diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/default-tasks-runner.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/default-tasks-runner.ts
index c3f8e84ede85b..1e578c03071f2 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/default-tasks-runner.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/default-tasks-runner.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { TaskOrchestrator } from './task-orchestrator';
 import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
 import { TaskGraphCreator } from './task-graph-creator';
 import { Hasher } from '../core/hasher/hasher';
-import { LifeCycle } from './life-cycles/life-cycle';
+import { LifeCycle } from './life-cycle';
 
 export interface RemoteCache {
   retrieve: (hash: string, cacheDirectory: string) => Promise<boolean>;
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/life-cycle.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycle.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/life-cycle.ts
rename to packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycle.ts
index 59f021d7a22fb..95f9547b70767 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/life-cycle.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycle.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Task } from '@nrwl/devkit';
-import { TaskStatus } from '../tasks-runner';
-import { TaskCacheStatus } from '../../utilities/output';
+import { TaskStatus } from './tasks-runner';
+import { TaskCacheStatus } from '../utilities/output';
 
 export interface TaskResult {
   task: Task;
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/dynamic-run-many-terminal-output-life-cycle.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/dynamic-run-many-terminal-output-life-cycle.ts
index 3aee1c43c2f6f..576ac94bbfc69 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/dynamic-run-many-terminal-output-life-cycle.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/dynamic-run-many-terminal-output-life-cycle.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { EOL } from 'os';
 import * as readline from 'readline';
 import { output } from '../../utilities/output';
 import type { Task, TaskStatus } from '../tasks-runner';
-import type { LifeCycle } from './life-cycle';
+import type { LifeCycle } from '../life-cycle';
 import { prettyTime } from './pretty-time';
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/empty-terminal-output-life-cycle.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/empty-terminal-output-life-cycle.ts
index 6d03c30f12bf1..f04e5e3cde288 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/empty-terminal-output-life-cycle.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/empty-terminal-output-life-cycle.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Task } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { output, TaskCacheStatus } from '../../utilities/output';
 import { getCommandArgsForTask } from '../utils';
-import type { LifeCycle } from './life-cycle';
+import type { LifeCycle } from '../life-cycle';
 
 export class EmptyTerminalOutputLifeCycle implements LifeCycle {
   printTaskTerminalOutput(
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/static-run-many-terminal-output-life-cycle.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/static-run-many-terminal-output-life-cycle.ts
index 88e9158cb3506..f378d7794a1cd 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/static-run-many-terminal-output-life-cycle.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/static-run-many-terminal-output-life-cycle.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Task } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { output, TaskCacheStatus } from '../../utilities/output';
 import { TaskStatus } from '../tasks-runner';
 import { getCommandArgsForTask } from '../utils';
-import type { LifeCycle } from './life-cycle';
+import type { LifeCycle } from '../life-cycle';
 
 /**
  * The following life cycle's outputs are static, meaning no previous content
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/static-run-one-terminal-output-life-cycle.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/static-run-one-terminal-output-life-cycle.ts
index 70cef5b5b5494..8554469604c6b 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/static-run-one-terminal-output-life-cycle.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/static-run-one-terminal-output-life-cycle.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Task } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { output, TaskCacheStatus } from '../../utilities/output';
 import { TaskStatus } from '../tasks-runner';
 import { getCommandArgsForTask } from '../utils';
-import type { LifeCycle } from './life-cycle';
+import type { LifeCycle } from '../life-cycle';
 
 /**
  * The following life cycle's outputs are static, meaning no previous content
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/task-profiling-life-cycle.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/task-profiling-life-cycle.ts
index 497c24104bd49..27ba12961d5d6 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/task-profiling-life-cycle.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/task-profiling-life-cycle.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { LifeCycle, TaskMetadata } from './life-cycle';
+import { LifeCycle, TaskMetadata } from '../life-cycle';
 import { Task, writeJsonFile } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { TaskStatus } from '../tasks-runner';
 
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/task-timings-life-cycle.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/task-timings-life-cycle.ts
index 195bb732e09f0..8629024ee921e 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/task-timings-life-cycle.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/life-cycles/task-timings-life-cycle.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { LifeCycle } from './life-cycle';
+import { LifeCycle } from '../life-cycle';
 import { Task } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { TaskStatus } from '../tasks-runner';
 
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/run-command.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/run-command.ts
index 36b646ccd1793..dd463f240c71c 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/run-command.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/run-command.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
 } from '../utilities/project-graph-utils';
 import { output } from '../utilities/output';
 import { getDependencyConfigs, shouldForwardOutput } from './utils';
-import { CompositeLifeCycle, LifeCycle } from './life-cycles/life-cycle';
+import { CompositeLifeCycle, LifeCycle } from './life-cycle';
 import { StaticRunManyTerminalOutputLifeCycle } from './life-cycles/static-run-many-terminal-output-life-cycle';
 import { StaticRunOneTerminalOutputLifeCycle } from './life-cycles/static-run-one-terminal-output-life-cycle';
 import { EmptyTerminalOutputLifeCycle } from './life-cycles/empty-terminal-output-life-cycle';
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
index 587ed930734e5..6bc3a150ce652 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   shouldForwardOutput,
 } from './utils';
 import { Batch, TasksSchedule } from './tasks-schedule';
-import { TaskMetadata } from './life-cycles/life-cycle';
+import { TaskMetadata } from './life-cycle';
 
 export class TaskOrchestrator {
   private cache = new Cache(this.options);