diff --git a/docs/generated/packages/vite.json b/docs/generated/packages/vite.json
index 13727def02d394..ecf853bcee6fb4 100644
--- a/docs/generated/packages/vite.json
+++ b/docs/generated/packages/vite.json
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@
           "clearScreen": {
             "description": "Set to false to prevent Vite from clearing the terminal screen when logging certain messages.",
             "type": "boolean"
+          },
+          "force": {
+            "description": "Force the optimizer to ignore the cache and re-bundle",
+            "type": "boolean"
           }
         },
         "definitions": {},
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/executors/dev-server/dev-server.impl.ts b/packages/vite/src/executors/dev-server/dev-server.impl.ts
index dd81826105d48e..de794b98079d58 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/executors/dev-server/dev-server.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/executors/dev-server/dev-server.impl.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export default async function* viteDevServerExecutor(
   const serverConfig: InlineConfig = mergeConfig(
     await getBuildAndSharedConfig(mergedOptions, context),
     {
+      optimizeDeps: { force: options.force },
       server: getServerOptions(mergedOptions, context),
     } as InlineConfig
   );
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/executors/dev-server/schema.d.ts b/packages/vite/src/executors/dev-server/schema.d.ts
index f883ef9e359cd7..d20933266aab94 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/executors/dev-server/schema.d.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/executors/dev-server/schema.d.ts
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ export interface ViteDevServerExecutorOptions {
   logLevel?: info | warn | error | silent;
   mode?: string;
   clearScreen?: boolean;
+  force?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/executors/dev-server/schema.json b/packages/vite/src/executors/dev-server/schema.json
index 18bb8100825262..b18ce2cdf06a9b 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/executors/dev-server/schema.json
+++ b/packages/vite/src/executors/dev-server/schema.json
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@
     "clearScreen": {
       "description": "Set to false to prevent Vite from clearing the terminal screen when logging certain messages.",
       "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "force": {
+      "description": "Force the optimizer to ignore the cache and re-bundle",
+      "type": "boolean"
     }
   },
   "definitions": {},