transpiles this for us
-    const req = createRequire(import.meta.url);
-    const vite = req("vite") as { version?: string };
-    return vite.version?.split(".")[0];
+    // The version export was only added in Vite v3?
+    return vite?.version?.split(".")[0];
   } catch (err) {
     // do nothing, we'll just not report a version
   }