diff --git a/dev/aliases.cjs b/dev/aliases.cjs
index cb1c599c248..8e2eef55163 100644
--- a/dev/aliases.cjs
+++ b/dev/aliases.cjs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const devAliases = {
   // because they will be escaped by the jest config
   '@sanity/block-tools': './packages/@sanity/block-tools/src',
   '@sanity/diff': './packages/@sanity/diff/src',
+  '@sanity/cli': './packages/@sanity/cli/src',
   '@sanity/mutator': './packages/@sanity/mutator/src',
   '@sanity/portable-text-editor': './packages/@sanity/portable-text-editor/src',
   '@sanity/schema': './packages/@sanity/schema/src/_exports',
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/_internal/cli/threads/__tests__/validateDocuments.test.ts b/packages/sanity/src/_internal/cli/threads/__tests__/validateDocuments.test.ts
index 76e571866ed..18a6edc83e1 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/_internal/cli/threads/__tests__/validateDocuments.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/_internal/cli/threads/__tests__/validateDocuments.test.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ import {afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, jest} from '@jest/globals'
 import {type SanityDocument, type SanityProject} from '@sanity/client'
 import {evaluate, parse} from 'groq-js'
 import {createServer, type Server} from 'http'
+import path from 'path'
 import {Worker} from 'worker_threads'
 
+import {getAliases} from '../../server/aliases'
 import {createReceiver, type WorkerChannelReceiver} from '../../util/workerChannels'
 import {type ValidateDocumentsWorkerData, type ValidationWorkerChannel} from '../validateDocuments'
 
@@ -198,8 +200,11 @@ describe('validateDocuments', () => {
 
     const worker = new Worker(
       `
+        const moduleAlias = require('module-alias')
         const { register } = require('esbuild-register/dist/node')
 
+        moduleAlias.addAliases(${JSON.stringify(getAliases({monorepo: {path: path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../../../../..')}}))})
+
         const { unregister } = register({
           target: 'node18',
           format: 'cjs',