diff --git a/packages/js/src/utils/compiler-helper-dependency.spec.ts b/packages/js/src/utils/compiler-helper-dependency.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ae9cbe73166aa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/js/src/utils/compiler-helper-dependency.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import {
+  getHelperDependency,
+  HelperDependency,
+} from './compiler-helper-dependency';
+import { join } from 'path';
+
+describe('getHelperDependency', () => {
+  it('should support pnpm external nodes where the name is suffixed with the version', () => {
+    const helperDependency = HelperDependency.tsc;
+    const configPath = join(__dirname, 'test-fixtures', 'tsconfig.json');
+    const dependencies = [];
+    const projectGraph = {
+      nodes: {},
+      externalNodes: {
+        'tslib@2.0.0': {
+          name: 'npm:tslib@2.0.0' as const,
+          type: 'npm' as const,
+          data: {
+            packageName: 'tslib',
+            version: '2.0.0',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      dependencies: {},
+    };
+
+    const result = getHelperDependency(
+      helperDependency,
+      configPath,
+      dependencies,
+      projectGraph
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      name: 'npm:tslib',
+      outputs: [],
+      node: {
+        name: 'npm:tslib@2.0.0',
+        type: 'npm',
+        data: { packageName: 'tslib', version: '2.0.0' },
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/js/src/utils/compiler-helper-dependency.ts b/packages/js/src/utils/compiler-helper-dependency.ts
index 6c467fd2ddf7b5..3b9f6916d00410 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/utils/compiler-helper-dependency.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/utils/compiler-helper-dependency.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import {
   logger,
-  ProjectGraph,
-  ProjectGraphDependency,
+  type ProjectGraph,
+  type ProjectGraphDependency,
+  type ProjectGraphExternalNode,
   readJsonFile,
 } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { DependentBuildableProjectNode } from './buildable-libs-utils';
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ const jsExecutors = {
  * @param {HelperDependency} helperDependency
  * @param {string} configPath
  * @param {DependentBuildableProjectNode[]} dependencies
+ * @param {ProjectGraph} projectGraph
  * @param {boolean=false} returnDependencyIfFound
  */
 export function getHelperDependency(
@@ -71,7 +73,18 @@ export function getHelperDependency(
 
   if (!isHelperNeeded) return null;
 
-  const libNode = projectGraph.externalNodes[helperDependency];
+  let libNode: ProjectGraphExternalNode | null = null;
+
+  for (const nodeName of Object.keys(projectGraph.externalNodes)) {
+    const node = projectGraph.externalNodes[nodeName];
+    if (
+      nodeName === helperDependency ||
+      `npm:${node.data.packageName}` === helperDependency
+    ) {
+      libNode = node;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
 
   if (!libNode) {
     logger.warn(
diff --git a/packages/js/src/utils/test-fixtures/tsconfig.json b/packages/js/src/utils/test-fixtures/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d985b55bef1c3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/js/src/utils/test-fixtures/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "importHelpers": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/js/tsconfig.lib.json b/packages/js/tsconfig.lib.json
index 82bab87ede4f73..8456bdf1ef7a3c 100644
--- a/packages/js/tsconfig.lib.json
+++ b/packages/js/tsconfig.lib.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "exclude": [
     "**/*.spec.ts",
     "**/*.test.ts",
-    "./src/utils/typescript/test-fixtures/**/*.ts",
+    "./src/**/test-fixtures/**/*",
     "jest.config.ts"
   ],
   "include": ["**/*.ts"]