diff --git a/packages/react/package.json b/packages/react/package.json
index d8a0568ca77de..c904471494c36 100644
--- a/packages/react/package.json
+++ b/packages/react/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
     "minimatch": "3.0.5",
     "@nx/devkit": "file:../devkit",
     "@nx/js": "file:../js",
-    "@nx/linter": "file:../linter"
+    "@nx/linter": "file:../linter",
+    "@nx/web": "file:../web"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/add-cypress.ts b/packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/add-cypress.ts
index ac5cfc1052cbf..2886adb0e480b 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/add-cypress.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/add-cypress.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { ensurePackage, joinPathFragments, Tree } from '@nx/devkit';
+import { ensurePackage, Tree } from '@nx/devkit';
+import { webStaticServeGenerator } from '@nx/web';
 import { nxVersion } from '../../../utils/versions';
 import { NormalizedSchema } from '../schema';
 
@@ -7,7 +8,6 @@ export async function addCypress(host: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
     return () => {};
   }
 
-  const { webStaticServeGenerator } = ensurePackage('@nx/web', nxVersion);
   await webStaticServeGenerator(host, {
     buildTarget: `${options.projectName}:build`,
     targetName: 'serve-static',