diff --git a/packages/nx-plugin/src/utils/versions/dependencies.ts b/packages/nx-plugin/src/utils/versions/dependencies.ts
index 893b1cb6d..65d8a00f6 100644
--- a/packages/nx-plugin/src/utils/versions/dependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/nx-plugin/src/utils/versions/dependencies.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ export const getAnalogDependencies = (
 
 const getDependencies = (escapedAngularVersion: string) => {
   // fail out for versions <15.2.0
-  if (lt(escapedAngularVersion, '16.0.0')) {
-    throw new Error(stripIndents`Angular v16.0.0 or newer is required.`);
+  if (lt(escapedAngularVersion, '15.0.0')) {
+    throw new Error(stripIndents`Angular v15.0.0 or newer is required.`);
   }
 
   // install 16.x deps for versions <17.0.0
diff --git a/packages/nx-plugin/src/utils/versions/dev-dependencies.ts b/packages/nx-plugin/src/utils/versions/dev-dependencies.ts
index 52c453d7b..daf8d98c8 100644
--- a/packages/nx-plugin/src/utils/versions/dev-dependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/nx-plugin/src/utils/versions/dev-dependencies.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export const getAnalogDevDependencies = (
 
 const getDevDependencies = (escapedAngularVersion: string) => {
   // fail out for versions <15.2.0
-  if (lt(escapedAngularVersion, '16.0.0')) {
+  if (lt(escapedAngularVersion, '15.0.0')) {
     throw new Error(stripIndents`Angular v16.0.0 or newer is required.`);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/nx-plugin/src/utils/versions/ng_16_X/versions.ts b/packages/nx-plugin/src/utils/versions/ng_16_X/versions.ts
index 1bfce6ba7..637dc1295 100644
--- a/packages/nx-plugin/src/utils/versions/ng_16_X/versions.ts
+++ b/packages/nx-plugin/src/utils/versions/ng_16_X/versions.ts
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ export const V16_X_NX_ANGULAR = '~18.0.0';
 export const V16_X_NX_VITE = '~18.0.0';
 export const V16_X_JSDOM = '^22.0.0';
 export const V16_X_VITE_TSCONFIG_PATHS = '^4.2.0';
-export const V16_X_VITEST = '^1.31.0';
+export const V16_X_VITEST = '^1.3.1';
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-nitro/src/lib/vite-nitro-plugin.spec.data.ts b/packages/vite-plugin-nitro/src/lib/vite-nitro-plugin.spec.data.ts
index e6703e97e..9e2b356c1 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-nitro/src/lib/vite-nitro-plugin.spec.data.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-nitro/src/lib/vite-nitro-plugin.spec.data.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export const mockViteDevServer = {
 
 export const mockNitroConfig: NitroConfig = {
   buildDir: resolve('./dist/.nitro'),
+  preset: undefined,
   handlers: [],
   logLevel: 0,
   output: {
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ export const mockNitroConfig: NitroConfig = {
     publicDir: resolve('dist/analog/public'),
   },
   rootDir: '.',
-  runtimeConfig: {},
   scanDirs: ['src/server'],
   srcDir: 'src/server',
   prerender: {
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-nitro/src/lib/vite-plugin-nitro.spec.ts b/packages/vite-plugin-nitro/src/lib/vite-plugin-nitro.spec.ts
index 5424493dc..5adb6ff38 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-nitro/src/lib/vite-plugin-nitro.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-nitro/src/lib/vite-plugin-nitro.spec.ts
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ describe('nitro', () => {
               ...mockNitroConfig,
               prerender: {
                 routes: ['/blog', '/about', '/blog/first', '/blog/02-second'],
+                crawlLinks: undefined,
               },
               alias: expect.anything(),
               publicAssets: expect.anything(),
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-nitro/src/lib/vite-plugin-nitro.ts b/packages/vite-plugin-nitro/src/lib/vite-plugin-nitro.ts
index 698413139..0203c80b6 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-nitro/src/lib/vite-plugin-nitro.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-nitro/src/lib/vite-plugin-nitro.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { NitroConfig, build, createDevServer, createNitro } from 'nitropack';
 import { App, toNodeListener } from 'h3';
 import type { Plugin, UserConfig, ViteDevServer } from 'vite';
-import { normalizePath } from 'vite';
+import { mergeConfig, normalizePath } from 'vite';
 import { dirname, join, relative, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { platform } from 'node:os';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ export function nitro(options?: Options, nitroOptions?: NitroConfig): Plugin[] {
             publicDir: normalizePath(
               resolve(workspaceRoot, 'dist', rootDir, 'analog/public')
             ),
-            ...nitroOptions?.output,
           },
           buildDir: normalizePath(
             resolve(workspaceRoot, 'dist', rootDir, '.nitro')
@@ -105,7 +104,6 @@ export function nitro(options?: Options, nitroOptions?: NitroConfig): Plugin[] {
           typescript: {
             generateTsConfig: false,
           },
-          runtimeConfig: { ...nitroOptions?.runtimeConfig },
           rollupConfig: {
             onwarn(warning) {
               if (
@@ -150,7 +148,6 @@ export function nitro(options?: Options, nitroOptions?: NitroConfig): Plugin[] {
         nitroConfig.alias = {
           '#analog/ssr': ssrEntry,
           '#analog/index': indexEntry,
-          ...nitroOptions?.alias,
         };
 
         if (isBuild) {
@@ -250,18 +247,9 @@ export function nitro(options?: Options, nitroOptions?: NitroConfig): Plugin[] {
             nitroConfig = {
               ...nitroConfig,
               externals: {
-                ...nitroOptions?.externals,
-                external: [
-                  'rxjs',
-                  'node-fetch-native/dist/polyfill',
-                  ...(nitroOptions?.externals?.external || []),
-                ],
+                external: ['rxjs', 'node-fetch-native/dist/polyfill'],
               },
-              moduleSideEffects: [
-                'zone.js/node',
-                'zone.js/fesm2015/zone-node',
-                ...(nitroOptions?.moduleSideEffects || []),
-              ],
+              moduleSideEffects: ['zone.js/node', 'zone.js/fesm2015/zone-node'],
               handlers: [
                 {
                   handler: apiMiddlewareHandler,
@@ -273,10 +261,10 @@ export function nitro(options?: Options, nitroOptions?: NitroConfig): Plugin[] {
           }
         }
 
-        nitroConfig = {
-          ...nitroConfig,
-          ...nitroOptions,
-        };
+        nitroConfig = mergeConfig(
+          nitroConfig,
+          nitroOptions as Record<string, any>
+        );
       },
       async configureServer(viteServer: ViteDevServer) {
         if (isServe && !isTest) {