diff --git a/packages/angular/src/utils/mf/with-module-federation.ts b/packages/angular/src/utils/mf/with-module-federation.ts
index c2a8d4091a..09f67ab353 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/utils/mf/with-module-federation.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/utils/mf/with-module-federation.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ function addStringDependencyToSharedConfig(
 ): void {
   if (projectGraph.nodes[dependency]) {
     sharedConfig[dependency] = { requiredVersion: false };
-  } else if (projectGraph.externalNodes?.[dependency]) {
+  } else if (projectGraph.externalNodes?.[`npm:${dependency}`]) {
     const pkgJson = readRootPackageJson();
     const config = getNpmPackageSharedConfig(
       dependency,
diff --git a/packages/react/src/module-federation/with-module-federation.ts b/packages/react/src/module-federation/with-module-federation.ts
index 37e15eb0ef..43fdd3594a 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/module-federation/with-module-federation.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/module-federation/with-module-federation.ts
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ function addStringDependencyToSharedConfig(
 ): void {
   if (projectGraph.nodes[dependency]) {
     sharedConfig[dependency] = { requiredVersion: false };
-  } else if (projectGraph.externalNodes?.[dependency]) {
+  } else if (projectGraph.externalNodes?.[`npm:${dependency}`]) {
     const pkgJson = readRootPackageJson();
     const config = getNpmPackageSharedConfig(
       dependency,