Module federation warns "Unable to find required version" when using package self referencing

[weareoutman]

Bug report

What is the current behavior?

In an esm package, I have two modules, one imports another by self referencing

{
  "name": "my-pkg",
  "type": "module",
  "exports": {
    "./module-a": "./module-a.js",
    "./module-b": "./module-b.js"
  }
}

// module-a.js
export function a() {}

// module-b.js
import { a } from "my-pkg/module-a";

export function b() {
  return a();
}

In another app, I use module federation and share the two modules:

// Partial webpack.config.js
new ModuleFederationPlugin({
  shared: {
    "my-pkg/module-a": {
      singleton: true,
      version: "1.0.0"
    },
    "my-pkg/module-b": {
      singleton: true,
      version: "1.0.0"
    },
  }
});

When I start the dev-server, it reports a warning of:

WARNING in shared module my-pkg/module-a
No required version specified and unable to automatically determine one. Unable to find required version for "my-pkg" in description file (.../packages/my-pkg/package.json). It need to be in dependencies, devDependencies or peerDependencies.

And according to the warning, I added the package itself as a dependency, the warning disappears:

{
  "name": "my-pkg",
  "type": "module",
  "exports": {
    "./module-a": "./module-a.js",
    "./module-b": "./module-b.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "my-pkg": "*" // It's weird to do this...
  }
}

If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce.

It's a bit complex in my real repo, I can provide a minimal repro if you require, when I got time.

What is the expected behavior?

No warnings. It should use the description file (my-pkg/package.json) itself to determine the required version, since it's a self referencing.

Other relevant information:
webpack version: 5.75.0
Node.js version: 16.15.0
Operating System: MacOS
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