diff --git a/projects/commit-lint/src/lib/tasks/validate-nx-tags.task.ts b/projects/commit-lint/src/lib/tasks/validate-nx-tags.task.ts
index b3300b1..48a2c6e 100644
--- a/projects/commit-lint/src/lib/tasks/validate-nx-tags.task.ts
+++ b/projects/commit-lint/src/lib/tasks/validate-nx-tags.task.ts
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ export function validateNxTagsTask(options: ValidateNxTagsOptions) {
   );
 
   try {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-    validateNxTags(require(nx), linterConfig, linter);
+    validateNxTags(linterConfig, linter);
   } catch (e: any) {
     errorWithExit(e.message);
   }
diff --git a/projects/commit-lint/src/lib/validators/nx-tags.validator.spec.ts b/projects/commit-lint/src/lib/validators/nx-tags.validator.spec.ts
index 84afb0a..e8b3d41 100644
--- a/projects/commit-lint/src/lib/validators/nx-tags.validator.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/commit-lint/src/lib/validators/nx-tags.validator.spec.ts
@@ -1,71 +1,6 @@
 import { Linter } from '../resources/enums/linter.enum';
 import { validateNxTags } from './nx-tags.validator';
 
-const nxJson = {
-  projects: {
-    'pet-shop-e2e': {
-      tags: [],
-    },
-    'pet-shop': {
-      tags: [],
-    },
-    'shared-data-access': {
-      tags: ['scope:shared', 'type:data-access'],
-    },
-    'shared-resource': {
-      tags: ['scope:shared', 'type:resource'],
-    },
-    'shared-ui-avatar': {
-      tags: ['scope:shared', 'type:ui'],
-    },
-  },
-};
-const nxJsonWithAdditionalDeclarations = {
-  projects: {
-    'pet-shop-e2e': {
-      tags: [],
-    },
-    'pet-shop': {
-      tags: [],
-    },
-    'dashboard-feature': {
-      tags: ['scope:dashboard', 'type:feature'],
-    },
-    'dashboard-filter-feature': {
-      tags: ['scope:dashboard-filter', 'type:feature'],
-    },
-    'dashboard-filter-data-access': {
-      tags: ['scope:dashboard-filter', 'type:data-access'],
-    },
-    'dashboard-filter-ui': {
-      tags: ['scope:dashboard-filter', 'type:ui'],
-    },
-    'dashboard-filter-util': {
-      tags: ['scope:dashboard-filter', 'type:util'],
-    },
-    'dashboard-filter-resource': {
-      tags: ['scope:dashboard-filter', 'type:resource'],
-    },
-    'dashboard-shared-data-access': {
-      tags: ['scope:dashboard-shared', 'type:data-access'],
-    },
-    'dashboard-shared-summary-resource': {
-      tags: ['scope:dashboard-shared', 'type:resource'],
-    },
-    'dashboard-shared-summary-ui': {
-      tags: ['scope:dashboard-shared', 'type:ui'],
-    },
-    'shared-data-access': {
-      tags: ['scope:shared', 'type:data-access'],
-    },
-    'shared-resource': {
-      tags: ['scope:shared', 'type:resource'],
-    },
-    'shared-ui-avatar': {
-      tags: ['scope:shared', 'type:ui'],
-    },
-  },
-};
 const tslintJson = {
   rules: {
     'nx-enforce-module-boundaries': [
@@ -291,40 +226,26 @@ const eslintjson = {
 
 describe('validateNxTags', () => {
   it('should not throw error with valid tslint config', () => {
-    expect(() =>
-      validateNxTags(nxJson, tslintJson, Linter.TsLint)
-    ).not.toThrowError();
+    expect(() => validateNxTags(tslintJson, Linter.TsLint)).not.toThrowError();
   });
 
   it('should throw error with invalid tslint config', () => {
     expect(() =>
-      validateNxTags(
-        nxJsonWithAdditionalDeclarations,
-        tslintJsonWithAdditionalDeclarations,
-        Linter.TsLint
-      )
+      validateNxTags(tslintJsonWithAdditionalDeclarations, Linter.TsLint)
     ).toThrowError();
   });
 
   it('should not throw error with valid eslintrc config', () => {
-    expect(() =>
-      validateNxTags(nxJson, eslintrc, Linter.TsLint)
-    ).not.toThrowError();
+    expect(() => validateNxTags(eslintrc, Linter.TsLint)).not.toThrowError();
   });
 
   it('should not throw error with valid eslintjson config', () => {
-    expect(() =>
-      validateNxTags(nxJson, eslintjson, Linter.EsLint)
-    ).not.toThrowError();
+    expect(() => validateNxTags(eslintjson, Linter.EsLint)).not.toThrowError();
   });
 
   it('should throw error with invalid eslintrc config', () => {
     expect(() =>
-      validateNxTags(
-        nxJsonWithAdditionalDeclarations,
-        eslintrcWithAdditionalDeclarations,
-        Linter.EsLint
-      )
+      validateNxTags(eslintrcWithAdditionalDeclarations, Linter.EsLint)
     ).toThrowError();
   });
 });
diff --git a/projects/commit-lint/src/lib/validators/nx-tags.validator.ts b/projects/commit-lint/src/lib/validators/nx-tags.validator.ts
index 85fe4e8..91a5781 100644
--- a/projects/commit-lint/src/lib/validators/nx-tags.validator.ts
+++ b/projects/commit-lint/src/lib/validators/nx-tags.validator.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { Linter } from '../resources/enums/linter.enum';
 import { getConfig } from '../utils/get-config.util';
+import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { glob } from 'glob';
 
 const tagsToIgnore = getConfig().nxTagsValidator.ignore;
 
@@ -22,11 +24,13 @@ function isReservedTag(tag: string): boolean {
   return tagsToIgnore.indexOf(tag) !== -1;
 }
 
-function parseNxJson(nxJson: any): string[] {
+function parseNxJson(): string[] {
   const declaredTags: string[] = [];
+  glob.sync('**/project.json', { ignore: '**/node_modules/**' }).map((file) => {
+    const content = readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
+    const projectJson = JSON.parse(content);
 
-  Object.keys(nxJson.projects).forEach((key) => {
-    nxJson.projects[key].tags.forEach((tag: string) => {
+    projectJson.tags.forEach((tag: string) => {
       if (!isReservedTag(tag) && declaredTags.indexOf(tag) === -1) {
         declaredTags.push(tag);
       }
@@ -88,12 +92,8 @@ function extractTagsFromDepConstraints(constraints: any[]): string[] {
   return usedTags;
 }
 
-export function validateNxTags(
-  nxJson: any,
-  lintJson: any,
-  linter: Linter
-): void {
-  const declaredTags = parseNxJson(nxJson);
+export function validateNxTags(lintJson: any, linter: Linter): void {
+  const declaredTags = parseNxJson();
   let usedTags: string[] = [];
 
   switch (linter) {