diff --git a/scripts/prepush-ci.sh b/scripts/prepush-ci.sh
index 2f3b7b24a7..8fba0b46d4 100644
--- a/scripts/prepush-ci.sh
+++ b/scripts/prepush-ci.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ run_linux_ci_mirror() {
   run_step pnpm lint:ui:no-raw-window-open
   run_protocol_ci_mirror
   run_step pnpm canvas:a2ui:bundle
-  run_step pnpm vitest run --config vitest.extensions.config.ts --maxWorkers=1
+  run_step pnpm exec vitest run --config vitest.extensions.config.ts --maxWorkers=1
   run_step env CI=true pnpm exec vitest run --config vitest.unit.config.ts --maxWorkers=1
 
   log_step "OPENCLAW_VITEST_MAX_WORKERS=${OPENCLAW_VITEST_MAX_WORKERS:-1} NODE_OPTIONS=${NODE_OPTIONS:---max-old-space-size=6144} pnpm test"
diff --git a/scripts/test-force.ts b/scripts/test-force.ts
index 9b907263d7..0c55342313 100755
--- a/scripts/test-force.ts
+++ b/scripts/test-force.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function runTests() {
   const isolatedLock =
     process.env.OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_LOCK ??
     path.join(os.tmpdir(), `openclaw-gateway.lock.test.${Date.now()}`);
-  const result = spawnSync("pnpm", ["vitest", "run"], {
+  const result = spawnSync("pnpm", ["exec", "vitest", "run"], {
     stdio: "inherit",
     env: {
       ...process.env,
diff --git a/scripts/test-report-utils.mjs b/scripts/test-report-utils.mjs
index af4c5d6dbd..e97c4fa38a 100644
--- a/scripts/test-report-utils.mjs
+++ b/scripts/test-report-utils.mjs
@@ -43,7 +43,16 @@ export function runVitestJsonReport({
   if (!(reportPath && fs.existsSync(resolvedReportPath))) {
     const run = spawnSync(
       "pnpm",
-      ["vitest", "run", "--config", config, "--reporter=json", "--outputFile", resolvedReportPath],
+      [
+        "exec",
+        "vitest",
+        "run",
+        "--config",
+        config,
+        "--reporter=json",
+        "--outputFile",
+        resolvedReportPath,
+      ],
       {
         stdio: "inherit",
         env: process.env,
diff --git a/test/scripts/test-report-utils.test.ts b/test/scripts/test-report-utils.test.ts
index 55537a6920..a42817750d 100644
--- a/test/scripts/test-report-utils.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/test-report-utils.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
   collectVitestFileDurations,
   normalizeTrackedRepoPath,
   tryReadJsonFile,
 } from "../../scripts/test-report-utils.mjs";
 
+const { spawnSyncMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  spawnSyncMock: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("node:child_process", () => ({
+  spawnSync: spawnSyncMock,
+}));
+
 describe("scripts/test-report-utils normalizeTrackedRepoPath", () => {
   it("normalizes repo-local absolute paths to repo-relative slash paths", () => {
     const absoluteFile = path.join(process.cwd(), "src", "tools", "example.test.ts");
@@ -69,3 +77,41 @@ describe("scripts/test-report-utils tryReadJsonFile", () => {
     }
   });
 });
+
+describe("scripts/test-report-utils runVitestJsonReport", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.resetModules();
+    spawnSyncMock.mockReset();
+  });
+
+  it("launches Vitest through pnpm exec", async () => {
+    spawnSyncMock.mockReturnValue({ status: 0 });
+    const reportPath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `openclaw-vitest-json-${Date.now()}.json`);
+    const { runVitestJsonReport } = await import("../../scripts/test-report-utils.mjs");
+
+    expect(
+      runVitestJsonReport({
+        config: "vitest.unit.config.ts",
+        reportPath,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(reportPath);
+
+    expect(spawnSyncMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "pnpm",
+      [
+        "exec",
+        "vitest",
+        "run",
+        "--config",
+        "vitest.unit.config.ts",
+        "--reporter=json",
+        "--outputFile",
+        reportPath,
+      ],
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        stdio: "inherit",
+        env: process.env,
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+});