diff --git a/packages/node/src/executors/webpack/webpack.impl.ts b/packages/node/src/executors/webpack/webpack.impl.ts
index 8457bdbaae3c0..bdc71d4392d5c 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/executors/webpack/webpack.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/executors/webpack/webpack.impl.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
-import { ExecutorContext, readCachedProjectGraph } from '@nrwl/devkit';
-import { getHelperDependenciesFromProjectGraph } from '@nrwl/js/src/utils/compiler-helper-dependency';
+import 'dotenv/config';
+import { ExecutorContext } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+
+import { readCachedProjectGraph } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import {
   calculateProjectDependencies,
   checkDependentProjectsHaveBeenBuilt,
   createTmpTsConfig,
 } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/buildable-libs-utils';
 import { getRootTsConfigPath } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/typescript';
-import 'dotenv/config';
-import { resolve } from 'path';
-import { eachValueFrom } from 'rxjs-for-await';
 
 import { map, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { eachValueFrom } from 'rxjs-for-await';
+import { resolve } from 'path';
 import { register } from 'ts-node';
-import { generatePackageJson } from '../../utils/generate-package-json';
 
 import { getNodeWebpackConfig } from '../../utils/node.config';
+import { BuildNodeBuilderOptions } from '../../utils/types';
 import { normalizeBuildOptions } from '../../utils/normalize';
 import { runWebpack } from '../../utils/run-webpack';
-import { BuildNodeBuilderOptions } from '../../utils/types';
 
 export type NodeBuildEvent = {
   outfile: string;
@@ -77,17 +77,6 @@ export async function* webpackExecutor(
     }
   }
 
-  if (options.generatePackageJson) {
-    const helperDependencies = getHelperDependenciesFromProjectGraph(
-      context.root,
-      context.projectName
-    );
-    if (helperDependencies.length > 0) {
-      projGraph.dependencies[context.projectName] =
-        projGraph.dependencies[context.projectName].concat(helperDependencies);
-    }
-    generatePackageJson(context.projectName, projGraph, options);
-  }
   const config = await options.webpackConfig.reduce(
     async (currentConfig, plugin) => {
       return require(plugin)(await currentConfig, {
@@ -95,7 +84,7 @@ export async function* webpackExecutor(
         configuration: context.configurationName,
       });
     },
-    Promise.resolve(getNodeWebpackConfig(options))
+    Promise.resolve(getNodeWebpackConfig(context, projGraph, options))
   );
 
   return yield* eachValueFrom(
diff --git a/packages/node/src/utils/generate-package-json-webpack-plugin.ts b/packages/node/src/utils/generate-package-json-webpack-plugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..22060035b3f48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node/src/utils/generate-package-json-webpack-plugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { type Compiler, sources, type WebpackPluginInstance } from 'webpack';
+import {
+  ExecutorContext,
+  type ProjectGraph,
+  serializeJson,
+} from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import { createPackageJson } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/create-package-json';
+
+import type { BuildNodeBuilderOptions } from './types';
+import { getHelperDependenciesFromProjectGraph } from '@nrwl/js/src/utils/compiler-helper-dependency';
+
+export class GeneratePackageJsonWebpackPlugin implements WebpackPluginInstance {
+  constructor(
+    private readonly context: ExecutorContext,
+    private readonly projectGraph: ProjectGraph,
+    private readonly options: BuildNodeBuilderOptions
+  ) {}
+
+  apply(compiler: Compiler): void {
+    const pluginName = this.constructor.name;
+
+    compiler.hooks.thisCompilation.tap(pluginName, (compilation) => {
+      compilation.hooks.processAssets.tap(
+        {
+          name: 'nx-generate-package-json-plugin',
+          stage: compiler.webpack.Compilation.PROCESS_ASSETS_STAGE_ADDITIONAL,
+        },
+        () => {
+          const helperDependencies = getHelperDependenciesFromProjectGraph(
+            this.context.root,
+            this.context.projectName
+          );
+
+          if (helperDependencies.length > 0) {
+            this.projectGraph.dependencies[this.context.projectName] =
+              this.projectGraph.dependencies[this.context.projectName].concat(
+                helperDependencies
+              );
+          }
+
+          const packageJson = createPackageJson(
+            this.context.projectName,
+            this.projectGraph,
+            this.options
+          );
+
+          packageJson.main = packageJson.main ?? this.options.outputFileName;
+
+          delete packageJson.devDependencies;
+
+          compilation.emitAsset(
+            'package.json',
+            new sources.RawSource(serializeJson(packageJson))
+          );
+        }
+      );
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/node/src/utils/generate-package-json.ts b/packages/node/src/utils/generate-package-json.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index add571b9eb980..0000000000000
--- a/packages/node/src/utils/generate-package-json.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import type { ProjectGraph } from '@nrwl/devkit';
-import { writeJsonFile } from '@nrwl/devkit';
-
-import { BuildNodeBuilderOptions } from './types';
-import { createPackageJson } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/create-package-json';
-
-export function generatePackageJson(
-  projectName: string,
-  graph: ProjectGraph,
-  options: BuildNodeBuilderOptions
-) {
-  const packageJson = createPackageJson(projectName, graph, options);
-  packageJson.main = packageJson.main ?? options.outputFileName;
-  delete packageJson.devDependencies;
-  writeJsonFile(`${options.outputPath}/package.json`, packageJson);
-}
diff --git a/packages/node/src/utils/node.config.spec.ts b/packages/node/src/utils/node.config.spec.ts
index 470cf0cf2dea3..a071543b40e07 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/utils/node.config.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/utils/node.config.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import { ProjectGraph, ExecutorContext } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { join } from 'path';
-import { getNodeWebpackConfig } from './node.config';
 import { TsconfigPathsPlugin } from 'tsconfig-paths-webpack-plugin';
+
+import { GeneratePackageJsonWebpackPlugin } from './generate-package-json-webpack-plugin';
+import { getNodeWebpackConfig } from './node.config';
 import { BuildNodeBuilderOptions } from './types';
 
