diff --git a/e2e/node/src/node.test.ts b/e2e/node/src/node.test.ts
index e34416f235..81fa8d3520 100644
--- a/e2e/node/src/node.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/node/src/node.test.ts
@@ -217,6 +217,23 @@ module.exports = {
     }
   }, 60000);
 
+  it("should exclude 'test' target from e2e project that uses jest", async () => {
+    const appName = uniq('nodeapp');
+
+    runCLI(
+      `generate @nx/node:app ${appName} --project-name-and-root-format=as-provided --no-interactive`
+    );
+
+    const nxJson = JSON.parse(readFile('nx.json'));
+    expect(nxJson.plugins).toBeDefined();
+
+    const jestPlugin = nxJson.plugins.find(
+      (p) => p.plugin === '@nx/jest/plugin'
+    );
+    expect(jestPlugin).toBeDefined();
+    expect(jestPlugin.exclude).toContain(`${appName}-e2e/**/*`);
+  });
+
   it('should be able to generate an express application', async () => {
     const nodeapp = uniq('nodeapp');
     const originalEnvPort = process.env.PORT;
diff --git a/packages/node/src/generators/e2e-project/e2e-project.ts b/packages/node/src/generators/e2e-project/e2e-project.ts
index b5b79420cd..29896ac177 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/generators/e2e-project/e2e-project.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/generators/e2e-project/e2e-project.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   readProjectConfiguration,
   runTasksInSerial,
   Tree,
+  updateJson,
 } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { determineProjectNameAndRootOptions } from '@nx/devkit/src/generators/project-name-and-root-utils';
 import { Linter, lintProjectGenerator } from '@nx/eslint';
@@ -57,9 +58,37 @@ export async function e2eProjectGeneratorInternal(
           jestConfig: `${options.e2eProjectRoot}/jest.config.ts`,
           passWithNoTests: true,
         },
+        dependsOn: [`${options.project}:build`],
       },
     },
   });
+  // TODO(@nicholas): Find a better way to get build target
+
+  // We remove the 'test' target from the e2e project because it is not needed
+  // The 'e2e' target is the one that should run the tests for the e2e project
+  const nxJson = readNxJson(host);
+  const hasPlugin = nxJson.plugins?.some((p) => {
+    if (typeof p !== 'string' && p.plugin === '@nx/jest/plugin') {
+      return true;
+    }
+  });
+
+  if (hasPlugin) {
+    updateJson(host, 'nx.json', (json) => {
+      return {
+        ...json,
+        plugins: json.plugins?.map((p) => {
+          if (typeof p !== 'string' && p.plugin === '@nx/jest/plugin') {
+            return {
+              ...p,
+              exclude: [...(p.exclude || []), `${options.e2eProjectRoot}/**/*`],
+            };
+          }
+          return p;
+        }),
+      };
+    });
+  }
 
   if (options.projectType === 'server') {
     generateFiles(