diff --git a/e2e/node/project.json b/e2e/node/project.json
index 5bd0ba8505..d049251e9f 100644
--- a/e2e/node/project.json
+++ b/e2e/node/project.json
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
   "targets": {
     "e2e": {}
   },
-  "implicitDependencies": ["node", "nest"]
+  "implicitDependencies": ["node", "nest", "webpack"]
 }
diff --git a/e2e/node/src/node-webpack.test.ts b/e2e/node/src/node-webpack.test.ts
index e05fb46cc8..b28fe9d2c0 100644
--- a/e2e/node/src/node-webpack.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/node/src/node-webpack.test.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe('Node Applications + webpack', () => {
 
     await runCLIAsync(`build ${app} --optimization`);
     const optimizedContent = readFile(`dist/apps/${app}/main.js`);
-    expect(optimizedContent).toContain('console.log("foo "+"bar")');
+    expect(optimizedContent).toContain('console.log("foo bar")');
 
     // Test that serve can re-run dependency builds.
     const lib = uniq('nodelib');