diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/angular-v14/lib/root-router-config.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/angular-v14/lib/root-router-config.ts
index c315768ae9ef4c..5cdfd1997d7086 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/angular-v14/lib/root-router-config.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/angular-v14/lib/root-router-config.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
 import type { Tree } from '@nrwl/devkit';
-import type { NormalizedSchema } from './normalized-schema';
-
 import { insertImport } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/ast-utils';
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import { ensureTypescript } from '@nrwl/js/src/utils/typescript/ensure-typescript';
 import { addImportToModule } from '../../../../utils/nx-devkit/ast-utils';
+import type { NormalizedSchema } from './normalized-schema';
+
+let tsModule: typeof import('typescript');
 
 export function addRouterRootConfiguration(
   host: Tree,
   options: NormalizedSchema
 ) {
+  if (!tsModule) {
+    tsModule = ensureTypescript();
+  }
   const modulePath = `${options.appProjectRoot}/src/app/app.module.ts`;
   const moduleSource = host.read(modulePath, 'utf-8');
 
-  let sourceFile = ts.createSourceFile(
+  let sourceFile = tsModule.createSourceFile(
     modulePath,
     moduleSource,
-    ts.ScriptTarget.Latest,
+    tsModule.ScriptTarget.Latest,
     true
   );
 
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/angular-v14/lib/update-app-component-template.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/angular-v14/lib/update-app-component-template.ts
index 473a3b45e3389f..cde348f017398d 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/angular-v14/lib/update-app-component-template.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/angular-v14/lib/update-app-component-template.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 import type { Tree } from '@nrwl/devkit';
-import type { NormalizedSchema } from './normalized-schema';
-
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import type * as ts from 'typescript';
 import { replaceNodeValue } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/ast-utils';
+import { ensureTypescript } from '@nrwl/js/src/utils/typescript/ensure-typescript';
 import { getDecoratorPropertyValueNode } from '../../../../utils/nx-devkit/ast-utils';
-
 import { nrwlHomeTemplate } from './nrwl-home-tpl';
+import type { NormalizedSchema } from './normalized-schema';
+
+let tsModule: typeof import('typescript');
 
 export function updateAppComponentTemplate(
   host: Tree,
   options: NormalizedSchema
 ) {
+  if (!tsModule) {
+    tsModule = ensureTypescript();
+  }
   const content = options.routing
     ? `${nrwlHomeTemplate.getSelector(
         options.prefix
@@ -35,10 +39,10 @@ export function updateAppComponentTemplate(
 
   replaceNodeValue(
     host,
-    ts.createSourceFile(
+    tsModule.createSourceFile(
       componentPath,
       host.read(componentPath, 'utf-8'),
-      ts.ScriptTarget.Latest,
+      tsModule.ScriptTarget.Latest,
       true
     ),
     componentPath,
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/angular-v14/lib/update-component-spec.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/angular-v14/lib/update-component-spec.ts
index 7f6765cfec918b..5d94bdfd862bde 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/angular-v14/lib/update-component-spec.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/angular-v14/lib/update-component-spec.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 import type { Tree } from '@nrwl/devkit';
-import type { NormalizedSchema } from './normalized-schema';
-
 import { insertImport } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/ast-utils';
+import { ensureTypescript } from '@nrwl/js/src/utils/typescript/ensure-typescript';
 import {
   addImportToTestBed,
   replaceIntoToTestBed,
 } from '../../../../utils/nx-devkit/ast-utils';
+import type { NormalizedSchema } from './normalized-schema';
 
 let tsModule: typeof import('typescript');
 
 export function updateComponentSpec(host: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
   if (!tsModule) {
-    tsModule = require('typescript');
+    tsModule = ensureTypescript();
   }
   if (options.skipTests !== true) {
     const componentSpecPath = `${options.appProjectRoot}/src/app/app.component.spec.ts`;
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/ngrx/lib/validate-options.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/ngrx/lib/validate-options.ts
index dc1f3fdc2b6c8f..39906c5fbc970b 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/ngrx/lib/validate-options.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/ngrx/lib/validate-options.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import type { Tree } from '@nrwl/devkit';
-import { tsquery } from '@phenomnomnominal/tsquery';
 import { coerce, lt, major } from 'semver';
 import {
   getInstalledAngularVersionInfo,
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ export function validateOptions(
   if (lt(angularVersionInfo.version, '14.1.0') || ngrxMajorVersion < 15) {
     const parentPath = options.parent ?? options.module;
     const parentContent = tree.read(parentPath, 'utf-8');
+    const { tsquery } = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery');
     const ast = tsquery.ast(parentContent);
 
     const NG_MODULE_DECORATOR_SELECTOR =
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/scam-to-standalone/lib/convert-scam-to-standalone.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/scam-to-standalone/lib/convert-scam-to-standalone.ts
index 998e5b73ccdf44..59e564962e7a7f 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/scam-to-standalone/lib/convert-scam-to-standalone.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/scam-to-standalone/lib/convert-scam-to-standalone.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Node, SourceFile } from 'typescript';
 import { Tree } from 'nx/src/generators/tree';
-import { tsquery } from '@phenomnomnominal/tsquery';
 import { parse } from 'path';
 import { joinPathFragments } from 'nx/src/utils/path';
 
