diff --git a/e2e/nx/src/nxw.test.ts b/e2e/nx/src/nxw.test.ts
index 6da7fddb85613..448d198fcdb25 100644
--- a/e2e/nx/src/nxw.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/nx/src/nxw.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ describe('nx wrapper / .nx installation', () => {
 
   beforeAll(() => {
     runNxWrapper = newWrappedNxWorkspace();
+    updateJson<NxJsonConfiguration>('nx.json', (json) => {
+      json.targetDefaults ??= {};
+      json.targetDefaults.echo = { cache: true };
+      json.installation.plugins = {
+        '@nx/js': getPublishedVersion(),
+      };
+      return json;
+    });
   });
 
   afterAll(() => {
@@ -39,14 +47,6 @@ describe('nx wrapper / .nx installation', () => {
       })
     );
 
-    updateJson<NxJsonConfiguration>('nx.json', (json) => {
-      json.targetDefaults.echo = { cache: true };
-      json.installation.plugins = {
-        '@nx/js': getPublishedVersion(),
-      };
-      return json;
-    });
-
     expect(runNxWrapper('echo a')).toContain('Hello from A');
 
     expect(runNxWrapper('echo a')).toContain(
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/add.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/add.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..290ac43899d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/add.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { nxVersion } from '../../utils/versions';
+import { coreNxPluginVersions } from './add';
+
+describe('nx core packages', () => {
+  it('should map nx packages to nx version', () => {
+    expect(coreNxPluginVersions.get('@nx/workspace')).toEqual(nxVersion);
+  });
+
+  it('should map nx-cloud to latest', () => {
+    expect(coreNxPluginVersions.get('@nrwl/nx-cloud')).toEqual('latest');
+    expect(coreNxPluginVersions.get('nx-cloud')).toEqual('latest');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/add.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/add.ts
index 00604401054aa..b227b11d3b602 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/add.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/add/add.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { getPluginCapabilities } from '../../utils/plugins';
 import { nxVersion } from '../../utils/versions';
 import { workspaceRoot } from '../../utils/workspace-root';
 import type { AddOptions } from './command-object';
+import { normalizeVersionForNxJson } from '../init/implementation/dot-nx/add-nx-scripts';
 
 export function addHandler(options: AddOptions): Promise<void> {
   if (options.verbose) {
@@ -63,7 +64,10 @@ async function installPackage(
     );
   } else {
     nxJson.installation.plugins ??= {};
-    nxJson.installation.plugins[pkgName] = version;
+    nxJson.installation.plugins[pkgName] = normalizeVersionForNxJson(
+      pkgName,
+      version
+    );
     writeJsonFile('nx.json', nxJson);
 
     try {
@@ -113,7 +117,7 @@ async function initializePlugin(
 
   try {
     const args = [];
-    if (coreNxPlugins.includes(pkgName)) {
+    if (coreNxPluginVersions.has(pkgName)) {
       args.push(`--keepExistingVersions`);
 
       if (
@@ -171,8 +175,8 @@ function parsePackageSpecifier(
   const i = packageSpecifier.lastIndexOf('@');
 
   if (i <= 0) {
-    if (coreNxPlugins.includes(packageSpecifier)) {
-      return [packageSpecifier, nxVersion];
+    if (coreNxPluginVersions.has(packageSpecifier)) {
+      return [packageSpecifier, coreNxPluginVersions.get(packageSpecifier)];
     }
 
     return [packageSpecifier, 'latest'];
@@ -184,31 +188,14 @@ function parsePackageSpecifier(
   return [pkgName, version];
 }
 
-const coreNxPlugins = [
-  '@nx/angular',
-  '@nx/cypress',
-  '@nx/detox',
-  '@nx/devkit',
-  '@nx/esbuild',
-  '@nx/eslint',
-  '@nx/eslint-plugin',
-  '@nx/expo',
-  '@nx/express',
-  '@nx/jest',
-  '@nx/nest',
-  '@nx/next',
-  '@nx/node',
-  '@nx/nuxt',
-  '@nx/playwright',
-  '@nx/plugin',
-  '@nx/react',
-  '@nx/react-native',
-  '@nx/remix',
-  '@nx/rollup',
-  '@nx/storybook',
-  '@nx/vite',
-  '@nx/vue',
-  '@nx/web',
-  '@nx/webpack',
-  '@nx/workspace',
-];
+export const coreNxPluginVersions = (
+  require('../../../package.json') as typeof import('../../../package.json')
+)['nx-migrations'].packageGroup.reduce(
+  (map, entry) => {
+    const packageName = typeof entry === 'string' ? entry : entry.package;
+    const version = typeof entry === 'string' ? nxVersion : entry.version;
+    return map.set(packageName, version);
+  },
+  // Package Name -> Desired Version
+  new Map<string, string>()
+);
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/init/implementation/dot-nx/add-nx-scripts.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/init/implementation/dot-nx/add-nx-scripts.ts
index 13a6e08d33623..624002b0fc79e 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/init/implementation/dot-nx/add-nx-scripts.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/init/implementation/dot-nx/add-nx-scripts.ts
@@ -46,29 +46,18 @@ export function generateDotNxSetup(version?: string) {
   flushChanges(host.root, changes);
 }
 
+export function normalizeVersionForNxJson(pkg: string, version: string) {
+  if (!valid(version)) {
+    version = execSync(`npm view ${pkg}@${version} version`).toString();
+  }
+  return version.trimEnd();
+}
+
 export function writeMinimalNxJson(host: Tree, version: string) {
   if (!host.exists('nx.json')) {
-    if (!valid(version)) {
-      version = execSync(`npm view nx@${version} version`).toString();
-    }
     writeJson<NxJsonConfiguration>(host, 'nx.json', {
-      targetDefaults: {
-        build: {
-          cache: true,
-          dependsOn: ['^build'],
-        },
-        lint: {
-          cache: true,
-        },
-        test: {
-          cache: true,
-        },
-        e2e: {
-          cache: true,
-        },
-      },
       installation: {
-        version: version.trimEnd(),
+        version: normalizeVersionForNxJson('nx', version),
       },
     });
   }