diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/locators/workspace-projects.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/locators/workspace-projects.spec.ts
index 359ae7cf0fe4f..72ad8346b9965 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/locators/workspace-projects.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/locators/workspace-projects.spec.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,44 @@ describe('getImplicitlyTouchedProjects', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('should return projects which have touched files in their named inputs', () => {
+    const graph = buildProjectGraphNodes({
+      a: {
+        root: 'a',
+        namedInputs: {
+          projectSpecificFiles: ['{workspaceRoot}/a.txt'],
+        },
+      },
+      b: {
+        root: 'b',
+      },
+    });
+    let fileChanges = getFileChanges(['a.txt']);
+    expect(getImplicitlyTouchedProjects(fileChanges, graph, nxJson)).toEqual([
+      'a',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should return projects which have touched files in their target inputs', () => {
+    const graph = buildProjectGraphNodes({
+      a: {
+        root: 'a',
+        targets: {
+          build: {
+            inputs: ['{workspaceRoot}/a.txt'],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      b: {
+        root: 'b',
+      },
+    });
+    let fileChanges = getFileChanges(['a.txt']);
+    expect(getImplicitlyTouchedProjects(fileChanges, graph, nxJson)).toEqual([
+      'a',
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it('should return a list of unique projects', () => {
     const fileChanges = getFileChanges([
       'styles/file2.css',
@@ -161,50 +199,20 @@ describe('getImplicitlyTouchedProjects', () => {
 
 describe('extractGlobalFilesFromInputs', () => {
   it('should return list of global files from nx.json', () => {
-    const globalFiles = extractGlobalFilesFromInputs(
-      {
-        namedInputs: {
-          one: [
-            '{workspaceRoot}/global1.txt',
-            { fileset: '{workspaceRoot}/global2.txt' },
-            '{projectRoot}/local.txt',
-          ],
-        },
-        targetDefaults: {
-          build: {
-            inputs: ['{workspaceRoot}/global3.txt'],
-          },
+    const globalFiles = extractGlobalFilesFromInputs({
+      namedInputs: {
+        one: [
+          '{workspaceRoot}/global1.txt',
+          { fileset: '{workspaceRoot}/global2.txt' },
+          '{projectRoot}/local.txt',
+        ],
+      },
+      targetDefaults: {
+        build: {
+          inputs: ['{workspaceRoot}/global3.txt'],
         },
       },
-      {}
-    );
-    expect(globalFiles).toEqual(['global1.txt', 'global2.txt', 'global3.txt']);
-  });
-
-  it('should return list of global files from project configuration', () => {
-    const globalFiles = extractGlobalFilesFromInputs(
-      {},
-      {
-        one: {
-          name: 'one',
-          type: 'lib',
-          data: {
-            namedInputs: {
-              one: [
-                '{workspaceRoot}/global1.txt',
-                { fileset: '{workspaceRoot}/global2.txt' },
-                '{projectRoot}/local.txt',
-              ],
-            },
-            targets: {
-              build: {
-                inputs: ['{workspaceRoot}/global3.txt'],
-              },
-            },
-          },
-        } as any,
-      }
-    );
+    });
     expect(globalFiles).toEqual(['global1.txt', 'global2.txt', 'global3.txt']);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/locators/workspace-projects.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/locators/workspace-projects.ts
index 5386e058e5293..89301bbab59f5 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/locators/workspace-projects.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/affected/locators/workspace-projects.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import * as minimatch from 'minimatch';
 import { TouchedProjectLocator } from '../affected-project-graph-models';
 import { NxJsonConfiguration } from '../../../config/nx-json';
-import { ProjectGraphProjectNode } from '../../../config/project-graph';
 import {
   createProjectRootMappings,
   findProjectForPath,
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ export const getImplicitlyTouchedProjects: TouchedProjectLocator = (
 ): string[] => {
   const implicits = { ...nxJson.implicitDependencies };
   const globalFiles = [
-    ...extractGlobalFilesFromInputs(nxJson, projectGraphNodes),
+    ...extractGlobalFilesFromInputs(nxJson),
     'nx.json',
     'package-lock.json',
     'yarn.lock',
@@ -40,6 +39,19 @@ export const getImplicitlyTouchedProjects: TouchedProjectLocator = (
     implicits[file] = '*' as any;
   });
 
+  Object.values(projectGraphNodes || {}).forEach((node) => {
+    [
+      ...extractFilesFromNamedInputs(node.data.namedInputs),
+      ...extractFilesFromTargetInputs(node.data.targets),
+    ].forEach((input) => {
+      implicits[input] ??= [];
+
+      if (Array.isArray(implicits[input])) {
+        implicits[input].push(node.name);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
   const touched = new Set<string>();
 
   for (const [pattern, projects] of Object.entries(implicits)) {
@@ -61,41 +73,32 @@ export const getImplicitlyTouchedProjects: TouchedProjectLocator = (
   return Array.from(touched);
 };
 
-export function extractGlobalFilesFromInputs(
-  nxJson: NxJsonConfiguration,
-  projectGraphNodes: Record<string, ProjectGraphProjectNode>
-) {
+export function extractGlobalFilesFromInputs(nxJson: NxJsonConfiguration) {
   const globalFiles = [];
-  globalFiles.push(...extractGlobalFilesFromNamedInputs(nxJson.namedInputs));
-  globalFiles.push(...extractGlobalFilesFromTargets(nxJson.targetDefaults));
-  Object.values(projectGraphNodes || {}).forEach((node) => {
-    globalFiles.push(
-      ...extractGlobalFilesFromNamedInputs(node.data.namedInputs)
-    );
-    globalFiles.push(...extractGlobalFilesFromTargets(node.data.targets));
-  });
+  globalFiles.push(...extractFilesFromNamedInputs(nxJson.namedInputs));
+  globalFiles.push(...extractFilesFromTargetInputs(nxJson.targetDefaults));
   return globalFiles;
 }
 
-function extractGlobalFilesFromNamedInputs(namedInputs: any) {
-  const globalFiles = [];
+function extractFilesFromNamedInputs(namedInputs: any) {
+  const files = [];
   for (const inputs of Object.values(namedInputs || {})) {
-    globalFiles.push(...extractGlobalFiles(inputs));
+    files.push(...extractFilesFromInputs(inputs));
   }
-  return globalFiles;
+  return files;
 }
 
-function extractGlobalFilesFromTargets(targets: any) {
+function extractFilesFromTargetInputs(targets: any) {
   const globalFiles = [];
   for (const target of Object.values(targets || {})) {
     if ((target as any).inputs) {
-      globalFiles.push(...extractGlobalFiles((target as any).inputs));
+      globalFiles.push(...extractFilesFromInputs((target as any).inputs));
     }
   }
   return globalFiles;
 }
 
-function extractGlobalFiles(inputs: any) {
+function extractFilesFromInputs(inputs: any) {
   const globalFiles = [];
   for (const input of inputs) {
     if (typeof input === 'string' && input.startsWith('{workspaceRoot}/')) {