diff --git a/bin/packages/build-vendors.mjs b/bin/packages/build-vendors.mjs
index 1eae1af1dc9e7b..110002d9d16f05 100755
--- a/bin/packages/build-vendors.mjs
+++ b/bin/packages/build-vendors.mjs
@@ -145,16 +145,15 @@ async function bundleReactJsxRuntime() {
 async function bundleReactRefresh() {
 	console.log( '📦 Bundling React Refresh...' );
 
-	// Bundle react-refresh-entry
+	// Bundle react-refresh-entry using react-refresh
 	const entryDir = path.join( BUILD_DIR, 'react-refresh-entry' );
 	await mkdir( entryDir, { recursive: true } );
 
+	// The entry file uses ReactRefreshRuntime global, so no bundling needed
 	await esbuild.build( {
-		entryPoints: [
-			'@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin/client/ReactRefreshEntry.js',
-		],
+		entryPoints: [ path.join( __dirname, 'react-refresh-entry.js' ) ],
 		outfile: path.join( entryDir, 'index.min.js' ),
-		bundle: true,
+		bundle: false,
 		format: 'iife',
 		target: 'es2015',
 		platform: 'browser',
diff --git a/bin/packages/react-refresh-entry.js b/bin/packages/react-refresh-entry.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7edf48958d6adb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/packages/react-refresh-entry.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * React Refresh Entry
+ *
+ * Injects the React Refresh runtime into the global hook for hot module replacement.
+ * This file uses the ReactRefreshRuntime global provided by wp-react-refresh-runtime.
+ */
+
+/* global ReactRefreshRuntime */
+
+if (
+	typeof ReactRefreshRuntime !== 'undefined' &&
+	! globalThis.__reactRefreshInjected
+) {
+	ReactRefreshRuntime.injectIntoGlobalHook( globalThis );
+	globalThis.__reactRefreshInjected = true;
+}
diff --git a/bin/tsconfig.json b/bin/tsconfig.json
index 8895ff2b238771..73c4364470f98c 100644
--- a/bin/tsconfig.json
+++ b/bin/tsconfig.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 		"log-performance-results.js",
 		"packages/build-vendors.mjs",
 		"packages/build.mjs",
+		"packages/react-refresh-entry.js",
 		"packages/check-build-type-declaration-files.js",
 		"plugin/cli.js",
 		"plugin/commands/common.js",
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 576a1199a4513d..8ca3d92f45b1a1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 				"@inquirer/prompts": "7.2.0",
 				"@octokit/rest": "16.26.0",
 				"@playwright/test": "1.57.0",
-				"@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin": "0.5.11",
 				"@storybook/addon-a11y": "10.1.11",
 				"@storybook/addon-docs": "10.1.11",
 				"@storybook/icons": "2.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 66b0188225df13..dc6358231ac846 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 		"@inquirer/prompts": "7.2.0",
 		"@octokit/rest": "16.26.0",
 		"@playwright/test": "1.57.0",
-		"@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin": "0.5.11",
 		"@storybook/addon-a11y": "10.1.11",
 		"@storybook/addon-docs": "10.1.11",
 		"@storybook/icons": "2.0.1",