diff --git a/packages/browser-playwright/src/playwright.ts b/packages/browser-playwright/src/playwright.ts
index 678156abfa37..ab971f45e7b0 100644
--- a/packages/browser-playwright/src/playwright.ts
+++ b/packages/browser-playwright/src/playwright.ts
@@ -186,9 +186,11 @@ export class PlaywrightBrowserProvider implements BrowserProvider {
 
         launchOptions.args ||= []
         launchOptions.args.push(`--remote-debugging-port=${port}`)
-        launchOptions.args.push(`--remote-debugging-address=${host}`)
 
-        this.project.vitest.logger.log(`Debugger listening on ws://${host}:${port}`)
+        if (host !== 'localhost' && host !== '127.0.0.1' && host !== '::1') {
+          this.project.vitest.logger.warn(`Custom inspector host "${host}" will be ignored. Chromium only allows remote debugging on localhost.`)
+        }
+        this.project.vitest.logger.log(`Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:${port}`)
       }
 
       // start Vitest UI maximized only on supported browsers
diff --git a/packages/browser-webdriverio/src/webdriverio.ts b/packages/browser-webdriverio/src/webdriverio.ts
index 467f3ee31369..8e24d4503da2 100644
--- a/packages/browser-webdriverio/src/webdriverio.ts
+++ b/packages/browser-webdriverio/src/webdriverio.ts
@@ -221,9 +221,11 @@ export class WebdriverBrowserProvider implements BrowserProvider {
       const host = inspector.host || '127.0.0.1'
 
       args.push(`--remote-debugging-port=${port}`)
-      args.push(`--remote-debugging-address=${host}`)
 
-      this.project.vitest.logger.log(`Debugger listening on ws://${host}:${port}`)
+      if (host !== 'localhost' && host !== '127.0.0.1' && host !== '::1') {
+        this.project.vitest.logger.warn(`Custom inspector host "${host}" will be ignored. Chrome only allows remote debugging on localhost.`)
+      }
+      this.project.vitest.logger.log(`Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:${port}`)
 
       capabilities[key] ??= {}
       capabilities[key]!.args = args