diff --git a/packages/angular/src/builders/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts b/packages/angular/src/builders/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts
index 32b89533dcaea..d923b39c89085 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/builders/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/builders/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ export function executeModuleFederationDevServerBuilder(
   schema: Schema,
   context: import('@angular-devkit/architect').BuilderContext
 ): ReturnType<typeof executeWebpackDevServerBuilder | any> {
-  const nxBin = require.resolve('nx');
+  // Force Node to resolve to look for the nx binary that is inside node_modules
+  const nxBin = require.resolve('nx/bin/nx');
   const { ...options } = schema;
   const projectGraph = readCachedProjectGraph();
   const { projects: workspaceProjects } =
diff --git a/packages/react/src/executors/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts b/packages/react/src/executors/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts
index 94d24da7819ae..b8c7ee75e2985 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/executors/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/executors/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ export default async function* moduleFederationDevServer(
   options: ModuleFederationDevServerOptions,
   context: ExecutorContext
 ): AsyncIterableIterator<{ success: boolean; baseUrl?: string }> {
-  const nxBin = require.resolve('nx');
+  // Force Node to resolve to look for the nx binary that is inside node_modules
+  const nxBin = require.resolve('nx/bin/nx');
   const currIter = options.static
     ? fileServerExecutor(
         {