diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-commonjs/__tests__/transform.spec.ts b/packages/vite-plugin-commonjs/__tests__/transform.spec.ts
index 4cb4d33..24abd4d 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-commonjs/__tests__/transform.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-commonjs/__tests__/transform.spec.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ test('require as part of function name', () => {
   expect(result.code).toMatch(`myrequire("react");`);
 });
 
+test('require in object spread', () => {
+  let code = `const messagesDE = {...require('./i18n/de')}`
+  let result = transformRequire(code, 'main.ts');
+  expect(result.code).not.toMatch(code);
+});
+
 test('require in comments', () => {
     //singleline comments
     let code = ` const a=0; // the hook will be setup by require("react").`
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-commonjs/src/lib.ts b/packages/vite-plugin-commonjs/src/lib.ts
index b7681f1..1ef6135 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-commonjs/src/lib.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-commonjs/src/lib.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const commonJSRegex: RegExp = /\b(module\.exports|exports\.\w+|exports\s*=\s*|exports\s*\[.*\]\s*=\s*)/;
-const requireRegex: RegExp = /(?<!\.)\b_{0,2}require\s*\(\s*(["'`].*?["'`])\s*\)/g;
+const requireRegex: RegExp = /(?<![^\.]\.)\b_{0,2}require\s*\(\s*(["'`].*?["'`])\s*\)/g;
 const IMPORT_STRING_PREFIX: String = "__require_for_vite";
 const multilineCommentsRegex = /\/\*(.|[\r\n])*?\*\//gm
 const singleCommentsRegex = /([^\:])\/\/.*/g