diff --git a/packages/cypress/src/plugins/plugin.spec.ts b/packages/cypress/src/plugins/plugin.spec.ts
index ba8c50c71db25..7d563bde70c2f 100644
--- a/packages/cypress/src/plugins/plugin.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/cypress/src/plugins/plugin.spec.ts
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ describe('@nx/cypress/plugin', () => {
             "targets": {
               "e2e": {
                 "cache": true,
-                "command": "cypress run --config-file cypress.config.js --e2e",
+                "command": "cypress run",
                 "configurations": {
                   "production": {
-                    "command": "cypress run --config-file cypress.config.js --e2e --env webServerCommand="nx run my-app:serve:production"",
+                    "command": "cypress run --env webServerCommand="nx run my-app:serve:production"",
                   },
                 },
                 "inputs": [
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ describe('@nx/cypress/plugin', () => {
             "targets": {
               "component-test": {
                 "cache": true,
-                "command": "cypress open --config-file cypress.config.js --component",
+                "command": "cypress open --component",
                 "inputs": [
                   "default",
                   "^production",
@@ -190,10 +190,10 @@ describe('@nx/cypress/plugin', () => {
             "targets": {
               "e2e": {
                 "cache": true,
-                "command": "cypress run --config-file cypress.config.js --e2e",
+                "command": "cypress run",
                 "configurations": {
                   "production": {
-                    "command": "cypress run --config-file cypress.config.js --e2e --env webServerCommand="my-app:serve:production"",
+                    "command": "cypress run --env webServerCommand="my-app:serve:production"",
                   },
                 },
                 "inputs": [
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ describe('@nx/cypress/plugin', () => {
               },
               "e2e-ci--src/test.cy.ts": {
                 "cache": true,
-                "command": "cypress run --config-file cypress.config.js --e2e --env webServerCommand="my-app:serve-static" --spec src/test.cy.ts",
+                "command": "cypress run --env webServerCommand="my-app:serve-static" --spec src/test.cy.ts",
                 "inputs": [
                   "default",
                   "^production",
diff --git a/packages/cypress/src/plugins/plugin.ts b/packages/cypress/src/plugins/plugin.ts
index 2bda8424ef4bb..fae62e3a7d1dc 100644
--- a/packages/cypress/src/plugins/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/cypress/src/plugins/plugin.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export const createDependencies: CreateDependencies = () => {
 };
 
 export const createNodes: CreateNodes<CypressPluginOptions> = [
-  '**/cypress.config.{js,ts,mjs,mts,cjs,cts}',
+  '**/cypress.config.{js,ts,mjs,cjs}',
   (configFilePath, options, context) => {
     options = normalizeOptions(options);
     const projectRoot = dirname(configFilePath);
@@ -157,15 +157,13 @@ function buildCypressTargets(
   const webServerCommands: Record<string, string> =
     pluginPresetOptions?.webServerCommands;
 
-  const relativeConfigPath = relative(projectRoot, configFilePath);
-
   const namedInputs = getNamedInputs(projectRoot, context);
 
   const targets: Record<string, TargetConfiguration> = {};
 
   if ('e2e' in cypressConfig) {
     targets[options.targetName] = {
-      command: `cypress run --config-file ${relativeConfigPath} --e2e`,
+      command: `cypress run`,
       options: { cwd: projectRoot },
       cache: true,
       inputs: getInputs(namedInputs),
@@ -182,7 +180,7 @@ function buildCypressTargets(
         webServerCommands ?? {}
       )) {
         targets[options.targetName].configurations[configuration] = {
-          command: `cypress run --config-file ${relativeConfigPath} --e2e --env webServerCommand="${webServerCommand}"`,
+          command: `cypress run --env webServerCommand="${webServerCommand}"`,
         };
       }
     }
@@ -215,7 +213,7 @@ function buildCypressTargets(
           outputs,
           inputs,
           cache: true,
-          command: `cypress run --config-file ${relativeConfigPath} --e2e --env webServerCommand="${ciWebServerCommand}" --spec ${relativeSpecFilePath}`,
+          command: `cypress run --env webServerCommand="${ciWebServerCommand}" --spec ${relativeSpecFilePath}`,
           options: {
             cwd: projectRoot,
           },
@@ -241,7 +239,7 @@ function buildCypressTargets(
   if ('component' in cypressConfig) {
     // This will not override the e2e target if it is the same
     targets[options.componentTestingTargetName] ??= {
-      command: `cypress open --config-file ${relativeConfigPath} --component`,
+      command: `cypress open --component`,
       options: { cwd: projectRoot },
       cache: true,
       inputs: getInputs(namedInputs),
@@ -259,7 +257,7 @@ function getCypressConfig(
   const resolvedPath = join(context.workspaceRoot, configFilePath);
 
   let module: any;
-  if (['.ts', '.mts', '.cts'].includes(extname(configFilePath))) {
+  if (extname(configFilePath) === '.ts') {
     const tsConfigPath = getRootTsConfigPath();
 
     if (tsConfigPath) {
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/forked-process-task-runner.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/forked-process-task-runner.ts
index edd324e8e3374..ffd9c741ab419 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/forked-process-task-runner.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/forked-process-task-runner.ts
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ export class ForkedProcessTaskRunner {
         }
       });
       // we exit here because we don't need to write anything to cache.
-      process.exit();
+      process.exit(this.signalToCode('SIGINT'));
     });
     process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
       this.processes.forEach((p) => {
diff --git a/scripts/nx-release.ts b/scripts/nx-release.ts
index a9d3ff651a093..0a963bca24032 100755
--- a/scripts/nx-release.ts
+++ b/scripts/nx-release.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { URL } from 'node:url';
 import { isRelativeVersionKeyword } from 'nx/src/command-line/release/utils/semver';
 import { ReleaseType, inc, major, parse } from 'semver';
 import * as yargs from 'yargs';
+import * as chalk from 'chalk';
 
 const LARGE_BUFFER = 1024 * 1000000;
 
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ const LARGE_BUFFER = 1024 * 1000000;
     // If publishing locally, force all projects to not be private first
     if (options.local) {
       console.log(
-        '\nPublishing locally, so setting all packages with existing nx-release-publish targets to not be private. If you have created a new private package and you want it to be published, you will need to manually configure the "nx-release-publish" target using executor "@nx/js:release-publish"'
+        chalk.dim`\n  Publishing locally, so setting all packages with existing nx-release-publish targets to not be private. If you have created a new private package and you want it to be published, you will need to manually configure the "nx-release-publish" target using executor "@nx/js:release-publish"`
       );
       const projectGraph = await createProjectGraphAsync();
       for (const proj of Object.values(projectGraph.nodes)) {
@@ -160,6 +161,20 @@ const LARGE_BUFFER = 1024 * 1000000;
     });
   }
 
+  let version;
+  if (['minor', 'major', 'patch'].includes(options.version)) {
+    const currentLatestVersion = execSync('npm view nx@latest version')
+      .toString()
+      .trim();
+
+    version = inc(currentLatestVersion, options.version, undefined);
+  } else {
+    version = options.version;
+  }
+
+  console.log(chalk.green` > Published version: ` + version);
+  console.log(chalk.dim`   Use: npx create-nx-workspace@${version}\n`);
+
   process.exit(0);
 })();