diff --git a/docs/guide/test-context.md b/docs/guide/test-context.md
index 289186dae..7cf515db0 100644
--- a/docs/guide/test-context.md
+++ b/docs/guide/test-context.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Test Context | Guide
+outline: deep
 ---
 
 # Test Context
@@ -241,6 +242,70 @@ export default defineWorkspace([
 ```
 :::
 
+#### Scoping Values to Suite <Version>3.1.0</Version> {#scoping-values-to-suite}
+
+Since Vitest 3.1, you can override context values per suite and its children by using the `test.scoped` API:
+
+```ts
+import { test as baseTest, describe, expect } from 'vitest'
+
+const test = baseTest.extend({
+  dependency: 'default',
+  dependant: ({ dependency }, use) => use({ dependency })
+})
+
+describe('use scoped values', () => {
+  test.scoped({ dependency: 'new' })
+
+  test('uses scoped value', ({ dependant }) => {
+    // `dependant` uses the new overriden value that is scoped
+    // to all tests in this suite
+    expect(dependant).toEqual({ dependency: 'new' })
+  })
+
+  describe('keeps using scoped value', () => {
+    test('uses scoped value', ({ dependant }) => {
+      // nested suite inherited the value
+      expect(dependant).toEqual({ dependency: 'new' })
+    })
+  })
+})
+
+test('keep using the default values', ({ dependant }) => {
+  // the `dependency` is using the default
+  // value outside of the suite with .scoped
+  expect(dependant).toEqual({ dependency: 'default' })
+})
+```
+
+This API is particularly useful if you have a context value that relies on a dynamic variable like a database connection:
+
+```ts
+const test = baseTest.extend<{
+  db: Database
+  schema: string
+}>({
+  db: async ({ schema }, use) => {
+    const db = await createDb({ schema })
+    await use(db)
+    await cleanup(db)
+  },
+  schema: '',
+})
+
+describe('one type of schema', () => {
+  test.scoped({ schema: 'schema-1' })
+
+  // ... tests
+})
+
+describe('another type of schema', () => {
+  test.scoped({ schema: 'schema-2' })
+
+  // ... tests
+})
+```
+
 #### TypeScript
 
 To provide fixture types for all your custom contexts, you can pass the fixtures type as a generic.
diff --git a/packages/runner/src/fixture.ts b/packages/runner/src/fixture.ts
index 34a12f4e2..32afc6aad 100644
--- a/packages/runner/src/fixture.ts
+++ b/packages/runner/src/fixture.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { FixtureOptions, TestContext } from './types/tasks'
 import { createDefer, isObject } from '@vitest/utils'
-import { getFixture } from './map'
+import { getTestFixture } from './map'
 
 export interface FixtureItem extends FixtureOptions {
   prop: string
@@ -15,13 +15,36 @@ export interface FixtureItem extends FixtureOptions {
   deps?: FixtureItem[]
 }
 
-export function mergeContextFixtures(
+export function mergeScopedFixtures(
+  testFixtures: FixtureItem[],
+  scopedFixtures: FixtureItem[],
+): FixtureItem[] {
+  const scopedFixturesMap = scopedFixtures.reduce<Record<string, FixtureItem>>((map, fixture) => {
+    map[fixture.prop] = fixture
+    return map
+  }, {})
+  const newFixtures: Record<string, FixtureItem> = {}
+  testFixtures.forEach((fixture) => {
+    const useFixture = scopedFixturesMap[fixture.prop] || {
+      // we need to clone the fixture because we override its values
+      ...fixture,
+    }
+    newFixtures[useFixture.prop] = useFixture
+  })
+  for (const fixtureKep in newFixtures) {
+    const fixture = newFixtures[fixtureKep]
+    // if the fixture was define before the scope, then its dep
+    // will reference the original fixture instead of the scope
+    fixture.deps = fixture.deps?.map(dep => newFixtures[dep.prop])
+  }
+  return Object.values(newFixtures)
+}
+
+export function mergeContextFixtures<T extends { fixtures?: FixtureItem[] }>(
