diff --git a/.verdaccio/config.yml b/.verdaccio/config.yml
index 94bbbd0aa6..81ff6fb0d5 100644
--- a/.verdaccio/config.yml
+++ b/.verdaccio/config.yml
@@ -38,4 +38,7 @@ packages:
 logs:
   type: stdout
   format: pretty
-  level: http
+  level: warn
+
+publish:
+  allow_offline: true # set offline to true to allow publish offline
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 5fe1b90f7c..e118e1e31e 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ pnpm-lock.yaml @nrwl/nx-pipelines-reviewers
 # Scripts
 /scripts/depcheck @FrozenPandaz @vsavkin @jaysoo
 /scripts/documentation @nrwl/nx-docs-reviewers
-/scripts/local-registry @FrozenPandaz @vsavkin
 /scripts/angular-support-upgrades @nrwl/nx-angular-reviewers
 
 # CI
diff --git a/e2e/utils/global-setup.ts b/e2e/utils/global-setup.ts
index 979043a19f..f2a732b237 100644
--- a/e2e/utils/global-setup.ts
+++ b/e2e/utils/global-setup.ts
@@ -1,57 +1,23 @@
+import { startLocalRegistry } from '@nx/js/plugins/jest/local-registry';
 import { join } from 'path';
-import { ChildProcess, exec, fork } from 'child_process';
+import { exec } from 'child_process';
 import { tmpdir } from 'tmp';
 import { existsSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import { Config } from '@jest/types';
 
 export default async function (globalConfig: Config.ConfigGlobals) {
-  const isVerbose =
-    process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true' || globalConfig.verbose;
+  const isVerbose: boolean =
+    process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true' || !!globalConfig.verbose;
   const storageLocation = join(
     tmpdir,
     'local-registry/storage',
     process.env.NX_TASK_TARGET_PROJECT ?? ''
   );
-  global.nxLocalRegistryProcess = await new Promise<ChildProcess>(
-    (resolve, reject) => {
-      const childProcess = fork(
-        require.resolve(`nx`),
-        `local-registry @nx/nx-source --config scripts/local-registry/config.yml --location none --storage ${storageLocation} --clear ${
-          process.env.NX_E2E_SKIP_BUILD_CLEANUP !== 'true'
-        }`.split(' '),
-        { stdio: 'pipe' }
-      );
-
-      const listener = (data) => {
-        if (data.toString().includes('http://localhost:')) {
-          const port = parseInt(
-            data.toString().match(/localhost:(?<port>\d+)/)?.groups?.port
-          );
-          console.log('Local registry started on port ' + port);
-
-          const registry = `http://localhost:${port}`;
-          process.env.npm_config_registry = registry;
-          process.env.YARN_REGISTRY = registry;
-          console.log('Set npm and yarn config registry to ' + registry);
-
-          resolve(childProcess);
-          childProcess.stdout?.off('data', listener);
-        }
-      };
-      childProcess?.stdout?.on('data', listener);
-      childProcess?.stderr?.on('data', (data) => {
-        process.stderr.write(data);
-      });
-      childProcess.on('error', (err) => {
-        console.log('local registry error', err);
-        reject(err);
-      });
-      childProcess.on('exit', (code) => {
-        console.log('local registry exit', code);
-        reject(code);
-      });
-    }
-  );
+  global.e2eTeardown = await startLocalRegistry({
+    localRegistryTarget: '@nx/nx-source:local-registry',
+    verbose: isVerbose,
+    storage: storageLocation,
+  });
 
   if (
     process.env.NX_E2E_SKIP_BUILD_CLEANUP !== 'true' ||
@@ -59,7 +25,9 @@ export default async function (globalConfig: Config.ConfigGlobals) {
   ) {
     console.log('Publishing packages to local registry');
     await new Promise<void>((res, rej) => {
-      const publishProcess = exec('pnpm nx-release --local major');
+      const publishProcess = exec('pnpm nx-release --local major', {
+        env: process.env,
+      });
       let logs = Buffer.from('');
       if (isVerbose) {
         publishProcess?.stdout?.pipe(process.stdout);
diff --git a/e2e/utils/global-teardown.ts b/e2e/utils/global-teardown.ts
index 196408ea6c..b1fd13c029 100644
--- a/e2e/utils/global-teardown.ts
+++ b/e2e/utils/global-teardown.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export default function () {
-  if (global.nxLocalRegistryProcess) {
-    global.nxLocalRegistryProcess.kill();
+  if (global.e2eTeardown) {
+    global.e2eTeardown();
     console.log('Killed local registry process');
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/local-registry/config.yml b/scripts/local-registry/config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d694a3b7a..0000000000
--- a/scripts/local-registry/config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# path to a directory with all packages
-storage: ../../tmp/local-registry/storage
-
-listen: 127.0.0.1:4872 # change to 127.0.0.1 to avoid IPv6 issue
-
-# a list of other known repositories we can talk to
-uplinks:
-  npmjs:
-    url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
-    max_fails: 100
-    maxage: 30m
-    fail_timeout: 10m
-    timeout: 600s
-    cache: false
-
-packages:
-  '@nrwl/*':
-    access: $all
-    publish: $all
-
-  '**':
-    access: $all
-    publish: $all
-    unpublish: $all
-    proxy: npmjs
-
-# log settings
-logs:
-  type: stdout
-  format: pretty
-  level: warn
-
-publish:
-  allow_offline: true # set offline to true to allow publish offline