diff --git a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/angular.spec.ts.snap b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/angular.spec.ts.snap
index 352881686..aaf09f1a9 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/angular.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/angular.spec.ts.snap
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ exports[`angular configuration for android 1`] = `
     ]
   },
   ignoreWarnings: [
-    /System.import\\\\(\\\\) is deprecated/,
-    /Zone\\\\.js does not support native async\\\\/await/,
-    /environment(\\\\.(\\\\w+))?\\\\.ts is part of the TypeScript compilation but it's unused/,
+    /System.import\\(\\) is deprecated/,
+    /Zone\\.js does not support native async\\/await/,
+    /environment(\\.(\\w+))?\\.ts is part of the TypeScript compilation but it's unused/,
     {
-      module: /@angular\\\\/core\\\\/(__ivy_ngcc__\\\\/)?fesm2015\\\\/core.js/,
+      module: /@angular\\/core\\/(__ivy_ngcc__\\/)?fesm2015\\/core.js/,
       message: /Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression/
     },
-    /core\\\\/profiling/,
-    /core\\\\/ui\\\\/styling/
+    /core\\/profiling/,
+    /core\\/ui\\/styling/
   ],
   output: {
     path: '__jest__/platforms/android/app/src/main/assets/app',
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('workers') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
+        test: /\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('workers').use('nativescript-worker-loader') */
           {
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@ exports[`angular configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('js') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /\\.js$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ]
       },
       /* config.module.rule('xml') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.xml$/,
+        test: /\\.xml$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('xml').use('xml-namespace-loader') */
           {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         include: [
           '__jest__/src/app.css',
           '__jest__/src/app.android.css',
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         include: [
           '__jest__/src/app.scss',
           '__jest__/src/app.android.scss',
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ exports[`angular configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('angular-webpack-loader') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.[cm]?[tj]sx?$/,
+        test: /\\.[cm]?[tj]sx?$/,
         exclude: [
-          /[/\\\\\\\\](?:core-js|@babel|tslib|web-animations-js|web-streams-polyfill)[/\\\\\\\\]/
+          /[/\\\\](?:core-js|@babel|tslib|web-animations-js|web-streams-polyfill)[/\\\\]/
         ],
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('angular-webpack-loader').use('webpack-loader') */
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('angular') */
       {
-        test: /(?:\\\\.ngfactory.js|\\\\.ngstyle\\\\.js|\\\\.ts)$/,
+        test: /(?:\\.ngfactory.js|\\.ngstyle\\.js|\\.ts)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('angular').use('@ngtools/webpack') */
           {
@@ -222,14 +222,14 @@ exports[`angular configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('@angular/core') */
       {
-        test: /[\\\\/\\\\\\\\]@angular[\\\\/\\\\\\\\]core[\\\\/\\\\\\\\].+\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /[\\/\\\\]@angular[\\/\\\\]core[\\/\\\\].+\\.js$/,
         parser: {
           system: true
         }
       },
       /* config.module.rule('html') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.html$/,
+        test: /\\.html$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('html').use('raw-loader') */
           {
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css|component') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         exclude: [
           '__jest__/src/app.css',
           '__jest__/src/app.android.css',
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss|component') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         exclude: [
           '__jest__/src/app.scss',
           '__jest__/src/app.android.scss',
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for android 1`] = `
     splitChunks: {
       cacheGroups: {
         defaultVendor: {
-          test: /[\\\\\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\\\\\/]/,
+          test: /[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]/,
           priority: -10,
           name: 'vendor',
           chunks: 'all'
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for android 1`] = `
     ),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|Other_Platforms') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\.(ios)\\\\.(\\\\w+)$/
+      /\\.(ios)\\.(\\w+)$/
     ),
     /* config.plugin('DefinePlugin') */
     new DefinePlugin(
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@ exports[`angular configuration for android 1`] = `
         __DEV__: true,
         __NS_WEBPACK__: true,
         __NS_ENV_VERBOSE__: false,
-        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '[\\"127.0.0.1\\",\\"192.168.0.10\\"]',
-        __CSS_PARSER__: '\\"css-tree\\"',
+        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '["127.0.0.1","192.168.0.10"]',
+        __CSS_PARSER__: '"css-tree"',
         __UI_USE_XML_PARSER__: true,
         __UI_USE_EXTERNAL_RENDERER__: false,
         __ANDROID__: true,
@@ -443,15 +443,15 @@ exports[`angular configuration for ios 1`] = `
     ]
   },
   ignoreWarnings: [
-    /System.import\\\\(\\\\) is deprecated/,