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ export function convertScamToStandalone(
   let newComponentContents = '';
   const COMPONENT_PROPERTY_SELECTOR =
     'ClassDeclaration > Decorator > CallExpression:has(Identifier[name=Component]) ObjectLiteralExpression';
+  const { tsquery } = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery');
   const componentDecoratorMetadataNode = tsquery(
     componentAST,
     COMPONENT_PROPERTY_SELECTOR,
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/scam-to-standalone/lib/get-component-data-from-ast.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/scam-to-standalone/lib/get-component-data-from-ast.ts
index 81eacb145bc6fe..fbb1a5a6d42dff 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/scam-to-standalone/lib/get-component-data-from-ast.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/scam-to-standalone/lib/get-component-data-from-ast.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { Tree } from 'nx/src/generators/tree';
-import { tsquery } from '@phenomnomnominal/tsquery';
 
 export function getComponentDataFromAST(
   tree: Tree,
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ export function getComponentDataFromAST(
     'ClassDeclaration:has(Decorator > CallExpression:has(Identifier[name=Component])) > Identifier';
 
   const componentFileContents = tree.read(normalizedComponentPath, 'utf-8');
+  const { tsquery } = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery');
   const componentAST = tsquery.ast(componentFileContents);
 
   const componentNode = tsquery(componentAST, COMPONENT_CONTENT_SELECTOR, {
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/scam-to-standalone/lib/get-module-metadata-from-ast.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/scam-to-standalone/lib/get-module-metadata-from-ast.ts
index c98d5b5c48982e..58447c635c9bf5 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/scam-to-standalone/lib/get-module-metadata-from-ast.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/scam-to-standalone/lib/get-module-metadata-from-ast.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { SourceFile } from 'typescript';
-import { tsquery } from '@phenomnomnominal/tsquery';
+import type { SourceFile } from 'typescript';
 
 export function getModuleMetadataFromAST(
   componentAST: SourceFile,
@@ -7,6 +6,7 @@ export function getModuleMetadataFromAST(
 ) {
   const NGMODULE_CONTENT_SELECTOR =
     'ClassDeclaration:has(Decorator > CallExpression:has(Identifier[name=NgModule]))';
+  const { tsquery } = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery');
   const moduleNodes = tsquery(componentAST, NGMODULE_CONTENT_SELECTOR, {
     visitAllChildren: true,
   });
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/scam-to-standalone/lib/selector-exists-in-ast.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/scam-to-standalone/lib/selector-exists-in-ast.ts
index a6dd28e2727498..74bdf7c8c35427 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/scam-to-standalone/lib/selector-exists-in-ast.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/scam-to-standalone/lib/selector-exists-in-ast.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { SourceFile } from 'typescript';
-import { tsquery } from '@phenomnomnominal/tsquery';
+import type { SourceFile } from 'typescript';
 
 export function selectorExistsInAST(selector: string, ast: SourceFile) {
+  const { tsquery } = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery');
   return tsquery(ast, selector, { visitAllChildren: true }).length > 0;
 }
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mf/lib/add-remote-to-host.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mf/lib/add-remote-to-host.ts
index 5a5207cf1219d1..41846e96a400bf 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mf/lib/add-remote-to-host.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mf/lib/add-remote-to-host.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import {
   updateJson,
 } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import type { Schema } from '../schema';
-import { tsquery } from '@phenomnomnominal/tsquery';
-import type * as ts from 'typescript';
 import { ArrayLiteralExpression } from 'typescript';
 import { insertImport } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/ast-utils';
 import { addRoute } from '../../../utils/nx-devkit/route-utils';
@@ -85,6 +83,7 @@ function addRemoteToStaticHost(
   }
 
   const hostMFConfig = tree.read(hostMFConfigPath, 'utf-8');
+  const { tsquery } = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery');
   const webpackAst = tsquery.ast(hostMFConfig);
   const mfRemotesNode = tsquery(
     webpackAst,
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mf/lib/update-host-app-routes.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mf/lib/update-host-app-routes.ts
index 86d037f4b1d282..e96d0d8aa947ad 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mf/lib/update-host-app-routes.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mf/lib/update-host-app-routes.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 import { Tree } from 'nx/src/generators/tree';
-import { Schema } from '../schema';
 import { readProjectConfiguration } from 'nx/src/generators/utils/project-configuration';
 import { generateFiles, joinPathFragments, names } from '@nrwl/devkit';
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import { ensureTypescript } from '@nrwl/js/src/utils/typescript/ensure-typescript';
 import { addRoute } from '../../../utils/nx-devkit/route-utils';
+import { Schema } from '../schema';
+
+let tsModule: typeof import('typescript');
 
