diff --git a/packages/devkit/src/utils/move-dir.ts b/packages/devkit/src/utils/move-dir.ts
index cf2e655f581d4..2e4256962d3b1 100644
--- a/packages/devkit/src/utils/move-dir.ts
+++ b/packages/devkit/src/utils/move-dir.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import { Tree } from '@nrwl/tao/src/shared/tree';
 import { visitNotIgnoredFiles } from '../generators/visit-not-ignored-files';
+import { normalizePath } from './path';
 
 export function moveFilesToNewDirectory(
   tree: Tree,
   oldDir: string,
   newDir: string
 ): void {
+  oldDir = normalizePath(oldDir);
+  newDir = normalizePath(newDir);
   visitNotIgnoredFiles(tree, oldDir, (file) => {
     try {
       tree.rename(file, file.replace(oldDir, newDir));