diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/src/package-managers/parsers.ts b/packages/angular/cli/src/package-managers/parsers.ts
index c9f7fb235087..509e7d16e8fe 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/src/package-managers/parsers.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/src/package-managers/parsers.ts
@@ -108,13 +108,32 @@ export function parseNpmLikeDependencies(
     return dependencies;
   }
 
-  for (const dependencyMap of dependencyMaps) {
-    for (const [name, info] of Object.entries(dependencyMap as Record<string, NpmListDependency>)) {
-      dependencies.set(name, {
-        name,
-        version: info.version,
-        path: info.path,
-      });
+  // Perform a breadth-first traversal to collect dependencies.
+  // The queue size is bounded because `npm list` is executed with `--depth=0`,
+  // which limits the traversal to top-level dependencies of the workspaces.
+  const queue = [...dependencyMaps];
+  let index = 0;
+  while (index < queue.length) {
+    const currentMap = queue[index++] as Record<string, NpmListDependency> | undefined;
+    if (!currentMap) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    for (const [name, info] of Object.entries(currentMap)) {
+      if (info && typeof info === 'object') {
+        if (info.version && !dependencies.has(name)) {
+          dependencies.set(name, {
+            name,
+            version: info.version,
+            path: info.path,
+          });
+        }
+        const nestedMaps = [
+          info.dependencies,
+          info.devDependencies,
+          info.unsavedDependencies,
+        ].filter((d) => !!d);
+        queue.push(...nestedMaps);
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/src/package-managers/parsers_spec.ts b/packages/angular/cli/src/package-managers/parsers_spec.ts
index 2fa8abdc1e32..802402f76f5d 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/src/package-managers/parsers_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/src/package-managers/parsers_spec.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import {
   parseBunDependencies,
+  parseNpmLikeDependencies,
   parseNpmLikeError,
   parseNpmLikeManifest,
   parseYarnClassicDependencies,
@@ -16,6 +17,43 @@ import {
 } from './parsers';
 
 describe('parsers', () => {
+  describe('parseNpmLikeDependencies', () => {
+    it('should parse simple dependencies', () => {
+      const stdout = JSON.stringify({
+        dependencies: {
+          rxjs: {
+            version: '7.8.2',
+          },
+        },
+      });
+      const deps = parseNpmLikeDependencies(stdout);
+      expect(deps.size).toBe(1);
+      expect(deps.get('rxjs')).toEqual({ name: 'rxjs', version: '7.8.2', path: undefined });
+    });
+
+    it('should parse nested workspace dependencies for npm workspaces', () => {
+      const stdout = JSON.stringify({
+        version: '1.0.0',
+        name: 'npm-workspace-test',
+        dependencies: {
+          app: {
+            version: '1.0.0',
+            resolved: 'file:../packages/app',
+            dependencies: {
+              rxjs: {
+                version: '7.8.1',
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      });
+      const deps = parseNpmLikeDependencies(stdout);
+      expect(deps.size).toBe(2);
+      expect(deps.get('app')).toEqual({ name: 'app', version: '1.0.0', path: undefined });
+      expect(deps.get('rxjs')).toEqual({ name: 'rxjs', version: '7.8.1', path: undefined });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('parseNpmLikeError', () => {
     it('should parse a structured JSON error from modern yarn', () => {
       const stdout = JSON.stringify({