   fixtures: Record<string, any>,
-  context: { fixtures?: FixtureItem[] },
+  context: T,
   inject: (key: string) => unknown,
-): {
-    fixtures?: FixtureItem[]
-  } {
+): T {
   const fixtureOptionKeys = ['auto', 'injected']
   const fixtureArray: FixtureItem[] = Object.entries(fixtures).map(
     ([prop, value]) => {
@@ -92,7 +115,7 @@ export function withFixtures(fn: Function, testContext?: TestContext) {
       return fn({})
     }
 
-    const fixtures = getFixture(context)
+    const fixtures = getTestFixture(context)
     if (!fixtures?.length) {
       return fn(context)
     }
diff --git a/packages/runner/src/map.ts b/packages/runner/src/map.ts
index 0fe191814..f2d33e633 100644
--- a/packages/runner/src/map.ts
+++ b/packages/runner/src/map.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { Custom, Suite, SuiteHooks, Test, TestContext } from './types/tasks
 
 // use WeakMap here to make the Test and Suite object serializable
 const fnMap = new WeakMap()
-const fixtureMap = new WeakMap()
+const testFixtureMap = new WeakMap()
 const hooksMap = new WeakMap()
 
 export function setFn(key: Test | Custom, fn: () => Awaitable<void>): void {
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ export function getFn<Task = Test | Custom>(key: Task): () => Awaitable<void> {
   return fnMap.get(key as any)
 }
 
-export function setFixture(
+export function setTestFixture(
   key: TestContext,
   fixture: FixtureItem[] | undefined,
 ): void {
-  fixtureMap.set(key, fixture)
+  testFixtureMap.set(key, fixture)
 }
 
-export function getFixture<Context = TestContext>(key: Context): FixtureItem[] {
-  return fixtureMap.get(key as any)
+export function getTestFixture<Context = TestContext>(key: Context): FixtureItem[] {
+  return testFixtureMap.get(key as any)
 }
 
 export function setHooks(key: Suite, hooks: SuiteHooks): void {
diff --git a/packages/runner/src/suite.ts b/packages/runner/src/suite.ts
index cb04e7619..2b5301662 100644
--- a/packages/runner/src/suite.ts
+++ b/packages/runner/src/suite.ts
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ import {
   runWithSuite,
   withTimeout,
 } from './context'
-import { mergeContextFixtures, withFixtures } from './fixture'
-import { getHooks, setFixture, setFn, setHooks } from './map'
+import { mergeContextFixtures, mergeScopedFixtures, withFixtures } from './fixture'
+import { getHooks, setFn, setHooks, setTestFixture } from './map'
 import { getCurrentTest } from './test-state'
 import { createChainable } from './utils/chain'
 
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ function createSuiteCollector(
       value: context,
       enumerable: false,
     })
-    setFixture(context, options.fixtures)
+    setTestFixture(context, options.fixtures)
 
     if (handler) {
       setFn(
@@ -395,6 +395,8 @@ function createSuiteCollector(
     test.type = 'test'
   })
 
+  let collectorFixtures: FixtureItem[] | undefined
+
   const collector: SuiteCollector = {
     type: 'collector',
     name,
@@ -407,6 +409,19 @@ function createSuiteCollector(
     task,
     clear,
     on: addHook,
+    fixtures() {
+      return collectorFixtures
+    },
+    scoped(fixtures) {
+      const parsed = mergeContextFixtures(
+        fixtures,
+        { fixtures: collectorFixtures },
+        (key: string) => getRunner().injectValue?.(key),
+      )
+      if (parsed.fixtures) {
+        collectorFixtures = parsed.fixtures
+      }
+    },
   }
 
   function addHook<T extends keyof SuiteHooks>(name: T, ...fn: SuiteHooks[T]) {
@@ -734,6 +749,11 @@ export function createTaskCollector(
     return condition ? this : this.skip
   }
 
+  taskFn.scoped = function (fixtures: Fixtures<Record<string, any>>) {
+    const collector = getCurrentSuite()
