diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/browser/specs/tsconfig-paths_spec.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/browser/specs/tsconfig-paths_spec.ts
index c40337393a5e..80285bf5499d 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/browser/specs/tsconfig-paths_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/browser/specs/tsconfig-paths_spec.ts
@@ -46,13 +46,14 @@ describe('Browser Builder tsconfig paths', () => {
     const tsconfig = JSON.parse(virtualFs.fileBufferToString(host.scopedSync().read(tsconfigPath)));
     tsconfig.compilerOptions ??= {};
     tsconfig.compilerOptions.paths = {
-      '@shared': ['src/app/shared'],
-      '@shared/*': ['src/app/shared/*'],
-      '*': ['*', 'src/app/shared/*'],
+      '@shared': ['./src/app/shared'],
+      '@shared/*': ['./src/app/shared/*'],
+      '*': ['./*', './src/app/shared/*'],
     };
     host
       .scopedSync()
       .write(tsconfigPath, virtualFs.stringToFileBuffer(JSON.stringify(tsconfig, null, 2)));
+
     host.appendToFile(
       'src/app/app.component.ts',
       `
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/browser/tests/options/allowed-common-js-dependencies_spec.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/browser/tests/options/allowed-common-js-dependencies_spec.ts
index 5389a1457673..b0e89583bb63 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/browser/tests/options/allowed-common-js-dependencies_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/browser/tests/options/allowed-common-js-dependencies_spec.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describeBuilder(buildWebpackBrowser, BROWSER_BUILDER_INFO, (harness) => {
         const tsconfig = JSON.parse(content);
         tsconfig.compilerOptions ??= {};
         tsconfig.compilerOptions.paths = {
-          '@app/*': ['src/app/*'],
+          '@app/*': ['./src/app/*'],
         };
 
         return JSON.stringify(tsconfig, null, 2);
diff --git a/packages/ngtools/webpack/src/ivy/plugin.ts b/packages/ngtools/webpack/src/ivy/plugin.ts
index ac52c4188c3e..f46b1360f26a 100644
--- a/packages/ngtools/webpack/src/ivy/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/ngtools/webpack/src/ivy/plugin.ts
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ export class AngularWebpackPlugin {
       this.pluginOptions.tsconfig,
       this.pluginOptions.compilerOptions,
     );
-    compilerOptions.baseUrl ??= compilerOptions['pathsBasePath'];
     compilerOptions.composite = false;
     compilerOptions.noEmitOnError = false;
     compilerOptions.suppressOutputPathCheck = true;
diff --git a/packages/ngtools/webpack/src/paths-plugin.ts b/packages/ngtools/webpack/src/paths-plugin.ts
index 612d70d4ad6e..063c96120d18 100644
--- a/packages/ngtools/webpack/src/paths-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/ngtools/webpack/src/paths-plugin.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export class TypeScriptPathsPlugin {
    * @param options The `paths` and `baseUrl` options from TypeScript's `CompilerOptions`.
    */
   update(options: TypeScriptPathsPluginOptions): void {
-    this.baseUrl = options.baseUrl;
+    this.baseUrl = options.baseUrl ?? (options as Record<string, string>)['pathsBasePath'];
     this.patterns = undefined;
 
     if (options.paths) {