diff --git a/packages/module-federation/src/utils/get-remotes-for-host.ts b/packages/module-federation/src/utils/get-remotes-for-host.ts
index 663beefa6d..7f1a05fbd4 100644
--- a/packages/module-federation/src/utils/get-remotes-for-host.ts
+++ b/packages/module-federation/src/utils/get-remotes-for-host.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { logger, type ProjectGraph } from '@nx/devkit';
+import { logger, parseTargetString, type ProjectGraph } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { registerTsProject } from '@nx/js/src/internal';
 import { findMatchingProjects } from 'nx/src/utils/find-matching-projects';
 import * as pc from 'picocolors';
@@ -59,8 +59,35 @@ function collectRemoteProjects(
   collected.add(remote);
 
   const remoteProjectRoot = remoteProject.root;
+
+  // Find the target that uses the module-federation-dev-server executor
+  let buildTargetName = 'build';
+  if (remoteProject.targets) {
+    for (const [targetKey, targetConfig] of Object.entries(
+      remoteProject.targets
+    )) {
+      const executor = targetConfig.executor || '';
+      // Extract the portion after the `:` in the executor name
+      const executorParts = executor.split(':');
+      const executorName =
+        executorParts.length > 1 ? executorParts[1] : executor;
+
+      if (executorName === 'module-federation-dev-server') {
+        // Extract the buildTarget from the options
+        if (targetConfig.options?.buildTarget) {
+          const parsedTarget = parseTargetString(
+            targetConfig.options.buildTarget,
+            context.projectGraph
+          );
+          buildTargetName = parsedTarget.target;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   let remoteProjectTsConfig =
-    remoteProject.targets['build'].options.tsConfig ??
+    remoteProject.targets?.[buildTargetName]?.options?.tsConfig ??
     [
       join(remoteProjectRoot, 'tsconfig.app.json'),
       join(remoteProjectRoot, 'tsconfig.json'),