diff --git a/e2e/angular/src/projects.test.ts b/e2e/angular/src/projects.test.ts
index 501f9ef922fee..f0685e7925939 100644
--- a/e2e/angular/src/projects.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/angular/src/projects.test.ts
@@ -499,6 +499,9 @@ describe('Angular Projects', () => {
       `Building entry point '@${proj}/${lib}/${entryPoint}'`
     );
     expect(buildOutput).toContain('Successfully ran target build');
+
+    expect(() => runCLI(`lint ${lib} --fix`)).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() => runCLI(`lint ${childLib} --fix`)).not.toThrow();
   });
 
   it('should support generating projects with --project-name-and-root-format=derived', () => {
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/flat-configs/angular.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/flat-configs/angular.ts
index 12880957aa35f..e0abe64e0cf88 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/flat-configs/angular.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/flat-configs/angular.ts
@@ -13,14 +13,24 @@ import tseslint from 'typescript-eslint';
  * This configuration is intended to be combined with other configs from this
  * package.
  */
-export default tseslint.config(...angularEslint.configs.tsRecommended, {
-  languageOptions: {
-    globals: {
-      ...globals.browser,
-      ...globals.es2015,
-      ...globals.node,
+export default tseslint.config(
+  ...angularEslint.configs.tsRecommended.map((c) => ({
+    // Files need to be specified or else typescript-eslint rules will be
+    // applied to non-TS files. For example, buildable/publishable libs
+    // add rules to *.json files, and TS rules should not apply to them.
+    // See: https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/28069
+    files: ['**/*.ts'],
+    ...c,
+  })),
+  {
+    languageOptions: {
+      globals: {
+        ...globals.browser,
+        ...globals.es2015,
+        ...globals.node,
+      },
     },
-  },
-  processor: angularEslint.processInlineTemplates,
-  plugins: { '@angular-eslint': angularEslint.tsPlugin },
-});
+    processor: angularEslint.processInlineTemplates,
+    plugins: { '@angular-eslint': angularEslint.tsPlugin },
+  }
+);