diff --git a/tools/generators/dependency-mismatch/index.spec.ts b/tools/generators/dependency-mismatch/index.spec.ts
index f85c7cbf57f27..e6f642d39accd 100644
--- a/tools/generators/dependency-mismatch/index.spec.ts
+++ b/tools/generators/dependency-mismatch/index.spec.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe('dependency-mismatch generator', () => {
     });
     await generator(appTree);
 
-    const packageJson: PackageJson = await readTargetPackageJson();
+    const packageJson: PackageJson = readTargetPackageJson();
     expect(packageJson.dependencies).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       Object {
         "@proj/react-theme": "^9.0.1",
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe('dependency-mismatch generator', () => {
     `);
   });
 
-  it('should also fix dev dependencies', async () => {
+  it('should fix dev dependencies', async () => {
     const { readPackageJson: readTargetPackageJson } = setupDummyPackage(appTree, {
       name: 'public-docsite-v9',
       version: '9.0.0',
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe('dependency-mismatch generator', () => {
     });
     await generator(appTree);
 
-    const packageJson: PackageJson = await readTargetPackageJson();
+    const packageJson: PackageJson = readTargetPackageJson();
     expect(packageJson.devDependencies).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       Object {
         "@proj/react-theme": "^9.0.1",
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe('dependency-mismatch generator', () => {
     `);
   });
 
-  it('should also fix peer dependencies', async () => {
+  it('should fix peer dependencies', async () => {
     const { readPackageJson: readTargetPackageJson } = setupDummyPackage(appTree, {
       name: 'public-docsite-v9',
       version: '9.0.0',
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ describe('dependency-mismatch generator', () => {
     });
     await generator(appTree);
 
-    const packageJson: PackageJson = await readTargetPackageJson();
+    const packageJson: PackageJson = readTargetPackageJson();
     expect(packageJson.peerDependencies).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       Object {
         "@proj/react-theme": "^9.0.1",
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ describe('dependency-mismatch generator', () => {
     });
     await generator(appTree);
 
-    const packageJson: PackageJson = await readTargetPackageJson();
+    const packageJson: PackageJson = readTargetPackageJson();
     expect(packageJson.dependencies).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       Object {
         "@proj/react-select": "^9.0.0-beta.2",
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ describe('dependency-mismatch generator', () => {
     `);
   });
 
-  it('should run non-converged package', async () => {
+  it('should run on v8 packages', async () => {
     const { readPackageJson: readTargetPackageJson } = setupDummyPackage(appTree, {
       name: 'react',
       version: '8.0.0',
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ describe('dependency-mismatch generator', () => {
     });
     await generator(appTree);
 
-    const packageJson: PackageJson = await readTargetPackageJson();
+    const packageJson: PackageJson = readTargetPackageJson();
     expect(packageJson.dependencies).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       Object {
         "@proj/react-portal-compat-context": "^9.0.1",
@@ -162,28 +162,7 @@ describe('dependency-mismatch generator', () => {
     `);
   });
 
-  it('should ignore 3rd party packages/dependencies', async () => {
-    const { readPackageJson: readTargetPackageJson } = setupDummyPackage(appTree, {
-      name: 'react',
-      version: '8.0.0',
-      dependencies: {
-        [`@${workspaceNpmScope}/tslib`]: '^2.1.1',
-      },
-      devDependencies: {},
-      peerDependencies: {},
-    });
-
-    await generator(appTree);
-
-    const packageJson: PackageJson = await readTargetPackageJson();
-    expect(packageJson.dependencies).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      Object {
-        "@proj/tslib": "^2.1.1",
-      }
-    `);
-  });
-
-  it('generator should not run on northstar packages', async () => {
+  it('should run on v0(northstar) packages changing only v9 deps', async () => {
     const { readPackageJson: readTargetPackageJson } = setupDummyPackage(
       appTree,
       {
@@ -191,6 +170,7 @@ describe('dependency-mismatch generator', () => {
         version: '0.66.0',
         dependencies: {
           [`@${workspaceNpmScope}/dom-utilities`]: '^1.1.1',
+          [`@${workspaceNpmScope}/react-portal-compat-context`]: '^9.0.0',
         },
         devDependencies: {},
         peerDependencies: {},
@@ -205,6 +185,17 @@ describe('dependency-mismatch generator', () => {
       devDependencies: {},
       peerDependencies: {},
     });
+    setupDummyPackage(
+      appTree,
+      {
+        name: 'react-portal-compat-context',
+        version: '9.0.1',
+        dependencies: {},
+        devDependencies: {},
+        peerDependencies: {},
+      },
+      ['vNext'],
+    );
 
     await generator(appTree);
 
