diff --git a/packages/angular/plugins/component-testing.ts b/packages/angular/plugins/component-testing.ts
index d43b2adf88..8db59a06b8 100644
--- a/packages/angular/plugins/component-testing.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/plugins/component-testing.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ ${e.stack ? e.stack : e}`
   return {
     ...nxBaseCypressPreset(pathToConfig),
     // NOTE: cannot use a glob pattern since it will break cypress generated tsconfig.
-    specPattern: ['**/*.cy.ts', '**/*.cy.js'],
+    specPattern: ['src/**/*.cy.ts', 'src/**/*.cy.js'],
     devServer: {
       // cypress uses string union type,
       // need to use const to prevent typing to string
diff --git a/packages/react/plugins/component-testing/index.ts b/packages/react/plugins/component-testing/index.ts
index ad81554d95..1b7a29b0ae 100644
--- a/packages/react/plugins/component-testing/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react/plugins/component-testing/index.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ export function nxComponentTestingPreset(
   }
   return {
     ...nxBaseCypressPreset(pathToConfig),
+    specPattern: 'src/**/*.cy.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}',
     devServer: {
       // cypress uses string union type,
       // need to use const to prevent typing to string