diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/context.ts b/packages/nitro/src/context.ts
index 1827ecdbea..b3d6c9df2f 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/context.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/context.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export interface SigmaContext {
     publicDir: string
   }
   _nuxt: {
+    majorVersion: number
     dev: boolean
     rootDir: string
     srcDir: string
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ export function getsigmaContext (nuxtOptions: NuxtOptions, input: SigmaInput): S
       publicDir: '{{ output.dir }}/public'
     },
     _nuxt: {
+      majorVersion: nuxtOptions._majorVersion || 2,
       dev: nuxtOptions.dev,
       rootDir: nuxtOptions.rootDir,
       srcDir: nuxtOptions.srcDir,
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/rollup/config.ts b/packages/nitro/src/rollup/config.ts
index 4723ba03ea..324c2ca8a4 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/rollup/config.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/rollup/config.ts
@@ -159,13 +159,13 @@ export const getRollupConfig = (sigmaContext: SigmaContext) => {
   }))
 
   // https://github.com/rollup/plugins/tree/master/packages/alias
-  const renderer = sigmaContext.renderer || 'vue2'
-  const vueServerRenderer = 'vue-server-renderer/' + (sigmaContext._nuxt.dev ? 'build.dev.js' : 'build.prod.js')
+  const renderer = sigmaContext.renderer || (sigmaContext._nuxt.majorVersion === 3 ? 'vue3' : 'vue2')
+  const vue2ServerRenderer = 'vue-server-renderer/' + (sigmaContext._nuxt.dev ? 'build.dev.js' : 'build.prod.js')
   rollupConfig.plugins.push(alias({
     entries: {
       '~runtime': sigmaContext._internal.runtimeDir,
       '~renderer': require.resolve(resolve(sigmaContext._internal.runtimeDir, 'app', renderer)),
-      '~vueServerRenderer': vueServerRenderer,
+      '~vueServerRenderer': vue2ServerRenderer,
       '~build': sigmaContext._nuxt.buildDir,
       ...env.alias
     }
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/runtime/app/render.ts b/packages/nitro/src/runtime/app/render.ts
index 1c7552bd5f..80fa655dd4 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/runtime/app/render.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/runtime/app/render.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ export async function renderMiddleware (req, res) {
     ...(req.context || {})
   }
   const rendered = await renderer.renderToString(ssrContext)
-  const payload = ssrContext.nuxt /* nuxt 2 */ || ssrContext.payload /* nuxt 3 */
+  // TODO: nuxt3 should not reuse `nuxt` property for different purpose!
+  const payload = ssrContext.payload /* nuxt 3 */ || ssrContext.nuxt /* nuxt 2 */
 
   if (process.env.NUXT_FULL_STATIC) {
     payload.staticAssetsBase = STATIC_ASSETS_BASE