diff --git a/packages/linter/src/generators/lint-project/lint-project.spec.ts b/packages/linter/src/generators/lint-project/lint-project.spec.ts
index 0aa0aded2d58f..d384900cacbd5 100644
--- a/packages/linter/src/generators/lint-project/lint-project.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/linter/src/generators/lint-project/lint-project.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import {
   addProjectConfiguration,
   readProjectConfiguration,
+  updateJson,
   Tree,
+  readJson,
 } from '@nx/devkit';
 
 import { Linter } from '../utils/linter';
@@ -175,4 +177,48 @@ describe('@nx/linter:lint-project', () => {
       "
     `);
   });
+
+  it('should update nx.json to enable source analysis when using npm.json preset', async () => {
+    updateJson(tree, 'nx.json', (json) => {
+      // npm preset disables source analysis
+      json.extends = 'nx/presets/npm.json';
+      return json;
+    });
+
+    await lintProjectGenerator(tree, {
+      ...defaultOptions,
+      linter: Linter.EsLint,
+      eslintFilePatterns: ['libs/buildable-lib/**/*.ts'],
+      project: 'buildable-lib',
+      setParserOptionsProject: false,
+    });
+
+    expect(readJson(tree, 'nx.json').pluginsConfig['@nx/js']).toEqual({
+      analyzeSourceFiles: true,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should update nx.json to enable source analysis when it is disabled', async () => {
+    updateJson(tree, 'nx.json', (json) => {
+      // npm preset disables source analysis
+      json.pluginsConfig = {
+        '@nx/js': {
+          analyzeSourceFiles: false,
+        },
+      };
+      return json;
+    });
+
+    await lintProjectGenerator(tree, {
+      ...defaultOptions,
+      linter: Linter.EsLint,
+      eslintFilePatterns: ['libs/buildable-lib/**/*.ts'],
+      project: 'buildable-lib',
+      setParserOptionsProject: false,
+    });
+
+    expect(readJson(tree, 'nx.json').pluginsConfig['@nx/js']).toEqual({
+      analyzeSourceFiles: true,
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/linter/src/generators/lint-project/lint-project.ts b/packages/linter/src/generators/lint-project/lint-project.ts
index 0cc2012f6b068..c46646159f84e 100644
--- a/packages/linter/src/generators/lint-project/lint-project.ts
+++ b/packages/linter/src/generators/lint-project/lint-project.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-import type { ProjectConfiguration, Tree } from '@nx/devkit';
+import type {
+  NxJsonConfiguration,
+  ProjectConfiguration,
+  Tree,
+} from '@nx/devkit';
 import {
   formatFiles,
   offsetFromRoot,
+  readJson,
   readProjectConfiguration,
+  updateJson,
   updateProjectConfiguration,
   writeJson,
 } from '@nx/devkit';
@@ -108,6 +114,19 @@ export async function lintProjectGenerator(
     );
   }
 
+  // Buildable libs need source analysis enabled for linting `package.json`.
+  if (
+    isBuildableLibraryProject(projectConfig) &&
+    !isJsAnalyzeSourceFilesEnabled(tree)
+  ) {
+    updateJson(tree, 'nx.json', (json) => {
+      json.pluginsConfig ??= {};
+      json.pluginsConfig['@nx/js'] ??= {};
+      json.pluginsConfig['@nx/js'].analyzeSourceFiles = true;
+      return json;
+    });
+  }
+
   updateProjectConfiguration(tree, options.project, projectConfig);
 
   if (!options.skipFormat) {
@@ -163,19 +182,18 @@ function createEsLintConfiguration(
       files: ['*.js', '*.jsx'],
       rules: {},
     },
-    ...(isBuildableLibraryProject(projectConfig)
-      ? [
-          {
-            files: ['*.json'],
-            parser: 'jsonc-eslint-parser',
-            rules: {
-              '@nx/dependency-checks': 'error',
-            } as Linter.RulesRecord,
-          },
-        ]
-      : []),
   ];
 
+  if (isBuildableLibraryProject(projectConfig)) {
+    overrides.push({
+      files: ['*.json'],
+      parser: 'jsonc-eslint-parser',
+      rules: {
+        '@nx/dependency-checks': 'error',
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
   if (useFlatConfig(tree)) {
     const isCompatNeeded = addDependencyChecks;
     const nodes = [];
@@ -204,6 +222,18 @@ function createEsLintConfiguration(
   }
 }
 
+function isJsAnalyzeSourceFilesEnabled(tree: Tree): boolean {
+  const nxJson = readJson<NxJsonConfiguration>(tree, 'nx.json');
+  const jsPluginConfig = nxJson.pluginsConfig?.['@nx/js'] as {
+    analyzeSourceFiles?: boolean;
+  };
+
+  return (
+    jsPluginConfig?.analyzeSourceFiles ??
+    nxJson.extends !== 'nx/presets/npm.json'
+  );
+}
+
 function isBuildableLibraryProject(
   projectConfig: ProjectConfiguration
 ): boolean {