diff --git a/nx-dev/nx-dev/project.json b/nx-dev/nx-dev/project.json
index 774b6f0234..605d58a99e 100644
--- a/nx-dev/nx-dev/project.json
+++ b/nx-dev/nx-dev/project.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         "outputPath": "dist/nx-dev/nx-dev",
         "commands": [
           "nx run nx-dev:sitemap",
-          "ts-node -P ./scripts/tsconfig.scripts.json ./scripts/documentation/internal-link-checker.ts"
+          "ts-node -P ./scripts/tsconfig.release.json ./scripts/documentation/internal-link-checker.ts"
         ],
         "parallel": false
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f40f379cf8..f11be50a5e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "check-documentation-map": "ts-node -P ./scripts/tsconfig.scripts.json ./scripts/documentation/map-link-checker.ts",
     "e2e-start-local-registry": "node ./scripts/e2e-start-local-registry.js",
     "e2e-build-package-publish": "ts-node -P ./scripts/tsconfig.e2e.json ./scripts/e2e-build-package-publish.ts",
-    "nx-release": "ts-node -P ./scripts/tsconfig.scripts.json ./scripts/nx-release",
+    "nx-release": "ts-node -P ./scripts/tsconfig.release.json ./scripts/nx-release",
     "prepublishOnly": "node ./scripts/update-package-group.js",
     "version": "npx prettier lerna.json --write",
     "depcheck": "ts-node -P ./scripts/tsconfig.scripts.json ./scripts/depcheck",
diff --git a/scripts/tsconfig.release.json b/scripts/tsconfig.release.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..522adc8e78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tsconfig.release.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "../scripts/tools-out",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "types": ["node"]
+  },
+  "include": ["**/*.ts"]
+}