diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 9879227d40ed8..c31faaa69874a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -73,18 +73,15 @@ it can be useful to publish to a local registry.
 
 Check out [this video for a live walkthrough](https://youtu.be/Tx257WpNsxc) or follow the instructions below:
 
-- Run `pnpm local-registry start` in Terminal 1 (keep it running)
+- Run `pnpm local-registry` in Terminal 1 (keep it running)
 - Run `npm adduser --registry http://localhost:4873` in Terminal 2 (real credentials are not required, you just need to
   be logged in. You can use test/test/test@test.io.)
-- Run `pnpm local-registry enable` in Terminal 2
 - Run `pnpm nx-release 16.0.0 --local` in Terminal 2 - you can choose any nonexistent version number here, but it's recommended to use the next major
 - Run `cd ./tmp` in Terminal 2
-- Run `npx create-nx-workspace@16.0.0` in Terminal 2
+- Run `npx create-nx-workspace@17.0.0` in Terminal 2
 
 If you have problems publishing, make sure you use Node 18 and NPM 8.
 
-**NOTE:** After you finish with local testing don't forget to stop the local registry (e.g. closing the Terminal 1) and disabling the local registy using `pnpm local-registry disable`. Keeping local registry enabled will change your lock file resolutions to `localhost:4873` on the next `pnpm i`. You can also run `pnpm local-registry clear` to clean all packages in that local registry.
-
 **NOTE:** To use this newly published local version, you need to make a new workspace or change all of your target packages to this new version, eg: `"nx": "^16.0.0",` and re-run `pnpm i` in your testing project.
 
 ### Publishing for Yarn 2+ (Berry)
@@ -101,7 +98,7 @@ Yarn Berry operates slightly differently than Yarn Classic. In order to publish
     - localhost
   ```
 
-- Run `pnpm local-registry start` in Terminal 1 (keep it running)
+- Run `pnpm local-registry` in Terminal 1 (keep it running)
 - If you are creating nx workspace outside of your nx repo, make sure to add npm registry info to your root yarnrc (
   usually in ~/.yarnrc.yml). The file should look something like this:
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b283d25b5f101..7fb45e3547ba6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "node ./scripts/update-package-group.js",
     "version": "pnpm prettier lerna.json --write",
     "depcheck": "ts-node -P ./scripts/tsconfig.scripts.json ./scripts/depcheck",
-    "local-registry": "./scripts/local-registry.sh",
+    "local-registry": "nx local-registry @nx/nx-source",
     "documentation": "ts-node -P scripts/tsconfig.scripts.json ./scripts/documentation/generators/main.ts && pnpm check-documentation-map",
     "submit-plugin": "node ./scripts/submit-plugin.js",
     "prepare": "is-ci || husky install",
diff --git a/project.json b/project.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..037817a6ca979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "name": "@nx/nx-source",
+  "$schema": "node_modules/nx/schemas/project-schema.json",
+  "targets": {
+    "local-registry": {
+      "executor": "@nx/js:verdaccio",
+      "options": {
+        "port": 4873,
+        "config": ".verdaccio/config.yml",
+        "storage": "build/local-registry/storage"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/local-registry.sh b/scripts/local-registry.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4d634e15a74c9..0000000000000
--- a/scripts/local-registry.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-COMMAND=$1
-
-if [[ $COMMAND == "enable" ]]; then
-	echo "Setting registry to local registry"
-	echo "To Disable: pnpm local-registry disable"
-	npm config set registry http://localhost:4873/ --location user
-	yarn config set registry http://localhost:4873/
-fi
-
-if [[ $COMMAND == "disable" ]]; then
-	npm config delete registry --location user
-	yarn config delete registry
-	CURRENT_NPM_REGISTRY=$(npm config get registry --location user)
-	CURRENT_YARN_REGISTRY=$(yarn config get registry)
-
-	echo "Reverting registries"
-	echo "  > NPM:  $CURRENT_NPM_REGISTRY"
-	echo "  > YARN: $CURRENT_YARN_REIGSTRY"
-fi
-
-if [[ $COMMAND == "clear" ]]; then
-	echo "Clearing Local Registry"
-	rm -rf ./build/local-registry/storage
-fi
-
-if [[ $COMMAND == "start" ]]; then
-	echo "Starting Local Registry"
-	VERDACCIO_HANDLE_KILL_SIGNALS=true
-	pnpm verdaccio --config ./.verdaccio/config.yml
-fi