-    /Zone\\\\.js does not support native async\\\\/await/,
-    /environment(\\\\.(\\\\w+))?\\\\.ts is part of the TypeScript compilation but it's unused/,
+    /System.import\\(\\) is deprecated/,
+    /Zone\\.js does not support native async\\/await/,
+    /environment(\\.(\\w+))?\\.ts is part of the TypeScript compilation but it's unused/,
     {
-      module: /@angular\\\\/core\\\\/(__ivy_ngcc__\\\\/)?fesm2015\\\\/core.js/,
+      module: /@angular\\/core\\/(__ivy_ngcc__\\/)?fesm2015\\/core.js/,
       message: /Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression/
     },
-    /core\\\\/profiling/,
-    /core\\\\/ui\\\\/styling/
+    /core\\/profiling/,
+    /core\\/ui\\/styling/
   ],
   output: {
     path: '__jest__/platforms/ios/jest/app',
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('workers') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
+        test: /\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('workers').use('nativescript-worker-loader') */
           {
@@ -525,14 +525,14 @@ exports[`angular configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('js') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /\\.js$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ]
       },
       /* config.module.rule('xml') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.xml$/,
+        test: /\\.xml$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('xml').use('xml-namespace-loader') */
           {
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         include: [
           '__jest__/src/app.css',
           '__jest__/src/app.ios.css',
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         include: [
           '__jest__/src/app.scss',
           '__jest__/src/app.ios.scss',
@@ -616,9 +616,9 @@ exports[`angular configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('angular-webpack-loader') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.[cm]?[tj]sx?$/,
+        test: /\\.[cm]?[tj]sx?$/,
         exclude: [
-          /[/\\\\\\\\](?:core-js|@babel|tslib|web-animations-js|web-streams-polyfill)[/\\\\\\\\]/
+          /[/\\\\](?:core-js|@babel|tslib|web-animations-js|web-streams-polyfill)[/\\\\]/
         ],
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('angular-webpack-loader').use('webpack-loader') */
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('angular') */
       {
-        test: /(?:\\\\.ngfactory.js|\\\\.ngstyle\\\\.js|\\\\.ts)$/,
+        test: /(?:\\.ngfactory.js|\\.ngstyle\\.js|\\.ts)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('angular').use('@ngtools/webpack') */
           {
@@ -646,14 +646,14 @@ exports[`angular configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('@angular/core') */
       {
-        test: /[\\\\/\\\\\\\\]@angular[\\\\/\\\\\\\\]core[\\\\/\\\\\\\\].+\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /[\\/\\\\]@angular[\\/\\\\]core[\\/\\\\].+\\.js$/,
         parser: {
           system: true
         }
       },
       /* config.module.rule('html') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.html$/,
+        test: /\\.html$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('html').use('raw-loader') */
           {
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css|component') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         exclude: [
           '__jest__/src/app.css',
           '__jest__/src/app.ios.css',
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss|component') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         exclude: [
           '__jest__/src/app.scss',
           '__jest__/src/app.ios.scss',
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for ios 1`] = `
     splitChunks: {
       cacheGroups: {
         defaultVendor: {
-          test: /[\\\\\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\\\\\/]/,
+          test: /[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]/,
           priority: -10,
           name: 'vendor',
           chunks: 'all'
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for ios 1`] = `
     ),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|Other_Platforms') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\.(android)\\\\.(\\\\w+)$/
+      /\\.(android)\\.(\\w+)$/
     ),
     /* config.plugin('DefinePlugin') */
     new DefinePlugin(
@@ -767,8 +767,8 @@ exports[`angular configuration for ios 1`] = `
         __DEV__: true,
         __NS_WEBPACK__: true,
         __NS_ENV_VERBOSE__: false,
-        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '[\\"127.0.0.1\\",\\"192.168.0.10\\"]',
-        __CSS_PARSER__: '\\"css-tree\\"',
+        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '["127.0.0.1","192.168.0.10"]',
+        __CSS_PARSER__: '"css-tree"',
         __UI_USE_XML_PARSER__: true,
         __UI_USE_EXTERNAL_RENDERER__: false,
         __ANDROID__: false,
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ exports[`angular configuration for ios 1`] = `
 `;
 
 exports[`angular configuration loads polyfills.android.ts into the bundle entry if it exists  1`] = `
-Array [
+[
   "__jest__/src/polyfills.android.ts",
   "@nativescript/core/bundle-entry-points",
   "__jest__/src/app.js",
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ Array [
 `;
 
 exports[`angular configuration loads polyfills.ios.ts into the bundle entry if it exists  1`] = `
-Array [
+[
   "__jest__/src/polyfills.ios.ts",
   "@nativescript/core/bundle-entry-points",
   "__jest__/src/app.js",
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ Array [
 `;
 
 exports[`angular configuration loads polyfills.ts into the bundle entry if it exists  1`] = `
-Array [
+[
   "__jest__/src/polyfills.ts",
