diff --git a/packages/loaders/src/plugin-async-loader.ts b/packages/loaders/src/plugin-async-loader.ts
index 0469eb392..45cc37026 100644
--- a/packages/loaders/src/plugin-async-loader.ts
+++ b/packages/loaders/src/plugin-async-loader.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import { dirname, isAbsolute, join, resolve } from 'path';
 
 import { pluginUtils } from '@verdaccio/core';
-import { logger } from '@verdaccio/logger';
 import { Config, Logger } from '@verdaccio/types';
 
 import { PluginType, isES6, isValid, tryLoad } from './utils';
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ export async function asyncLoadPlugin<T extends pluginUtils.Plugin<T>>(
   pluginCategory: string = ''
 ): Promise<PluginType<T>[]> {
   const pluginsIds = Object.keys(pluginConfigs);
-  const { config } = params;
+  const { config, logger } = params;
   let plugins: PluginType<T>[] = [];
   for (let pluginId of pluginsIds) {
     debug('plugin %s', pluginId);
diff --git a/packages/store/jest.config.js b/packages/store/jest.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e5d1d5799..000000000
--- a/packages/store/jest.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-const config = require('../../jest/config');
-
-module.exports = Object.assign({}, config, {
-  coverageThreshold: {
-    global: {
-      // FIXME: increase to 90
-      branches: 62,
-      functions: 84,
-      lines: 74,
-    },
-  },
-});
diff --git a/packages/store/package.json b/packages/store/package.json
index 16647b09d..692687768 100644
--- a/packages/store/package.json
+++ b/packages/store/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "rimraf ./build",
-    "test": "jest",
+    "test": "vitest run",
     "type-check": "tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:js": "babel src/ --out-dir build/ --copy-files --extensions \".ts,.tsx\" --source-maps",
diff --git a/packages/store/test/legacy-utils.spec.ts b/packages/store/test/legacy-utils.spec.ts
index 16355f345..81df9bacb 100644
--- a/packages/store/test/legacy-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/store/test/legacy-utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { checkFunctionIsPromise, promisifiedCallbackFunction } from '../src/lib/legacy-utils';
 
 describe('utils', () => {
diff --git a/packages/store/test/star-utils.test.ts b/packages/store/test/star-utils.test.ts
index f0ff2d31e..e5d578248 100644
--- a/packages/store/test/star-utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/store/test/star-utils.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { Manifest } from '@verdaccio/types';
 
 import { generatePackageMetadata } from '../../api/node_modules/@verdaccio/test-helper/build';
diff --git a/packages/store/test/storage-utils.spec.ts b/packages/store/test/storage-utils.spec.ts
index 86b34569b..58f1d3e5e 100644
--- a/packages/store/test/storage-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/store/test/storage-utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { DIST_TAGS } from '@verdaccio/core';
 import { Manifest } from '@verdaccio/types';
 
diff --git a/packages/store/test/storage.database.spec.ts b/packages/store/test/storage.database.spec.ts
index 4454dbbf3..af89b53c3 100644
--- a/packages/store/test/storage.database.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/store/test/storage.database.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import MockDate from 'mockdate';
 import nock from 'nock';
 import * as httpMocks from 'node-mocks-http';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { Config, getDefaultConfig } from '@verdaccio/config';
 import { API_ERROR, API_MESSAGE, DIST_TAGS, HEADERS, fileUtils } from '@verdaccio/core';
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ describe('storage', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     nock.cleanAll();
     nock.abortPendingRequests();
-    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
   });
 
   describe('updateManifest', () => {
diff --git a/packages/store/test/storage.plugin.spec.ts b/packages/store/test/storage.plugin.spec.ts
index a9d06155c..fe64571e3 100644
--- a/packages/store/test/storage.plugin.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/store/test/storage.plugin.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import MockDate from 'mockdate';
 import nock from 'nock';
 import path from 'path';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { Config, getDefaultConfig } from '@verdaccio/config';
 import { DIST_TAGS } from '@verdaccio/core';
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ describe('storage plugin', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     nock.cleanAll();
     nock.abortPendingRequests();
-    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
   });
 
   describe('Plugin Legacy Support', () => {
diff --git a/packages/store/test/storage.search.spec.ts b/packages/store/test/storage.search.spec.ts
index 70a618471..127505544 100644
--- a/packages/store/test/storage.search.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/store/test/storage.search.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import nock from 'nock';
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
 
 import { Config, getDefaultConfig } from '@verdaccio/config';
 import { fileUtils, searchUtils } from '@verdaccio/core';
diff --git a/packages/store/test/storage.spec.ts b/packages/store/test/storage.spec.ts
index 4e4364303..50dc41066 100644
--- a/packages/store/test/storage.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/store/test/storage.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import MockDate from 'mockdate';
 import nock from 'nock';
 import * as httpMocks from 'node-mocks-http';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { Config, getDefaultConfig } from '@verdaccio/config';
 import { API_ERROR, API_MESSAGE, DIST_TAGS, HEADERS, errorUtils, fileUtils } from '@verdaccio/core';
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ describe('storage', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     nock.cleanAll();
     nock.abortPendingRequests();
-    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
   });
 
   describe('publishing commands', () => {
diff --git a/packages/store/test/storage.sync.spec.ts b/packages/store/test/storage.sync.spec.ts
index 6ef8c67a2..715f5adac 100644
--- a/packages/store/test/storage.sync.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/store/test/storage.sync.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import nock from 'nock';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { Config, getDefaultConfig } from '@verdaccio/config';
 import { API_ERROR, DIST_TAGS } from '@verdaccio/core';
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ describe('storage', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     nock.cleanAll();
     nock.abortPendingRequests();
-    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
   });
 
   describe('syncUplinksMetadata()', () => {
diff --git a/packages/store/test/storage.tarball.spec.ts b/packages/store/test/storage.tarball.spec.ts
index 037b3c6e4..fcfa28e9d 100644
--- a/packages/store/test/storage.tarball.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/store/test/storage.tarball.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import nock from 'nock';
 import * as httpMocks from 'node-mocks-http';
 import path from 'path';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { Config, getDefaultConfig } from '@verdaccio/config';
 import { API_ERROR, HEADERS, HEADER_TYPE, errorUtils } from '@verdaccio/core';
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ describe('storage', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     nock.cleanAll();
     nock.abortPendingRequests();
-    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
   });
 
   describe('getTarball', () => {
diff --git a/packages/store/test/versions.spec.ts b/packages/store/test/versions.spec.ts
index 30c37f573..5afab6fc3 100644
--- a/packages/store/test/versions.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/store/test/versions.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
 
 import {
   getVersion,
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ describe('versions-utils', () => {
   });
 
   describe('removeLowerVersions', () => {
-    it('should remove lower semantic versions', () => {
+    test('should remove lower semantic versions', () => {
       const inputArray = [
         { package: { name: 'object1', version: '1.0.0' } },
         { package: { name: 'object1', version: '2.0.0' } }, // Duplicate name 'object1'
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ describe('versions-utils', () => {
       expect(result).toEqual(expectedOutput);
     });
 
-    it('should remove lower semantic versions 2', () => {
+    test('should remove lower semantic versions 2', () => {
       const inputArray = [
         { package: { name: 'object1', version: '1.0.0' } },
         { package: { name: 'object1', version: '2.0.0' } }, // Duplicate name 'object1'