diff --git a/docs/content/3.api/5.commands/dev.md b/docs/content/3.api/5.commands/dev.md
index ef603dbbc8..06d550f6d8 100644
--- a/docs/content/3.api/5.commands/dev.md
+++ b/docs/content/3.api/5.commands/dev.md
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@ This command sets `process.env.NODE_ENV` to `development`.
 ::alert{type="info"}
 If you are using a self-signed certificate in development, you will need to set `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0` in your environment.
 ::
+
+::stabilityEdge{title="Improved HTTPS Support"}
+With next releases, `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` is no longer required. You can try this on edge channel using `npx nuxi-edge@latest dev --https`
+::
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/runtime/client.manifest.mjs b/packages/vite/src/runtime/client.manifest.mjs
index f33e3b2a79..a30f394960 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/runtime/client.manifest.mjs
+++ b/packages/vite/src/runtime/client.manifest.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-import { $fetch } from 'ohmyfetch'
-import { getViteNodeOptions } from './vite-node-shared.mjs'
+import { viteNodeFetch } from './vite-node-shared.mjs'
 
-const viteNodeOptions = getViteNodeOptions()
-
-export default () => $fetch('/manifest', { baseURL: viteNodeOptions.baseURL })
+export default () => viteNodeFetch('/manifest')
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/runtime/vite-node-shared.mjs b/packages/vite/src/runtime/vite-node-shared.mjs
index 509063e6c6..ebe6fe4501 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/runtime/vite-node-shared.mjs
+++ b/packages/vite/src/runtime/vite-node-shared.mjs
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
-export function getViteNodeOptions () {
-  return JSON.parse(process.env.NUXT_VITE_NODE_OPTIONS || '{}')
-}
+import { Agent as HTTPSAgent } from 'node:https'
+import { $fetch } from 'ohmyfetch'
+
+export const viteNodeOptions = JSON.parse(process.env.NUXT_VITE_NODE_OPTIONS || '{}')
+
+export const viteNodeFetch = $fetch.create({
+  baseURL: viteNodeOptions.baseURL,
+  agent: viteNodeOptions.baseURL.startsWith('https://')
+    ? new HTTPSAgent({ rejectUnauthorized: false })
+    : null
+})
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/runtime/vite-node.mjs b/packages/vite/src/runtime/vite-node.mjs
index dab7b3d5a1..0784d29d8a 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/runtime/vite-node.mjs
+++ b/packages/vite/src/runtime/vite-node.mjs
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import { performance } from 'node:perf_hooks'
 import { createError } from 'h3'
 import { ViteNodeRunner } from 'vite-node/client'
-import { $fetch } from 'ohmyfetch'
 import consola from 'consola'
-import { getViteNodeOptions } from './vite-node-shared.mjs'
+import { viteNodeOptions, viteNodeFetch } from './vite-node-shared.mjs'
 
-const viteNodeOptions = getViteNodeOptions()
 const runner = createRunner()
 let render
 
@@ -15,9 +13,7 @@ export default async (ssrContext) => {
   process.server = true
 
   // Invalidate cache for files changed since last rendering
-  const invalidates = await $fetch('/invalidates', {
-    baseURL: viteNodeOptions.baseURL
-  })
+  const invalidates = await viteNodeFetch('/invalidates')
   const updates = runner.moduleCache.invalidateDepTree(invalidates)
 
   // Execute SSR bundle on demand
@@ -39,9 +35,7 @@ function createRunner () {
     async fetchModule (id) {
       // TODO: fix in vite-node
       id = id.replace(/\/\//g, '/')
-      return await $fetch('/module/' + encodeURI(id), {
-        baseURL: viteNodeOptions.baseURL
-      }).catch((err) => {
+      return await viteNodeFetch('/module/' + encodeURI(id)).catch((err) => {
         const errorData = err?.data?.data
         if (!errorData) {
           throw err