   "@nativescript/core/bundle-entry-points",
   "__jest__/src/app.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/base.spec.ts.snap b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/base.spec.ts.snap
index 751e44ec4..fdd16144a 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/base.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/base.spec.ts.snap
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ exports[`base configuration for android 1`] = `
     ]
   },
   ignoreWarnings: [
-    /System.import\\\\(\\\\) is deprecated/
+    /System.import\\(\\) is deprecated/
   ],
   output: {
     path: '__jest__/platforms/android/app/src/main/assets/app',
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ exports[`base configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('workers') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
+        test: /\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('workers').use('nativescript-worker-loader') */
           {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ exports[`base configuration for android 1`] = `
       /* config.module.rule('ts') */
       {
         test: [
-          /\\\\.ts$/
+          /\\.ts$/
         ],
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('ts').use('ts-loader') */
@@ -110,14 +110,14 @@ exports[`base configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('js') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /\\.js$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ]
       },
       /* config.module.rule('xml') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.xml$/,
+        test: /\\.xml$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('xml').use('xml-namespace-loader') */
           {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ exports[`base configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('css').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ exports[`base configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('scss').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ exports[`base configuration for android 1`] = `
     splitChunks: {
       cacheGroups: {
         defaultVendor: {
-          test: /[\\\\\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\\\\\/]/,
+          test: /[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]/,
           priority: -10,
           name: 'vendor',
           chunks: 'all'
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ exports[`base configuration for android 1`] = `
     ),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|Other_Platforms') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\.(ios)\\\\.(\\\\w+)$/
+      /\\.(ios)\\.(\\w+)$/
     ),
     /* config.plugin('DefinePlugin') */
     new DefinePlugin(
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ exports[`base configuration for android 1`] = `
         __DEV__: true,
         __NS_WEBPACK__: true,
         __NS_ENV_VERBOSE__: false,
-        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '[\\"127.0.0.1\\",\\"192.168.0.10\\"]',
-        __CSS_PARSER__: '\\"css-tree\\"',
+        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '["127.0.0.1","192.168.0.10"]',
+        __CSS_PARSER__: '"css-tree"',
         __UI_USE_XML_PARSER__: true,
         __UI_USE_EXTERNAL_RENDERER__: false,
         __ANDROID__: true,
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ exports[`base configuration for ios 1`] = `
     ]
   },
   ignoreWarnings: [
-    /System.import\\\\(\\\\) is deprecated/
+    /System.import\\(\\) is deprecated/
   ],
   output: {
     path: '__jest__/platforms/ios/jest/app',
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ exports[`base configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('workers') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
+        test: /\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('workers').use('nativescript-worker-loader') */
           {
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ exports[`base configuration for ios 1`] = `
       /* config.module.rule('ts') */
       {
         test: [
-          /\\\\.ts$/
+          /\\.ts$/
         ],
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('ts').use('ts-loader') */
@@ -431,14 +431,14 @@ exports[`base configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('js') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /\\.js$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ]
       },
       /* config.module.rule('xml') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.xml$/,
+        test: /\\.xml$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('xml').use('xml-namespace-loader') */
           {
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ exports[`base configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('css').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ exports[`base configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('scss').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ exports[`base configuration for ios 1`] = `
     splitChunks: {
       cacheGroups: {
         defaultVendor: {
-          test: /[\\\\\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\\\\\/]/,
+          test: /[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]/,
           priority: -10,
           name: 'vendor',
           chunks: 'all'
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ exports[`base configuration for ios 1`] = `
     ),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|Other_Platforms') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\.(android)\\\\.(\\\\w+)$/
+      /\\.(android)\\.(\\w+)$/
     ),
     /* config.plugin('DefinePlugin') */
