diff --git a/packages/nx/src/daemon/server/project-graph-incremental-recomputation.ts b/packages/nx/src/daemon/server/project-graph-incremental-recomputation.ts
index cf93177187..3627baeb28 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/daemon/server/project-graph-incremental-recomputation.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/daemon/server/project-graph-incremental-recomputation.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   retrieveWorkspaceFiles,
   retrieveProjectConfigurations,
 } from '../../project-graph/utils/retrieve-workspace-files';
+import { ProjectConfiguration } from '../../config/workspace-json-project-json';
 
 let cachedSerializedProjectGraphPromise: Promise<{
   error: Error | null;
@@ -115,8 +116,18 @@ export function addUpdatedAndDeletedFiles(
   }
 }
 
-function computeWorkspaceConfigHash(projectsConfigurations: any) {
-  return hashArray([JSON.stringify(projectsConfigurations)]);
+function computeWorkspaceConfigHash(
+  projectsConfigurations: Record<string, ProjectConfiguration>
+) {
+  const projectConfigurationStrings = Object.entries(projectsConfigurations)
+    .sort(([projectNameA], [projectNameB]) =>
+      projectNameA.localeCompare(projectNameB)
+    )
+    .map(
+      ([projectName, projectConfig]) =>
+        `${projectName}:${JSON.stringify(projectConfig)}`
+    );
+  return hashArray(projectConfigurationStrings);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/file-map-utils.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/file-map-utils.spec.ts
index edcdf7d562..1a9eb230f3 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/file-map-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/file-map-utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
+import { ProjectType } from '../config/workspace-json-project-json';
 import { createProjectFileMap, updateProjectFileMap } from './file-map-utils';
 
 describe('fileMapUtils', () => {
   describe('createFileMap', () => {
     it('should map files to projects', () => {
       const projectsConfigurations = {
+        version: 2,
         projects: {
           demo: {
             root: 'apps/demo',
             sourceRoot: 'apps/demo/src',
-            projectType: 'application',
+            projectType: 'application' as ProjectType,
           },
           'demo-e2e': {
             root: 'apps/demo-e2e',
             sourceRoot: 'apps/demo-e2e/src',
-            projectType: 'application',
+            projectType: 'application' as ProjectType,
           },
           ui: {
             root: 'libs/ui',
             sourceRoot: 'libs/ui/src',
-            projectType: 'library',
+            projectType: 'library' as ProjectType,
           },
         },
       };
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ describe('fileMapUtils', () => {
         { file: 'tools/myfile.txt', hash: 'some-hash' },
       ];
 
-      const result = createProjectFileMap(projectsConfigurations as any, files);
+      const result = createProjectFileMap(projectsConfigurations, files);
 
       expect(result).toEqual({
         projectFileMap: {
@@ -52,22 +54,20 @@ describe('fileMapUtils', () => {
   describe('updateFileMap', () => {
     it('should map files to projects', () => {
       const projectsConfigurations = {
-        projects: {
-          demo: {
-            root: 'apps/demo',
-            sourceRoot: 'apps/demo/src',
-            projectType: 'application',
-          },
-          'demo-e2e': {
-            root: 'apps/demo-e2e',
-            sourceRoot: 'apps/demo-e2e/src',
-            projectType: 'application',
-          },
-          ui: {
-            root: 'libs/ui',
-            sourceRoot: 'libs/ui/src',
-            projectType: 'library',
-          },
+        demo: {
+          root: 'apps/demo',
+          sourceRoot: 'apps/demo/src',
+          projectType: 'application' as ProjectType,
+        },
+        'demo-e2e': {
+          root: 'apps/demo-e2e',
+          sourceRoot: 'apps/demo-e2e/src',
+          projectType: 'application' as ProjectType,
+        },
+        ui: {
+          root: 'libs/ui',
+          sourceRoot: 'libs/ui/src',
+          projectType: 'library' as ProjectType,
         },
       };
       const files = [
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ describe('fileMapUtils', () => {
         ],
       };
       const result = updateProjectFileMap(
-        projectsConfigurations as any,
+        projectsConfigurations,
         projectFileMap,
         files,
         new Map([
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/file-map-utils.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/file-map-utils.ts
index 270ea7ac8c..35f568c113 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/file-map-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/file-map-utils.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import {
   createProjectRootMappingsFromProjectConfigurations,
   findProjectForPath,
 } from './utils/find-project-for-path';
-import { ProjectsConfigurations } from '../config/workspace-json-project-json';
+import {
+  ProjectConfiguration,
+  ProjectsConfigurations,
+} from '../config/workspace-json-project-json';
 import { daemonClient } from '../daemon/client/client';
 import { readProjectsConfigurationFromProjectGraph } from './project-graph';
 import { fileHasher } from '../hasher/file-hasher';
@@ -52,16 +55,14 @@ export function createProjectFileMap(
 }
 
 export function updateProjectFileMap(
-  projectsConfigurations: ProjectsConfigurations,
+  projectsConfigurations: Record<string, ProjectConfiguration>,
   projectFileMap: ProjectFileMap,
   allWorkspaceFiles: FileData[],
   updatedFiles: Map<string, string>,
   deletedFiles: string[]
 ): { projectFileMap: ProjectFileMap; allWorkspaceFiles: FileData[] } {
   const projectRootMappings =
-    createProjectRootMappingsFromProjectConfigurations(
-      projectsConfigurations.projects
-    );
+    createProjectRootMappingsFromProjectConfigurations(projectsConfigurations);
 
   for (const f of updatedFiles.keys()) {
     const matchingProjectFiles =
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/retrieve-workspace-files.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/retrieve-workspace-files.ts
index b2df26cd1f..3e8a0d9175 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/retrieve-workspace-files.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/retrieve-workspace-files.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export async function retrieveWorkspaceFiles(
 export async function retrieveProjectConfigurations(
   workspaceRoot: string,
   nxJson: NxJsonConfiguration
-) {
+): Promise<Record<string, ProjectConfiguration>> {
   const { getProjectConfigurations } = require('../../native');
   const globs = await configurationGlobs(workspaceRoot, nxJson);
   return getProjectConfigurations(