 export function updateHostAppRoutes(tree: Tree, options: Schema) {
+  if (!tsModule) {
+    tsModule = ensureTypescript();
+  }
+
   const { sourceRoot } = readProjectConfiguration(tree, options.appName);
 
   const remoteRoutes =
@@ -36,10 +42,10 @@ ${remoteRoutes}
 
   const hostRootRoutingFile = tree.read(pathToHostRootRoutingFile, 'utf-8');
 
-  let sourceFile = ts.createSourceFile(
+  let sourceFile = tsModule.createSourceFile(
     pathToHostRootRoutingFile,
     hostRootRoutingFile,
-    ts.ScriptTarget.Latest,
+    tsModule.ScriptTarget.Latest,
     true
   );
 
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/utils/storybook-ast/storybook-inputs.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/utils/storybook-ast/storybook-inputs.ts
index 3bd28dc5261110..6abb07bc2e81e1 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/utils/storybook-ast/storybook-inputs.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/utils/storybook-ast/storybook-inputs.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ import type { Tree } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { findNodes } from 'nx/src/utils/typescript';
 import { getSourceNodes } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/typescript';
 import type { PropertyDeclaration } from 'typescript';
-import { SyntaxKind } from 'typescript';
 import { getTsSourceFile } from '../../../utils/nx-devkit/ast-utils';
+import { ensureTypescript } from '@nrwl/js/src/utils/typescript/ensure-typescript';
+
+let tsModule: typeof import('typescript');
 
 export type KnobType = 'text' | 'boolean' | 'number' | 'select';
 export interface InputDescriptor {
@@ -16,15 +18,18 @@ export function getInputPropertyDeclarations(
   tree: Tree,
   path: string
 ): PropertyDeclaration[] {
+  if (!tsModule) {
+    tsModule = ensureTypescript();
+  }
   const file = getTsSourceFile(tree, path);
 
   const decorators = getSourceNodes(file).filter(
-    (node) => node.kind === SyntaxKind.Decorator
+    (node) => node.kind === tsModule.SyntaxKind.Decorator
   );
 
   return decorators
     .filter((decorator) =>
-      findNodes(decorator, SyntaxKind.Identifier).some(
+      findNodes(decorator, tsModule.SyntaxKind.Identifier).some(
         (node) => node.getText() === 'Input'
       )
     )
@@ -39,13 +44,16 @@ export function getComponentProps(
   ) => string | undefined = getArgsDefaultValue,
   useDecoratorName = true
 ): InputDescriptor[] {
+  if (!tsModule) {
+    tsModule = ensureTypescript();
+  }
   const props = getInputPropertyDeclarations(tree, componentPath).map(
     (node) => {
       const decoratorContent = findNodes(
-        findNodes(node, SyntaxKind.Decorator).find((n) =>
+        findNodes(node, tsModule.SyntaxKind.Decorator).find((n) =>
           n.getText().startsWith('@Input')
         ),
-        SyntaxKind.StringLiteral
+        tsModule.SyntaxKind.StringLiteral
       );
       const name =
         useDecoratorName && decoratorContent.length
@@ -69,6 +77,9 @@ export function getComponentProps(
 }
 
 export function getKnobType(property: PropertyDeclaration): KnobType {
+  if (!tsModule) {
+    tsModule = ensureTypescript();
+  }
   if (property.type) {
     const typeName = property.type.getText();
     const typeNameToKnobType: Record<string, KnobType> = {
@@ -80,10 +91,10 @@ export function getKnobType(property: PropertyDeclaration): KnobType {
   }
   if (property.initializer) {
     const initializerKindToKnobType: Record<number, KnobType> = {
-      [SyntaxKind.StringLiteral]: 'text',
-      [SyntaxKind.NumericLiteral]: 'number',
-      [SyntaxKind.TrueKeyword]: 'boolean',
-      [SyntaxKind.FalseKeyword]: 'boolean',
+      [tsModule.SyntaxKind.StringLiteral]: 'text',
+      [tsModule.SyntaxKind.NumericLiteral]: 'number',
+      [tsModule.SyntaxKind.TrueKeyword]: 'boolean',
+      [tsModule.SyntaxKind.FalseKeyword]: 'boolean',
     };
     return initializerKindToKnobType[property.initializer.kind] || 'text';
   }
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/utils/get-mf-projects.ts b/packages/angular/src/utils/get-mf-projects.ts
index 6605ff41ffe91b..fc4202361f5792 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/utils/get-mf-projects.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/utils/get-mf-projects.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import type { Tree } from '@nrwl/devkit';
-import { tsquery } from '@phenomnomnominal/tsquery';
 import { forEachExecutorOptions } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/executor-options-utils';
 
