diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/utilities/create-package-json.ts b/packages/workspace/src/utilities/create-package-json.ts
index 59f988b4b98b2..8038c29d8cef7 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/utilities/create-package-json.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/utilities/create-package-json.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { ProjectGraph } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { readJsonFile } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import { sortObjectByKeys } from 'nx/src/utils/object-sort';
 
 /**
  * Creates a package.json in the output directory for support to install dependencies within containers.
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ export function createPackageJson(
     }
   });
 
+  packageJson.devDependencies &&= sortObjectByKeys(packageJson.devDependencies);
+  packageJson.dependencies &&= sortObjectByKeys(packageJson.dependencies);
+
   return packageJson;
 }