diff --git a/packages/nx/src/utils/params.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/utils/params.spec.ts
index 2dbed648579b4..b9528605264c6 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/utils/params.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/utils/params.spec.ts
@@ -877,6 +877,38 @@ describe('params', () => {
       `);
     });
 
+    it('should not throw if one of the anyOf conditions is met', () => {
+      expect(() =>
+        validateOptsAgainstSchema(
+          {
+            a: true,
+          },
+
+          {
+            properties: {
+              a: {
+                type: 'boolean',
+              },
+
+              b: {
+                type: 'boolean',
+              },
+            },
+
+            anyOf: [
+              {
+                required: ['a'],
+              },
+
+              {
+                required: ['b'],
+              },
+            ],
+          }
+        )
+      ).not.toThrow();
+    });
+
     it('should throw if found an unknown property', () => {
       expect(() =>
         validateOptsAgainstSchema(
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/utils/params.ts b/packages/nx/src/utils/params.ts
index d51be2741a7bf..c9ab3b783a88e 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/utils/params.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/utils/params.ts
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ export function validateObject(
         errors.push(e);
       }
     }
-    if (errors.length > 0) {
+    if (errors.length === schema.anyOf.length) {
       throw new Error(
         `Options did not match schema. Please fix any of the following errors:\n${errors
           .map((e) => ' - ' + e.message)
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ function validateProperty(
 
   if (schema.allOf) {
     if (!Array.isArray(schema.allOf))
-      throw new Error(`Invalid schema file. anyOf must be an array.`);
+      throw new Error(`Invalid schema file. allOf must be an array.`);
 
     if (
       !schema.allOf.every((r) => {