 export function getMFProjects(
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ export function getMFProjects(
         return;
       }
       const webpackConfig = tree.read(webpackPath, 'utf-8');
+      const { tsquery } = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery');
       const ast = tsquery.ast(webpackConfig);
       const moduleFederationWebpackConfig = tsquery(
         ast,
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/utils/nx-devkit/route-utils.ts b/packages/angular/src/utils/nx-devkit/route-utils.ts
index 96b1bf2a459057..35b73bda8aaf80 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/utils/nx-devkit/route-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/utils/nx-devkit/route-utils.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ export function addRoute(
     );
   }
   if (!tsModule) {
-    tsModule = require('typescript');
+    tsModule = ensureTypescript();
   }
-  ensureTypescript();
   const { tsquery } = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery');
 
   let routesFileContents = tree.read(routesFile, 'utf-8');
diff --git a/packages/devkit/src/generators/to-js.ts b/packages/devkit/src/generators/to-js.ts
index 709adc79ef586c..01c6afb23a9fc8 100644
--- a/packages/devkit/src/generators/to-js.ts
+++ b/packages/devkit/src/generators/to-js.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 import type { Tree } from 'nx/src/generators/tree';
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-restricted-imports
+import { typescriptVersion } from 'nx/src/utils/versions';
+import { ensurePackage } from '../utils/package-json';
 
 /**
  * Rename and transpile any new typescript files created to javascript files
  */
 export function toJS(tree: Tree): void {
-  const { JsxEmit, ScriptTarget, transpile } = require('typescript');
+  const { JsxEmit, ScriptTarget, transpile } = ensurePackage(
+    'typescript',
+    typescriptVersion
+  );
 
   for (const c of tree.listChanges()) {
     if (
diff --git a/packages/js/src/generators/library/library.ts b/packages/js/src/generators/library/library.ts
index 0b0ef4dd785dff..bf3f0c2665f972 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/generators/library/library.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/generators/library/library.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
   names,
   offsetFromRoot,
   ProjectConfiguration,
-  readJson,
   toJS,
   Tree,
   updateJson,
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/generators/component/component.ts b/packages/react-native/src/generators/component/component.ts
index 9ba5280263ffdf..962162ddc7807f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/generators/component/component.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/generators/component/component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
 import { Schema } from './schema';
 import {
   applyChangesToString,
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { NormalizedSchema, normalizeOptions } from './lib/normalize-options';
 import { addImport } from './lib/add-import';
+import { ensureTypescript } from '@nrwl/js/src/utils/typescript/ensure-typescript';
 
 export async function reactNativeComponentGenerator(
   host: Tree,
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ function createComponentFiles(host: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
   }
 }
 
+let tsModule: typeof import('typescript');
 function addExportsToBarrel(host: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
+  if (!tsModule) {
+    tsModule = ensureTypescript();
+  }
   const workspace = getProjects(host);
   const isApp = workspace.get(options.project).projectType === 'application';
 
@@ -64,10 +68,10 @@ function addExportsToBarrel(host: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
     );
     const indexSource = host.read(indexFilePath, 'utf-8');
     if (indexSource !== null) {
-      const indexSourceFile = ts.createSourceFile(
+      const indexSourceFile = tsModule.createSourceFile(
         indexFilePath,
         indexSource,
-        ts.ScriptTarget.Latest,
+        tsModule.ScriptTarget.Latest,
         true
       );
       const changes = applyChangesToString(
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/generators/component/lib/add-import.ts b/packages/react-native/src/generators/component/lib/add-import.ts
index 5e51c4bb21f736..46035d9023be93 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/generators/component/lib/add-import.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/generators/component/lib/add-import.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 import { findNodes } from 'nx/src/utils/typescript';
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import type * as ts from 'typescript';
 import { ChangeType, StringChange } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import { ensureTypescript } from '@nrwl/js/src/utils/typescript/ensure-typescript';
 
+let tsModule: typeof import('typescript');
 export function addImport(
   source: ts.SourceFile,
   statement: string
 ): StringChange[] {
-  const allImports = findNodes(source, ts.SyntaxKind.ImportDeclaration);
+  if (!tsModule) {
+    tsModule = ensureTypescript();
+  }
+  const allImports = findNodes(source, tsModule.SyntaxKind.ImportDeclaration);
   if (allImports.length > 0) {
     const lastImport = allImports[allImports.length - 1];
     return [