diff --git a/packages/wdio-cli/src/utils.ts b/packages/wdio-cli/src/utils.ts
index a5de4a0fafe..fa616fee882 100644
--- a/packages/wdio-cli/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/wdio-cli/src/utils.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export async function getCapabilities(arg: ReplCommandArguments) {
             // multi capabilities
             (requiredCaps as (Capabilities.RequestedStandaloneCapabilities)[])[parseInt(arg.capabilities, 10)] ||
             // multiremote
-            (requiredCaps as Capabilities.RequestedMultiremoteCapabilities)[arg.capabilities]
+            (requiredCaps as Capabilities.RequestedMultiremoteCapabilities)[arg.capabilities]?.capabilities
         )
         const requiredW3CCaps = pickBy(requiredCaps, (_: never, key: string) => CAPABILITY_KEYS.includes(key) || key.includes(':'))
         if (!Object.keys(requiredW3CCaps).length) {
diff --git a/packages/wdio-cli/tests/__snapshots__/utils.test.ts.snap b/packages/wdio-cli/tests/__snapshots__/utils.test.ts.snap
index 58a43364f33..a6c7f52ae1d 100644
--- a/packages/wdio-cli/tests/__snapshots__/utils.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/wdio-cli/tests/__snapshots__/utils.test.ts.snap
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ exports[`getCapabilities > should return driver with capabilities for ios 2`] =
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`getCapabilities > should return driver with capabilities for multiremote config 1`] = `
+{
+  "capabilities": {
+    "browserName": "chrome",
+  },
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`getCapabilities > should through capability not found 1`] = `[Error: No capability found in given config file with the provided capability indexed/named property: 5. Please check the capability in your wdio config file.]`;
 
 exports[`getCapabilities > should throw capability not provided 1`] = `[Error: Please provide index/named property of capability to use from the capabilities array/object in wdio config file]`;
diff --git a/packages/wdio-cli/tests/utils.test.ts b/packages/wdio-cli/tests/utils.test.ts
index 65cc2e28199..7c2704d76cc 100644
--- a/packages/wdio-cli/tests/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/wdio-cli/tests/utils.test.ts
@@ -312,6 +312,25 @@ describe('getCapabilities', () => {
             .toMatchSnapshot()
         expect(autoCompileMock).toBeCalledTimes(1)
     })
+
+    it('should return driver with capabilities for multiremote config', async () => {
+        const getCapabilitiesMock = vi.spyOn(ConfigParser.prototype, 'getCapabilities')
+        getCapabilitiesMock.mockReturnValue({
+            myChromeBrowser: {
+                capabilities: {
+                    browserName: 'chrome'
+                }
+            },
+            myFirefoxBrowser: {
+                capabilities: {
+                    browserName: 'firefox'
+                }
+            }
+        } as WebdriverIO.Capabilities)
+
+        expect(await getCapabilities({ option: '/path/to/config.js', capabilities: 'myChromeBrowser' } as any))
+            .toMatchSnapshot()
+    })
 })
 
 afterEach(() => {