diff --git a/.changeset/tasty-houses-drum.md b/.changeset/tasty-houses-drum.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66aa33c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tasty-houses-drum.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"app-builder-bin": patch
+---
+
+fix: hoist dependencies to the real parent in nodeModuleCollector
diff --git a/pkg/node-modules/nodeModuleCollector.go b/pkg/node-modules/nodeModuleCollector.go
index b3a4ecc..81bc1be 100644
--- a/pkg/node-modules/nodeModuleCollector.go
+++ b/pkg/node-modules/nodeModuleCollector.go
@@ -214,6 +214,19 @@ func (t *Collector) resolveDependency(parentNodeModuleDir string, name string) (
 	if realParentNodeModuleDir == "" {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
+
+	// XXX consumers expect the node_modules shape or the dependency tree ?
+	// hoist the depends to the actual parent
+	if realParentNodeModuleDir != parentNodeModuleDir {
+		dependencyNameToDependency = t.NodeModuleDirToDependencyMap[realParentNodeModuleDir]
+		if dependencyNameToDependency != nil {
+			dependency := (*dependencyNameToDependency)[name]
+			if dependency != nil {
+				return nil, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	dependencyDir := filepath.Join(realParentNodeModuleDir, name)
 	dependency, err := readPackageJson(dependencyDir)
 	if err != nil {