+    collector.scoped(fixtures)
+  }
+
   taskFn.extend = function (fixtures: Fixtures<Record<string, any>>) {
     const _context = mergeContextFixtures(
       fixtures,
@@ -746,7 +766,15 @@ export function createTaskCollector(
       optionsOrFn?: TestOptions | TestFunction,
       optionsOrTest?: number | TestOptions | TestFunction,
     ) {
-      getCurrentSuite().test.fn.call(
+      const collector = getCurrentSuite()
+      const scopedFixtures = collector.fixtures()
+      if (scopedFixtures) {
+        this.fixtures = mergeScopedFixtures(
+          this.fixtures || [],
+          scopedFixtures,
+        )
+      }
+      collector.test.fn.call(
         this,
         formatName(name),
         optionsOrFn as TestOptions,
diff --git a/packages/runner/src/types/tasks.ts b/packages/runner/src/types/tasks.ts
index 4b3819144..79298dee7 100644
--- a/packages/runner/src/types/tasks.ts
+++ b/packages/runner/src/types/tasks.ts
@@ -468,6 +468,9 @@ export type TestAPI<ExtraContext = object> = ChainableTestAPI<ExtraContext> &
           ? ExtraContext[K]
           : never;
     }>
+    scoped: (
+      fixtures: Fixtures<Partial<ExtraContext>>
+    ) => void
   }
 
 /** @deprecated use `TestAPI` instead */
@@ -616,6 +619,8 @@ export interface SuiteCollector<ExtraContext = object> {
     | Test<ExtraContext>
     | SuiteCollector<ExtraContext>
   )[]
+  scoped: (fixtures: Fixtures<any, ExtraContext>) => void
+  fixtures: () => FixtureItem[] | undefined
   suite?: Suite
   task: (name: string, options?: TaskCustomOptions) => Test<ExtraContext>
   collect: (file: File) => Promise<Suite>
diff --git a/test/core/test/test-extend.test.ts b/test/core/test/test-extend.test.ts
index 1f153f570..2413eb521 100644
--- a/test/core/test/test-extend.test.ts
+++ b/test/core/test/test-extend.test.ts
@@ -384,3 +384,70 @@ describe('asynchronous setup/teardown', () => {
     ])
   })
 })
+
+describe('scoping variables to suite', () => {
+  const testAPI = test.extend<{
+    dependency: string
+    pkg: { dependency: string }
+  }>({
+    dependency: 'default',
+    pkg: ({ dependency }, use) => use({ dependency }),
+  })
+
+  testAPI('uses default values', ({ pkg }) => {
+    expect(pkg).toEqual({ dependency: 'default' })
+  })
+
+  describe('override dependency', () => {
+    testAPI.scoped({ dependency: 'new' })
+
+    testAPI('uses new values', ({ pkg }) => {
+      expect(pkg).toEqual({ dependency: 'new' })
+    })
+
+    describe('nested keeps parent scope', () => {
+      testAPI('keeps using new values', ({ pkg }) => {
+        expect(pkg).toEqual({ dependency: 'new' })
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('override nested overriden scope', () => {
+      testAPI.scoped({ dependency: 'override' })
+
+      testAPI('keeps using new values', ({ pkg }) => {
+        expect(pkg).toEqual({ dependency: 'override' })
+      })
+    })
+
+    testAPI('uses new values', ({ pkg }) => {
+      expect(pkg).toEqual({ dependency: 'new' })
+    })
+  })
+
+  testAPI('keeps using default values', ({ pkg }) => {
+    expect(pkg).toEqual({ dependency: 'default' })
+  })
+
+  describe('override the pkg too', () => {
+    testAPI.scoped({ pkg: { dependency: 'override' } })
+
+    testAPI('uses new values', ({ pkg }) => {
+      expect(pkg).toEqual({ dependency: 'override' })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('override as dynamic', () => {
+    testAPI.scoped({ dependency: ({}, use) => use('override') })
+
+    testAPI('uses new values', ({ pkg }) => {
+      expect(pkg).toEqual({ dependency: 'override' })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe.skip('type only', () => {
+    testAPI.scoped({
+      // @ts-expect-error nonExisting is not defined on the testAPI
+      nonExisting: false,
+    })
+  })
+})