diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/webpack.impl.ts b/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/webpack.impl.ts
index 59f61c7ff00e5..5b51215417bd1 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/webpack.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/webpack.impl.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import type {
 } from './schema';
 import { normalizeOptions } from './lib/normalize-options';
 import {
-  composePlugins,
+  composePluginsSync,
   isNxWebpackComposablePlugin,
 } from '../../utils/config';
 import { withNx } from '../../utils/with-nx';
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ async function getWebpackConfigs(
 
   const config = options.isolatedConfig
     ? {}
-    : composePlugins(withNx(options), withWeb(options));
+    : (options.target === 'web'
+        ? composePluginsSync(withNx(options), withWeb(options))
+        : withNx(options))({}, { options, context });
 
   if (isNxWebpackComposablePlugin(userDefinedWebpackConfig)) {
     // Old behavior, call the Nx-specific webpack config function that user exports