diff --git a/packages/node/src/executors/node/node.impl.ts b/packages/node/src/executors/node/node.impl.ts
index 909ebcadacddd..a84c64226fb56 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/executors/node/node.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/executors/node/node.impl.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import {
   joinPathFragments,
   logger,
   parseTargetString,
+  readCachedProjectGraph,
   runExecutor,
 } from '@nrwl/devkit';
-import { readCachedProjectGraph } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { calculateProjectDependencies } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/buildable-libs-utils';
 import { ChildProcess, fork } from 'child_process';
 import * as treeKill from 'tree-kill';
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ async function* startBuild(
 ) {
   const buildTarget = parseTargetString(options.buildTarget);
 
+  // TODO(jack): [Nx 14] Remove this line once we generate `development` configuration by default + add migration for it if missing
+  buildTarget.configuration ??= '';
+
   yield* await runExecutor<ExecutorEvent>(
     buildTarget,
     {
diff --git a/packages/web/src/executors/dev-server/dev-server.impl.ts b/packages/web/src/executors/dev-server/dev-server.impl.ts
index c98751b1ad061..3e790cac2ead5 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/executors/dev-server/dev-server.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/executors/dev-server/dev-server.impl.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ function getBuildOptions(
   context: ExecutorContext
 ): WebWebpackExecutorOptions {
   const target = parseTargetString(options.buildTarget);
+
+  // TODO(jack): [Nx 14] Remove this line once we generate `development` configuration by default + add migration for it if missing
+  target.configuration ??= '';
+
   const overrides: Partial<WebWebpackExecutorOptions> = {
     watch: false,
   };