diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/utils/update-packages-in-package-json.ts b/packages/workspace/src/utils/update-packages-in-package-json.ts
index 5f3f651488cc9..989245f760be8 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/utils/update-packages-in-package-json.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/utils/update-packages-in-package-json.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { updateJsonInTree } from './ast-utils';
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { checkAndCleanWithSemver } from './version-utils';
+import { lt } from 'semver';
 
 export function updatePackagesInPackageJson(
   migrationFilePath: string,
@@ -16,13 +18,36 @@ export function updatePackagesInPackageJson(
   const updatedPackages = packageJsonUpdates.packages;
   return updateJsonInTree('package.json', json => {
     Object.keys(updatedPackages).forEach(p => {
+      /**
+       * Check the updated version against semver
+       */
+      const cleanUpdatedVersion = checkAndCleanWithSemver(
+        p,
+        updatedPackages[p].version
+      );
+
       if (json.devDependencies && json.devDependencies[p]) {
-        json.devDependencies[p] = updatedPackages[p].version;
+        const cleanDevVersion = checkAndCleanWithSemver(
+          p,
+          json.devDependencies[p]
+        );
+
+        if (lt(cleanDevVersion, cleanUpdatedVersion)) {
+          json.devDependencies[p] = updatedPackages[p].version;
+        }
       } else if (json.dependencies && json.dependencies[p]) {
-        json.dependencies[p] = updatedPackages[p].version;
+        const cleanVersion = checkAndCleanWithSemver(p, json.dependencies[p]);
+
+        if (lt(cleanVersion, cleanUpdatedVersion)) {
+          json.dependencies[p] = updatedPackages[p].version;
+        }
       } else if (updatedPackages[p].alwaysAddToPackageJson) {
-        if (!json.dependencies) json.dependencies = {};
-        json.dependencies[p] = updatedPackages[p].version;
+        const cleanVersion = checkAndCleanWithSemver(p, json.dependencies[p]);
+
+        if (lt(cleanVersion, cleanUpdatedVersion)) {
+          if (!json.dependencies) json.dependencies = {};
+          json.dependencies[p] = updatedPackages[p].version;
+        }
       }
     });
     return json;