diff --git a/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/release-version.ts b/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/release-version.ts
index f6c2b88e79ce0..23a17728cebb6 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/release-version.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/release-version.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import {
   deriveNewSemverVersion,
   validReleaseVersionPrefixes,
 } from 'nx/src/command-line/release/version';
-import { daemonClient } from 'nx/src/daemon/client/client';
+
 import { interpolate } from 'nx/src/tasks-runner/utils';
 import * as ora from 'ora';
 import { relative } from 'path';
@@ -500,29 +500,7 @@ To fix this you will either need to add a package.json file at that location, or
       data: versionData,
       callback: async (tree, opts) => {
         const cwd = tree.root;
-
-        const isDaemonEnabled = daemonClient.enabled();
-        if (isDaemonEnabled) {
-          // temporarily stop the daemon, as it will error if the lock file is updated
-          await daemonClient.stop();
-        }
-
-        const updatedFiles = updateLockFile(cwd, opts);
-
-        if (isDaemonEnabled) {
-          try {
-            await daemonClient.startInBackground();
-          } catch (e) {
-            // If the daemon fails to start, we don't want to prevent the user from continuing, so we just log the error and move on
-            if (opts.verbose) {
-              output.warn({
-                title:
-                  'Unable to restart the Nx Daemon. It will be disabled until you run "nx reset"',
-                bodyLines: [e.message],
-              });
-            }
-          }
-        }
+        const updatedFiles = await updateLockFile(cwd, opts);
         return updatedFiles;
       },
     };
diff --git a/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/utils/update-lock-file.ts b/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/utils/update-lock-file.ts
index 976c7e445d193..3f3ec5a744b2c 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/utils/update-lock-file.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/utils/update-lock-file.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import {
   output,
 } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+import { daemonClient } from 'nx/src/daemon/client/client';
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-restricted-imports
 import { getLockFileName } from 'nx/src/plugins/js/lock-file/lock-file';
 import { gte } from 'semver';
 
-export function updateLockFile(
+export async function updateLockFile(
   cwd: string,
   {
     dryRun,
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@ export function updateLockFile(
     return [];
   }
 
+  const isDaemonEnabled = daemonClient.enabled();
+  if (isDaemonEnabled) {
+    // temporarily stop the daemon, as it will error if the lock file is updated
+    await daemonClient.stop();
+  }
+
   const packageManager = detectPackageManager(cwd);
   const packageManagerCommands = getPackageManagerCommand(packageManager);
 
@@ -72,6 +79,21 @@ export function updateLockFile(
 
   execLockFileUpdate(command, cwd, env);
 
+  if (isDaemonEnabled) {
+    try {
+      await daemonClient.startInBackground();
+    } catch (e) {
+      // If the daemon fails to start, we don't want to prevent the user from continuing, so we just log the error and move on
+      if (verbose) {
+        output.warn({
+          title:
+            'Unable to restart the Nx Daemon. It will be disabled until you run "nx reset"',
+          bodyLines: [e.message],
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   return [lockFile];
 }