 jest.mock('tsconfig-paths-webpack-plugin');
@@ -11,8 +14,19 @@ jest.mock('@nrwl/devkit', () => ({
 }));
 
 describe('getNodePartial', () => {
+  let context: ExecutorContext;
+  let projectGraph: ProjectGraph;
   let input: BuildNodeBuilderOptions;
   beforeEach(() => {
+    context = {
+      projectName: 'sample-project',
+      root: '/root',
+      cwd: '',
+      target: {} as any,
+      isVerbose: false,
+      workspace: {} as any,
+    };
+    projectGraph = {} as any;
     input = {
       main: 'main.ts',
       outputPath: 'dist',
@@ -28,18 +42,18 @@ describe('getNodePartial', () => {
 
   describe('unconditionally', () => {
     it('should target commonjs', () => {
-      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig(input);
+      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig(context, projectGraph, input);
       expect(result.output.libraryTarget).toEqual('commonjs');
     });
 
     it('should target node', () => {
-      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig(input);
+      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig(context, projectGraph, input);
 
       expect(result.target).toEqual('node');
     });
 
     it('should not polyfill node apis', () => {
-      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig(input);
+      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig(context, projectGraph, input);
 
       expect(result.node).toEqual(false);
     });
@@ -47,7 +61,7 @@ describe('getNodePartial', () => {
 
   describe('the optimization option when true', () => {
     it('should minify', () => {
-      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig({
+      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig(context, projectGraph, {
         ...input,
         optimization: true,
       });
@@ -57,7 +71,7 @@ describe('getNodePartial', () => {
     });
 
     it('should concatenate modules', () => {
-      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig({
+      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig(context, projectGraph, {
         ...input,
         optimization: true,
       });
@@ -68,14 +82,14 @@ describe('getNodePartial', () => {
 
   describe('the externalDependencies option', () => {
     it('should change all node_modules to commonjs imports', () => {
-      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig(input);
+      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig(context, projectGraph, input);
       const callback = jest.fn();
       result.externals[0](null, '@nestjs/core', callback);
       expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledWith(null, 'commonjs @nestjs/core');
     });
 
     it('should change given module names to commonjs imports but not others', () => {
-      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig({
+      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig(context, projectGraph, {
         ...input,
         externalDependencies: ['module1'],
       });
@@ -87,7 +101,7 @@ describe('getNodePartial', () => {
     });
 
     it('should not change any modules to commonjs imports', () => {
-      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig({
+      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig(context, projectGraph, {
         ...input,
         externalDependencies: 'none',
       });
@@ -95,4 +109,29 @@ describe('getNodePartial', () => {
       expect(result.externals).not.toBeDefined();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('the generatePackageJson option', () => {
+    it('should add the GeneratePackageJsonWebpackPlugin plugin', () => {
+      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig(context, projectGraph, {
+        ...input,
+        generatePackageJson: true,
+      });
+      expect(
+        result.plugins.find(
+          (plugin) => plugin instanceof GeneratePackageJsonWebpackPlugin
+        )
+      ).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+    it('should not add the GeneratePackageJsonWebpackPlugin plugin', () => {
+      const result = getNodeWebpackConfig(context, projectGraph, {
+        ...input,
+        generatePackageJson: false,
+      });
+      expect(
+        result.plugins.find(
+          (plugin) => plugin instanceof GeneratePackageJsonWebpackPlugin
+        )
+      ).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/node/src/utils/node.config.ts b/packages/node/src/utils/node.config.ts
index 1e583b685a0d4..5682aae7592ff 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/utils/node.config.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/utils/node.config.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-import { workspaceRoot } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import { ExecutorContext, ProjectGraph, workspaceRoot } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { Configuration } from 'webpack';
 import { merge } from 'webpack-merge';
 
 import { getBaseWebpackPartial } from './config';
+import { GeneratePackageJsonWebpackPlugin } from './generate-package-json-webpack-plugin';
 import { BuildNodeBuilderOptions } from './types';
 import nodeExternals = require('webpack-node-externals');
 import TerserPlugin = require('terser-webpack-plugin');
 
-function getNodePartial(options: BuildNodeBuilderOptions) {
+function getNodePartial(
+  context: ExecutorContext,
+  projectGraph: ProjectGraph,
+  options: BuildNodeBuilderOptions
+) {
   const webpackConfig: Configuration = {
     output: {
       libraryTarget: 'commonjs',
@@ -46,9 +51,24 @@ function getNodePartial(options: BuildNodeBuilderOptions) {
       },
     ];
   }
+
+  if (options.generatePackageJson) {
+    webpackConfig.plugins ??= [];
+    webpackConfig.plugins.push(
+      new GeneratePackageJsonWebpackPlugin(context, projectGraph, options)
+    );
+  }
+
   return webpackConfig;
 }
 
-export function getNodeWebpackConfig(options: BuildNodeBuilderOptions) {
-  return merge([getBaseWebpackPartial(options), getNodePartial(options)]);
+export function getNodeWebpackConfig(
+  context: ExecutorContext,
+  projectGraph: ProjectGraph,
+  options: BuildNodeBuilderOptions
+) {
+  return merge([
+    getBaseWebpackPartial(options),
+    getNodePartial(context, projectGraph, options),
+  ]);
 }