diff --git a/packages/vite/src/generators/init/__snapshots__/init.spec.ts.snap b/packages/vite/src/generators/init/__snapshots__/init.spec.ts.snap
index cd122bb659..0065aafd35 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/generators/init/__snapshots__/init.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/vite/src/generators/init/__snapshots__/init.spec.ts.snap
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ exports[`@nx/vite:init dependencies for package.json should add required package
     "@nx/web": "0.0.1",
     "@vitest/ui": "^1.3.1",
     "existing": "1.0.0",
-    "vite": "~5.0.0",
+    "vite": "^5.0.0",
     "vitest": "^1.3.1",
   },
   "name": "@proj/source",
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/utils/versions.ts b/packages/vite/src/utils/versions.ts
index bc7e61da39..f121493edb 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/utils/versions.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/utils/versions.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export const nxVersion = require('../../package.json').version;
-export const viteVersion = '~5.0.0';
+export const viteVersion = '^5.0.0';
 export const vitestVersion = '^1.3.1';
 export const vitePluginReactVersion = '^4.2.0';
 export const vitePluginReactSwcVersion = '^3.5.0';
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/generators/library/__snapshots__/library.spec.ts.snap b/packages/vue/src/generators/library/__snapshots__/library.spec.ts.snap
index d617136f3d..f7d6bd24f6 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/generators/library/__snapshots__/library.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/vue/src/generators/library/__snapshots__/library.spec.ts.snap
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ exports[`lib should add vue, vite and vitest to package.json 1`] = `
     "jsdom": "~22.1.0",
     "prettier": "^2.6.2",
     "typescript": "~5.4.2",
-    "vite": "~5.0.0",
+    "vite": "^5.0.0",
     "vitest": "^1.3.1",
     "vue-tsc": "^1.8.8",
   },