diff --git a/packages/js/.eslintrc.json b/packages/js/.eslintrc.json
index b14f51b5e8..75ddd84537 100644
--- a/packages/js/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/packages/js/.eslintrc.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
               "@babel/preset-env",
               "@babel/preset-typescript",
               "@babel/runtime",
+              "@swc/cli",
               "babel-plugin-const-enum",
               "babel-plugin-macros",
               "babel-plugin-transform-typescript-metadata"
diff --git a/packages/js/src/executors/swc/swc.impl.ts b/packages/js/src/executors/swc/swc.impl.ts
index 12beeb2ee6..23c2b0367c 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/executors/swc/swc.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/executors/swc/swc.impl.ts
@@ -59,12 +59,19 @@ function normalizeOptions(
     outputPath
   );
 
+  const projectRootParts = projectRoot.split('/');
+  // We pop the last part of the `projectRoot` to pass
+  // the last part (projectDir) and the remainder (projectRootParts) to swc
+  const projectDir = projectRootParts.pop();
+  // default to current directory if projectRootParts is [].
+  // Eg: when a project is at the root level, outside of layout dir
+  const swcCwd = projectRootParts.join('/') || '.';
   const swcrcPath = getSwcrcPath(options, root, projectRoot);
-  // TODO(meeroslav): Check why this is needed in order for swc to properly nest folders
-  const distParent = outputPath.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/');
+
   const swcCliOptions = {
-    srcPath: projectRoot,
-    destPath: relative(root, distParent),
+    srcPath: projectDir,
+    destPath: relative(join(root, swcCwd), outputPath),
+    swcCwd,
     swcrcPath,
   };
 
@@ -121,11 +128,13 @@ export async function* swcExecutor(
   if (!isInlineGraphEmpty(inlineProjectGraph)) {
     options.projectRoot = '.'; // set to root of workspace to include other libs for type check
 
-    options.swcCliOptions.srcPath = root.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/'); // set to root of libraries to include other libs
-    options.swcCliOptions.destPath = join(
-      _options.outputPath,
-      options.swcCliOptions.srcPath
-    ); // new destPath is dist/{libs}/{parentLib}/{libs}
+    // remap paths for SWC compilation
+    options.swcCliOptions.srcPath = options.swcCliOptions.swcCwd;
+    options.swcCliOptions.swcCwd = '.';
+    options.swcCliOptions.destPath = options.swcCliOptions.destPath
+      .split('../')
+      .at(-1)
+      .concat('/', options.swcCliOptions.srcPath);
 
     // tmp swcrc with dependencies to exclude
     // - buildable libraries
diff --git a/packages/js/src/utils/swc/compile-swc.ts b/packages/js/src/utils/swc/compile-swc.ts
index 7ae63f3d83..91315fd0b4 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/utils/swc/compile-swc.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/utils/swc/compile-swc.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  cacheDir,
-  ExecutorContext,
-  getPackageManagerCommand,
-  logger,
-} from '@nx/devkit';
+import { cacheDir, ExecutorContext, logger } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { exec, execSync } from 'child_process';
 import { removeSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import { createAsyncIterable } from '@nx/devkit/src/utils/async-iterable';
@@ -15,8 +10,8 @@ function getSwcCmd(
   { swcrcPath, srcPath, destPath }: SwcCliOptions,
   watch = false
 ) {
-  const packageManager = getPackageManagerCommand();
-  let swcCmd = `${packageManager.exec} swc ${
+  const swcCLI = require.resolve('@swc/cli/bin/swc.js');
+  let swcCmd = `${swcCLI} ${
     // TODO(jack): clean this up when we remove inline module support
     // Handle root project
     srcPath === '.' ? 'src' : srcPath
@@ -58,6 +53,7 @@ export async function compileSwc(
 
   const swcCmdLog = execSync(getSwcCmd(normalizedOptions.swcCliOptions), {
     encoding: 'utf8',
+    cwd: normalizedOptions.swcCliOptions.swcCwd,
   });
   logger.log(swcCmdLog.replace(/\n/, ''));
   const isCompileSuccess = swcCmdLog.includes('Successfully compiled');