Creating workspace with specific Nx 22 version results in Nx 23 dependencies in package.json

[robanders]

Current Behavior

running the command

npx -y create-nx-workspace@22.7.6 nx-demo --preset=empty --no-interactive

results in the following package.json

{
  "name": "@org/source",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "license": "MIT",
  "scripts": {},
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {},
  "devDependencies": {
    "@nx/js": "23.0.1",
    "@swc-node/register": "1.11.1",
    "@swc/core": "1.15.8",
    "@swc/helpers": "0.5.18",
    "@types/node": "^24.0.0",
    "nx": "23.0.1",
    "prettier": "^3.8.1",
    "tslib": "^2.3.0",
    "typescript": "~6.0.3"
  },
  "workspaces": [
    "packages/*"
  ]
}

note the difference between the specified Nx version 22.7.6 in the creation command and "nx": "23.0.1" in the package.json

Expected Behavior

the workspace should be created with the specified Nx version

GitHub Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

1. run npx -y create-nx-workspace@22.7.6 nx-demo --preset=empty --no-interactive
2. look at the resulting package.json

Nx Report

Node           : 26.3.0
OS             : darwin-arm64
Native Target  : aarch64-macos
npm            : 10.9.2
daemon         : Available

nx (global)    : 22.7.5
nx             : 23.0.1
@nx/js         : 23.0.1
@nx/workspace  : 23.0.1
@nx/devkit     : 23.0.1
typescript     : 6.0.3
---------------------------------------
Registered Plugins:
@nx/js/typescript
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Cache Usage: 0.00 B / 92.64 GB

Failure Logs

Package Manager Version

npm 10.9.2

Operating System

• macOS
• Linux
• Windows
• Other (Please specify)

Additional Information

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[hiSandog]

This sounds like the workspace generator is resolving package versions from the latest package metadata instead of pinning the major line implied by create-nx-workspace@22.7.6. A regression test could run the generator for a fixed older create package and assert both nx and plugin packages stay on the 22.x range. That would prevent surprising 22 -> 23 dependency jumps during reproducible workspace creation.