diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 21c1fa4f1..1f9e344ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@249970729cb0ef3589644e2896645e5dc5ba9c38 # v6.5.0
         with:
-          node-version: "22"
+          node-version: "24"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: cd src/frontend/ && npm ci --ignore-scripts
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 436936542..816164a82 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ frontend-format: ## run the frontend format
 	cd $(PATH_FRONT) && npm run format
 .PHONY: frontend-format
 
+frontend-test: ## run the frontend unit tests
+	cd $(PATH_FRONT) && npm test
+.PHONY: frontend-test
+
 run-frontend-development: ## run the frontend in development mode
 	@$(COMPOSE) stop frontend
 	cd $(PATH_FRONT) && npm run dev
@@ -260,7 +264,8 @@ lint-pylint: ## lint back-end python sources with pylint only on changed files f
 test: ## run project tests; pass extra pytest args via ARGS, e.g. `make test ARGS="-vv"`
 	@args="$(ARGS) $(filter-out $@,$(MAKECMDGOALS))" && \
 	$(MAKE) test-back-parallel ARGS="$${args}" && \
-	$(MAKE) test-summary ARGS="$${args}"
+	$(MAKE) test-summary ARGS="$${args}" && \
+	$(MAKE) frontend-test
 .PHONY: test
 
 test-back: ## run back-end tests (pass extra pytest args via ARGS)
diff --git a/src/frontend/tsconfig.node.json b/src/frontend/tsconfig.node.json
index bccc62268..8f59666d0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/tsconfig.node.json
+++ b/src/frontend/tsconfig.node.json
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
     "noEmit": true,
     "types": ["node"]
   },
-  "include": ["vite.config.ts"]
+  "include": ["vite.config.ts", "vitest.config.ts"]
 }
diff --git a/src/frontend/vitest.config.ts b/src/frontend/vitest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5f885a50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/vitest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'
+
+// Kept apart from vite.config.ts so the tests load none of the build plugins.
+export default defineConfig({
+  resolve: {
+    tsconfigPaths: true,
+  },
+})