diff --git a/e2e/linter/src/linter.test.ts b/e2e/linter/src/linter.test.ts
index 672818d7cb..45de3b6aca 100644
--- a/e2e/linter/src/linter.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/linter/src/linter.test.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ describe('Linter', () => {
       /'tslint' option is no longer supported/
     );
     expect(() => runCLI(`lint ${myapp} --linter=random`)).toThrow(
-      /Schema validation failed/
+      /'random' should be one of eslint,tslint/
     );
   }, 1000000);
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/schematics/application/application.spec.ts b/packages/react/src/schematics/application/application.spec.ts
index 8fb1e74de6..b38983e87c 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/schematics/application/application.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/schematics/application/application.spec.ts
@@ -377,12 +377,20 @@ describe('app', () => {
     expect(eslintJson.extends).toEqual(
       expect.arrayContaining(['plugin:@nrwl/nx/react'])
     );
-    expect(packageJson).toMatchObject({
-      devDependencies: {
-        'eslint-plugin-react': expect.anything(),
-        'eslint-plugin-react-hooks': expect.anything(),
-      },
-    });
+    expect(packageJson.devDependencies.eslint).toBeDefined();
+    expect(packageJson.devDependencies['@nrwl/linter']).toBeDefined();
+    expect(packageJson.devDependencies['@nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx']).toBeDefined();
+    expect(packageJson.devDependencies['eslint-plugin-react']).toBeDefined();
+    expect(
+      packageJson.devDependencies['eslint-plugin-react-hooks']
+    ).toBeDefined();
+    expect(
+      packageJson.devDependencies['@typescript-eslint/parser']
+    ).toBeDefined();
+    expect(
+      packageJson.devDependencies['@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin']
+    ).toBeDefined();
+    expect(packageJson.devDependencies['eslint-config-prettier']).toBeDefined();
   });
 
   describe('--class-component', () => {
diff --git a/packages/tao/src/shared/params.ts b/packages/tao/src/shared/params.ts
index e61ec2bd48..8c6cb6e925 100644
--- a/packages/tao/src/shared/params.ts
+++ b/packages/tao/src/shared/params.ts
@@ -226,6 +226,14 @@ function validateProperty(
         `Property '${propName}' does not match the schema. '${value}' should be a '${schema.type}'.`
       );
     }
+
+    if (schema.enum && !schema.enum.includes(value)) {
+      throw new SchemaError(
+        `Property '${propName}' does not match the schema. '${value}' should be one of ${schema.enum.join(
+          ','
+        )}.`
+      );
+    }
   } else if (Array.isArray(value)) {
     if (schema.type !== 'array') throwInvalidSchema(propName, schema);
     value.forEach((valueInArray) =>
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/utils/lint.ts b/packages/workspace/src/utils/lint.ts
index c9dcff190f..168f21af4e 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/utils/lint.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/utils/lint.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ export function addLintFiles(
                 : {}),
             },
             {
+              '@nrwl/linter': nxVersion,
               '@nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx': nxVersion,
               '@typescript-eslint/parser': typescriptESLintVersion,
               '@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin': typescriptESLintVersion,