diff --git a/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/utils/resolve-version-spec.spec.ts b/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/utils/resolve-version-spec.spec.ts
index a767f8e970b06..72c95886ed3e7 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/utils/resolve-version-spec.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/utils/resolve-version-spec.spec.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe('resolveVersionSpec()', () => {
         'projectA',
         '1.0.0',
         'link:../projectB',
-        '/packages/fuck'
+        '/packages/projectB'
       )
     ).toEqual(expect.stringContaining(join('/packages/projectB')));
   });
diff --git a/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/utils/resolve-version-spec.ts b/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/utils/resolve-version-spec.ts
index 81a4d87ace2d5..324887fb3e583 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/utils/resolve-version-spec.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/utils/resolve-version-spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as npa from 'npm-package-arg';
+import { normalizePath } from '@nx/devkit';
 
 export function resolveVersionSpec(
   name: string,
@@ -26,5 +27,7 @@ export function resolveVersionSpec(
 
   const npaResult = npa.resolve(name, spec, location);
 
-  return npaResult.fetchSpec;
+  return npaResult.fetchSpec.includes('\\')
+    ? normalizePath(npaResult.fetchSpec)
+    : npaResult.fetchSpec;
 }