diff --git a/packages/react/src/executors/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts b/packages/react/src/executors/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts
index b1b7db1c4b..fc6f574697 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/executors/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/executors/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ export default async function* moduleFederationDevServer(
               waitForPortOpen(port, {
                 retries: 480,
                 retryDelay: 2500,
+                host: 'localhost',
               })
             )
           );