Nx release command is not bumping all the dependents chain

[moroale93]

Current Behavior

I set up a new NX repository containing four libraries, each depending on the one above it in a cascading (waterfall) structure, as illustrated in the attached image.

When I make a change to mylib4, the mylib library version and the indirect dependent does not have their versions bumped during the release process. I expected mylib to reflect a version change, just like mylib2.

But you will see something like the following:

Expected Behavior

I expect mylib4 changes to include also a version update for @my-workspace/mylib2:

-  "version": "0.0.1",
+ "version": "0.1.0",
    "dependencies": {
-     "@my-workspace/mylib2": "0.0.1"
+    "@my-workspace/mylib2": "0.1.0"
    }

GitHub Repo

https://github.com/moroale93/nx-issue-test

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install dependencies:

npm install

2. modify something on mylib4 (like the exported variable value).
3. commit those changes (locally)
4. run the release command (dry run for example)

yarn nx release --skip-publish --dry-run --verbose

Nx Report

➜  nx-issue-test git:(main) ✗ nx report

 NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

Node           : 18.20.4
OS             : darwin-arm64
Native Target  : aarch64-macos
npm            : 10.7.0

nx (global)            : 20.2.2
nx                     : 20.2.2
@nx/js                 : 20.2.2
@nx/jest               : 20.2.2
@nx/eslint             : 20.2.2
@nx/workspace          : 20.2.2
@nx/devkit             : 20.2.2
@nx/eslint-plugin      : 20.2.2
@nx/module-federation  : 20.2.2
@nx/react              : 20.2.2
@nx/web                : 20.2.2
@nx/webpack            : 20.2.2
typescript             : 5.6.3
---------------------------------------
Registered Plugins:
@nx/webpack/plugin
@nx/eslint/plugin
@nx/jest/plugin

➜  nx-issue-test git:(main) ✗

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