diff --git a/packages/cli-v3/src/commands/dev.tsx b/packages/cli-v3/src/commands/dev.tsx
index 6a6a3e003..a692b3bd1 100644
--- a/packages/cli-v3/src/commands/dev.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli-v3/src/commands/dev.tsx
@@ -536,21 +536,25 @@ function useDev({
 
                 const processEnv = await gatherProcessEnv();
 
-                const backgroundWorker = new BackgroundWorker(fullPath, {
-                  projectConfig: config,
-                  dependencies,
-                  env: {
-                    ...processEnv,
-                    TRIGGER_API_URL: apiUrl,
-                    TRIGGER_SECRET_KEY: apiKey,
-                    ...(environmentVariablesResponse.success
-                      ? environmentVariablesResponse.data.variables
-                      : {}),
+                const backgroundWorker = new BackgroundWorker(
+                  fullPath,
+                  {
+                    projectConfig: config,
+                    dependencies,
+                    env: {
+                      ...processEnv,
+                      TRIGGER_API_URL: apiUrl,
+                      TRIGGER_SECRET_KEY: apiKey,
+                      ...(environmentVariablesResponse.success
+                        ? environmentVariablesResponse.data.variables
+                        : {}),
+                    },
+                    debuggerOn,
+                    debugOtel,
+                    resolveEnvVariables: createResolveEnvironmentVariablesFunction(configModule),
                   },
-                  debuggerOn,
-                  debugOtel,
-                  resolveEnvVariables: createResolveEnvironmentVariablesFunction(configModule),
-                });
+                  environmentClient
+                );
 
                 try {
                   await backgroundWorker.initialize();
diff --git a/packages/cli-v3/src/workers/dev/backgroundWorker.ts b/packages/cli-v3/src/workers/dev/backgroundWorker.ts
index bfb95cda2..6b6b21587 100644
--- a/packages/cli-v3/src/workers/dev/backgroundWorker.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-v3/src/workers/dev/backgroundWorker.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ import {
   UncaughtExceptionError,
   UnexpectedExitError,
 } from "../common/errors.js";
-import { env } from "node:process";
 import { CliApiClient } from "../../apiClient.js";
 
 export type CurrentWorkers = BackgroundWorkerCoordinator["currentWorkers"];
@@ -290,7 +289,8 @@ export class BackgroundWorker {
 
   constructor(
     public path: string,
-    public params: BackgroundWorkerParams
+    public params: BackgroundWorkerParams,
+    private apiClient: CliApiClient
   ) {}
 
   close() {