@@ -212,6 +203,28 @@ describe('dependency-mismatch generator', () => {
     expect(packageJson.dependencies).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       Object {
         "@proj/dom-utilities": "^1.1.1",
+        "@proj/react-portal-compat-context": "^9.0.1",
+      }
+    `);
+  });
+
+  it('should ignore 3rd party packages/dependencies', async () => {
+    const { readPackageJson: readTargetPackageJson } = setupDummyPackage(appTree, {
+      name: 'react',
+      version: '8.0.0',
+      dependencies: {
+        [`@${workspaceNpmScope}/tslib`]: '^2.1.1',
+      },
+      devDependencies: {},
+      peerDependencies: {},
+    });
+
+    await generator(appTree);
+
+    const packageJson: PackageJson = readTargetPackageJson();
+    expect(packageJson.dependencies).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      Object {
+        "@proj/tslib": "^2.1.1",
       }
     `);
   });
diff --git a/tools/generators/dependency-mismatch/index.ts b/tools/generators/dependency-mismatch/index.ts
index 599f097ec3096..00d76fa5f6473 100644
--- a/tools/generators/dependency-mismatch/index.ts
+++ b/tools/generators/dependency-mismatch/index.ts
@@ -2,31 +2,32 @@ import * as semver from 'semver';
 import { Tree, formatFiles, updateJson, readJson, readProjectConfiguration } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 
 import { getProjectConfig, getProjects, isPackageVersionPrerelease } from '../../utils';
-import { PackageJson } from '../../types';
+import type { PackageJson } from '../../types';
 
 export default async function (tree: Tree) {
   const projects = getProjects(tree);
 
   projects.forEach((_project, projectName) => {
     const config = getProjectConfig(tree, { packageName: projectName });
-
-    const { tags = [] } = readProjectConfiguration(tree, projectName);
-    // Ignore northstar packages
-    if (tags.includes('react-northstar')) {
-      return;
-    }
+    const scope = getProjectScope(config);
 
     updateJson(tree, config.paths.packageJson, (packageJson: PackageJson) => {
       if (packageJson.dependencies) {
-        packageJson.dependencies = getUpdatedDependencies(tree, packageJson.dependencies);
+        packageJson.dependencies = getUpdatedDependencies(tree, { dependencies: packageJson.dependencies, scope });
       }
 
       if (packageJson.devDependencies) {
-        packageJson.devDependencies = getUpdatedDependencies(tree, packageJson.devDependencies);
+        packageJson.devDependencies = getUpdatedDependencies(tree, {
+          dependencies: packageJson.devDependencies,
+          scope,
+        });
       }
 
       if (packageJson.peerDependencies) {
-        packageJson.peerDependencies = getUpdatedDependencies(tree, packageJson.peerDependencies);
+        packageJson.peerDependencies = getUpdatedDependencies(tree, {
+          dependencies: packageJson.peerDependencies,
+          scope,
+        });
       }
 
       return packageJson;
@@ -46,7 +47,11 @@ function isProjectInWorkspace(tree: Tree, projectName: string) {
   }
 }
 
-function getUpdatedDependencies(tree: Tree, dependencies: Record<string, string>) {
+function getUpdatedDependencies(
+  tree: Tree,
+  options: { dependencies: Record<string, string>; scope: ReturnType<typeof getProjectScope> },
+) {
+  const { dependencies, scope } = options;
   return Object.entries(dependencies).reduce((acc, [dependencyName, versionRange]) => {
     if (versionRange === '*') {
       return acc;
@@ -62,9 +67,15 @@ function getUpdatedDependencies(tree: Tree, dependencies: Record<string, string>
       return acc;
     }
 
-    const shouldHaveCaret = !isPackageVersionPrerelease(minVersion.raw) || versionRange[0] === '^';
-
     const depPackageConfig = getProjectConfig(tree, { packageName: dependencyName });
+    const depScope = getProjectScope(depPackageConfig);
+
+    const isNorthstarUnsupportedDepBump = scope.isReactNorthstarPackage && !depScope.isReactComponentsPackage;
+    if (isNorthstarUnsupportedDepBump) {
+      return acc;
+    }
+
+    const shouldHaveCaret = !isPackageVersionPrerelease(minVersion.raw) || versionRange[0] === '^';
 
     acc[dependencyName] = `${shouldHaveCaret ? '^' : ''}${
       readJson<PackageJson>(tree, depPackageConfig.paths.packageJson).version
@@ -73,3 +84,11 @@ function getUpdatedDependencies(tree: Tree, dependencies: Record<string, string>
     return acc;
   }, dependencies);
 }
+
+function getProjectScope(project: ReturnType<typeof getProjectConfig>) {
+  const tags = project.projectConfig.tags ?? [];
+  const isReactPackage = tags.includes('v8');
+  const isReactNorthstarPackage = tags.includes('react-northstar');
+  const isReactComponentsPackage = tags.includes('vNext');
+  return { isReactPackage, isReactNorthstarPackage, isReactComponentsPackage };
+}
diff --git a/tools/utils.ts b/tools/utils.ts
index 0890300ba7b74..ea2a26524072f 100644
--- a/tools/utils.ts
+++ b/tools/utils.ts
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export function isPackageVersionConverged(versionString: string) {
 
 export function isPackageVersionPrerelease(versionString: string) {
   const version = semver.parse(versionString);
-  return version?.prerelease?.length && version?.prerelease?.length > 0;
+  return Boolean(version?.prerelease?.length && version?.prerelease?.length > 0);
 }
 
 export function isPackageConverged(tree: Tree, project: ProjectConfiguration) {