diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
index ba852b4fa..47950953b 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ export class Vitest {
     const runningTests = []
 
     for (const [filepath, deps] of testDeps) {
-      if (deps.size && related.some(path => deps.has(path)))
+      // if deps or the test itself were changed
+      if (deps.size && related.some(path => path === filepath || deps.has(path)))
         runningTests.push(filepath)
     }