diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/src/webpack-cli.ts b/packages/webpack-cli/src/webpack-cli.ts
index 48a89175e67..ad70058ac2b 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/src/webpack-cli.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/src/webpack-cli.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ import { type stringifyChunked } from "@discoveryjs/json-ext";
 import { type Help, type ParseOptions } from "commander";
 
 import { type CLIPlugin as CLIPluginClass } from "./plugins/cli-plugin";
-import * as console from "node:console";
+
 const fs = require("fs");
 const { Readable } = require("stream");
 const path = require("path");
@@ -1933,19 +1933,23 @@ class WebpackCLI implements IWebpackCLI {
         ),
       );
 
-      config.options = [];
-
-      loadedConfigs.forEach((loadedConfig) => {
-        if (Array.isArray(loadedConfig.options)) {
-          for (const item of loadedConfig.options) {
-            (config.options as WebpackConfiguration[]).push(item);
-            config.path.set(options, [loadedConfig.path]);
+      if (loadedConfigs.length === 1) {
+        config.options = loadedConfigs[0].options;
+        config.path.set(loadedConfigs[0].options, [loadedConfigs[0].path]);
+      } else {
+        config.options = [];
+        loadedConfigs.forEach((loadedConfig) => {
+          if (Array.isArray(loadedConfig.options)) {
+            for (const item of loadedConfig.options) {
+              (config.options as WebpackConfiguration[]).push(item);
+              config.path.set(options, [loadedConfig.path]);
+            }
+          } else {
+            (config.options as WebpackConfiguration[]).push(loadedConfig.options);
+            config.path.set(loadedConfig.options, [loadedConfig.path]);
           }
-        } else {
-          (config.options as WebpackConfiguration[]).push(loadedConfig.options);
-          config.path.set(loadedConfig.options, [loadedConfig.path]);
-        }
-      });
+        });
+      }
     } else {
       // Prioritize popular extensions first to avoid unnecessary fs calls
       const extensions = new Set([
diff --git a/test/api/CLI.test.js b/test/api/CLI.test.js
index bb4b4601505..fb88bd62c90 100644
--- a/test/api/CLI.test.js
+++ b/test/api/CLI.test.js
@@ -4,9 +4,15 @@ describe("CLI API", () => {
   let cli;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation(() => {});
+
     cli = new CLI();
   });
 
+  afterAll(() => {
+    console.error.mockRestore();
+  });
+
   describe("makeCommand", () => {
     it("should make command", async () => {
       expect.assertions(1);
diff --git a/test/api/get-default-package-manager.test.js b/test/api/get-default-package-manager.test.js
index 0e567a30782..0153726cead 100644
--- a/test/api/get-default-package-manager.test.js
+++ b/test/api/get-default-package-manager.test.js
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ describe("getPackageManager", () => {
   });
 
   it("should throw error if no package manager is found", () => {
+    cwdSpy.mockReturnValue(noLockPath);
     syncMock.mockImplementation(() => {
       throw new Error();
     });
diff --git a/test/build/cache/cache.test.js b/test/build/cache/cache.test.js
index d7b8eaeb9b5..8ab13394506 100644
--- a/test/build/cache/cache.test.js
+++ b/test/build/cache/cache.test.js
@@ -31,11 +31,17 @@ describe("cache", () => {
 
   it("should work in multi compiler mode", async () => {
     fs.rmSync(
-      path.join(__dirname, "../../../node_modules/.cache/webpack/cache-test-first-development"),
+      path.join(
+        __dirname,
+        "../../../node_modules/.cache/webpack/cache-test-first-development__compiler1__",
+      ),
       { recursive: true, force: true },
     );
     fs.rmSync(
-      path.join(__dirname, "../../../node_modules/.cache/webpack/cache-test-second-development"),
+      path.join(
+        __dirname,
+        "../../../node_modules/.cache/webpack/cache-test-second-development__compiler2__",
+      ),
       { recursive: true, force: true },
     );
 
@@ -59,7 +65,10 @@ describe("cache", () => {
 
   it("should work in multi compiler mode with the `--config-name` argument", async () => {
     fs.rmSync(
-      path.join(__dirname, "../../../node_modules/.cache/webpack/cache-test-third-development"),
+      path.join(
+        __dirname,
+        "../../../node_modules/.cache/webpack/cache-test-third-development__compiler1__",
+      ),
       { recursive: true, force: true },
     );
 
diff --git a/test/build/config-name/config-name.test.js b/test/build/config-name/config-name.test.js
index 22a3515b595..3014c29cf8e 100644
--- a/test/build/config-name/config-name.test.js
+++ b/test/build/config-name/config-name.test.js
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ describe("--config-name flag", () => {
       false,
     );
 
+    console.log(stdout);
+    console.log(stderr);
+
     expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
     expect(stderr).toBeFalsy();
     expect(stdout).toContain("first");