diff --git a/e2e/cypress/src/cypress.test.ts b/e2e/cypress/src/cypress.test.ts
index 56b2db3826..3996722b42 100644
--- a/e2e/cypress/src/cypress.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/cypress/src/cypress.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import {
-  checkFilesDoNotExist,
   checkFilesExist,
   cleanupProject,
   createFile,
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ describe('Cypress E2E Test runner', () => {
   const myapp = uniq('myapp');
 
   beforeAll(() => {
-    newProject();
+    newProject({ packages: ['@nx/angular', '@nx/next', '@nx/react'] });
     ensureCypressInstallation();
   });
 
diff --git a/e2e/jest/src/jest-root.test.ts b/e2e/jest/src/jest-root.test.ts
index e7bb8db708..22ed385cfb 100644
--- a/e2e/jest/src/jest-root.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/jest/src/jest-root.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe('Jest root projects', () => {
 
   describe('angular', () => {
     beforeAll(() => {
-      newProject();
+      newProject({ packages: ['@nx/angular', '@nx/react'] });
     });
 
     it('should test root level app projects', async () => {
diff --git a/e2e/jest/src/jest.test.ts b/e2e/jest/src/jest.test.ts
index 635d80f418..61fda9aa7e 100644
--- a/e2e/jest/src/jest.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/jest/src/jest.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 
 describe('Jest', () => {
   beforeAll(() => {
-    newProject({ name: uniq('proj-jest') });
+    newProject({ name: uniq('proj-jest'), packages: ['@nx/js', '@nx/node'] });
   });
 
   afterAll(() => cleanupProject());
diff --git a/e2e/playwright/src/playwright.test.ts b/e2e/playwright/src/playwright.test.ts
index 1086faa103..15b724aded 100644
--- a/e2e/playwright/src/playwright.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/playwright/src/playwright.test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ describe('Playwright E2E Test runner', () => {
   });
 
   beforeAll(() => {
-    newProject({ name: uniq('playwright') });
+    newProject({
+      name: uniq('playwright'),
+      packages: ['@nx/playwright', '@nx/web'],
+    });
   });
 
   afterAll(() => cleanupProject());