     new DefinePlugin(
@@ -575,8 +575,8 @@ exports[`base configuration for ios 1`] = `
         __DEV__: true,
         __NS_WEBPACK__: true,
         __NS_ENV_VERBOSE__: false,
-        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '[\\"127.0.0.1\\",\\"192.168.0.10\\"]',
-        __CSS_PARSER__: '\\"css-tree\\"',
+        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '["127.0.0.1","192.168.0.10"]',
+        __CSS_PARSER__: '"css-tree"',
         __UI_USE_XML_PARSER__: true,
         __UI_USE_EXTERNAL_RENDERER__: false,
         __ANDROID__: false,
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ exports[`base configuration for ios 1`] = `
 `;
 
 exports[`base configuration support env.watchNodeModules 1`] = `
-Object {
-  "managedPaths": Array [],
+{
+  "managedPaths": [],
 }
 `;
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/javascript.spec.ts.snap b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/javascript.spec.ts.snap
index d52f8d5b1..25ff25ec5 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/javascript.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/javascript.spec.ts.snap
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for android 1`] = `
     ]
   },
   ignoreWarnings: [
-    /System.import\\\\(\\\\) is deprecated/
+    /System.import\\(\\) is deprecated/
   ],
   output: {
     path: '__jest__/platforms/android/app/src/main/assets/app',
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('workers') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
+        test: /\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('workers').use('nativescript-worker-loader') */
           {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for android 1`] = `
       /* config.module.rule('ts') */
       {
         test: [
-          /\\\\.ts$/
+          /\\.ts$/
         ],
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('ts').use('ts-loader') */
@@ -110,14 +110,14 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('js') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /\\.js$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ]
       },
       /* config.module.rule('xml') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.xml$/,
+        test: /\\.xml$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('xml').use('xml-namespace-loader') */
           {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('css').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('scss').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for android 1`] = `
     splitChunks: {
       cacheGroups: {
         defaultVendor: {
-          test: /[\\\\\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\\\\\/]/,
+          test: /[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]/,
           priority: -10,
           name: 'vendor',
           chunks: 'all'
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for android 1`] = `
     ),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|Other_Platforms') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\.(ios)\\\\.(\\\\w+)$/
+      /\\.(ios)\\.(\\w+)$/
     ),
     /* config.plugin('DefinePlugin') */
     new DefinePlugin(
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for android 1`] = `
         __DEV__: true,
         __NS_WEBPACK__: true,
         __NS_ENV_VERBOSE__: false,
-        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '[\\"127.0.0.1\\",\\"192.168.0.10\\"]',
-        __CSS_PARSER__: '\\"css-tree\\"',
+        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '["127.0.0.1","192.168.0.10"]',
+        __CSS_PARSER__: '"css-tree"',
         __UI_USE_XML_PARSER__: true,
         __UI_USE_EXTERNAL_RENDERER__: false,
         __ANDROID__: true,
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for android 1`] = `
     new WatchStatePlugin(),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|exclude_files') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\b_.+\\\\./
+      /\\b_.+\\./
     )
   ],
   entry: {
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for ios 1`] = `
     ]
   },
   ignoreWarnings: [
-    /System.import\\\\(\\\\) is deprecated/
+    /System.import\\(\\) is deprecated/
   ],
   output: {
     path: '__jest__/platforms/ios/jest/app',
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('workers') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
+        test: /\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('workers').use('nativescript-worker-loader') */
           {
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for ios 1`] = `
       /* config.module.rule('ts') */
       {
         test: [
-          /\\\\.ts$/
+          /\\.ts$/
         ],
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('ts').use('ts-loader') */
@@ -430,14 +430,14 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('js') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /\\.js$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ]
       },
       /* config.module.rule('xml') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.xml$/,
+        test: /\\.xml$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('xml').use('xml-namespace-loader') */
           {
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('css').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('scss').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for ios 1`] = `
     splitChunks: {
       cacheGroups: {
         defaultVendor: {
-          test: /[\\\\\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\\\\\/]/,
+          test: /[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]/,
           priority: -10,
           name: 'vendor',
           chunks: 'all'
