diff --git a/packages/astro/src/content/data-store.ts b/packages/astro/src/content/data-store.ts
index 36f19065ef07a..c8e70b47c3aac 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/content/data-store.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/content/data-store.ts
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ function dataStoreSingleton() {
 // TODO: find a better place to put this image
 export function contentModuleToId(fileName: string, specifier: string) {
 	const params = new URLSearchParams(specifier);
-	params.set('importer', fileName);
+	params.set('fileName', fileName);
 	params.set(DEFERRED_MODULE, 'true');
 	return `${specifier}?${params.toString()}`;
 }
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/content/vite-plugin-content-virtual-mod.ts b/packages/astro/src/content/vite-plugin-content-virtual-mod.ts
index 36dc36c4bab89..be167bc3a70b6 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/content/vite-plugin-content-virtual-mod.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/content/vite-plugin-content-virtual-mod.ts
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ export function astroContentVirtualModPlugin({
 			if (isDeferredModule(id)) {
 				const [, query] = id.split('?');
 				const params = new URLSearchParams(query);
-				const importerParam = params.get('importer');
+				const fileName = params.get('fileName');
 				let importerPath = undefined;
-				if (importerParam && URL.canParse(importerParam, settings.config.root.toString())) {
-					importerPath = fileURLToPath(new URL(importerParam, settings.config.root));
+				if (fileName && URL.canParse(fileName, settings.config.root.toString())) {
+					importerPath = fileURLToPath(new URL(fileName, settings.config.root));
 				}
 				if (importerPath) {
 					return await this.resolve(importerPath);