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for ios 1`] = `
     ),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|Other_Platforms') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\.(android)\\\\.(\\\\w+)$/
+      /\\.(android)\\.(\\w+)$/
     ),
     /* config.plugin('DefinePlugin') */
     new DefinePlugin(
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for ios 1`] = `
         __DEV__: true,
         __NS_WEBPACK__: true,
         __NS_ENV_VERBOSE__: false,
-        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '[\\"127.0.0.1\\",\\"192.168.0.10\\"]',
-        __CSS_PARSER__: '\\"css-tree\\"',
+        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '["127.0.0.1","192.168.0.10"]',
+        __CSS_PARSER__: '"css-tree"',
         __UI_USE_XML_PARSER__: true,
         __UI_USE_EXTERNAL_RENDERER__: false,
         __ANDROID__: false,
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ exports[`javascript configuration for ios 1`] = `
     new WatchStatePlugin(),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|exclude_files') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\b_.+\\\\./
+      /\\b_.+\\./
     )
   ],
   entry: {
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/react.spec.ts.snap b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/react.spec.ts.snap
index f78fa4ae0..84e482f85 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/react.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/react.spec.ts.snap
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR
     ]
   },
   ignoreWarnings: [
-    /System.import\\\\(\\\\) is deprecated/
+    /System.import\\(\\) is deprecated/
   ],
   output: {
     path: '__jest__/platforms/android/app/src/main/assets/app',
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR
       },
       /* config.module.rule('workers') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
+        test: /\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('workers').use('nativescript-worker-loader') */
           {
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR
       /* config.module.rule('ts') */
       {
         test: [
-          /\\\\.ts$/,
-          /\\\\.tsx$/
+          /\\.ts$/,
+          /\\.tsx$/
         ],
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('ts').use('babel-loader|react-refresh') */
@@ -132,14 +132,14 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR
       },
       /* config.module.rule('js') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /\\.js$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ]
       },
       /* config.module.rule('xml') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.xml$/,
+        test: /\\.xml$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('xml').use('xml-namespace-loader') */
           {
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('css').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('scss').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR
     splitChunks: {
       cacheGroups: {
         defaultVendor: {
-          test: /[\\\\\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\\\\\/]/,
+          test: /[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]/,
           priority: -10,
           name: 'vendor',
           chunks: 'all'
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR
     ),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|Other_Platforms') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\.(ios)\\\\.(\\\\w+)$/
+      /\\.(ios)\\.(\\w+)$/
     ),
     /* config.plugin('DefinePlugin') */
     new DefinePlugin(
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR
         __DEV__: true,
         __NS_WEBPACK__: true,
         __NS_ENV_VERBOSE__: false,
-        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '[\\"127.0.0.1\\",\\"192.168.0.10\\"]',
-        __CSS_PARSER__: '\\"css-tree\\"',
+        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '["127.0.0.1","192.168.0.10"]',
+        __CSS_PARSER__: '"css-tree"',
         __UI_USE_XML_PARSER__: true,
         __UI_USE_EXTERNAL_RENDERER__: false,
         __ANDROID__: true,
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR
         process: 'global.process',
         __USE_TEST_ID__: false,
         __TEST__: false,
-        'process.env.NODE_ENV': '\\"development\\"'
+        'process.env.NODE_ENV': '"development"'
       }
     ),
     /* config.plugin('CopyWebpackPlugin') */
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR
         overlay: false,
         forceEnable: false,
         exclude: /node_modules/i,
-        include: /\\\\.([cm]js|[jt]sx?|flow)$/i
+        include: /\\.([cm]js|[jt]sx?|flow)$/i
       }
     )
   ],
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > base config 1`] = `
     ]
   },
   ignoreWarnings: [
-    /System.import\\\\(\\\\) is deprecated/
+    /System.import\\(\\) is deprecated/
   ],
   output: {
     path: '__jest__/platforms/android/app/src/main/assets/app',
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > base config 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('workers') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
+        test: /\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('workers').use('nativescript-worker-loader') */
           {
@@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > base config 1`] = `
       /* config.module.rule('ts') */
       {
         test: [
-          /\\\\.ts$/,
-          /\\\\.tsx$/
+          /\\.ts$/,
+          /\\.tsx$/
         ],
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('ts').use('ts-loader') */
@@ -464,14 +464,14 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > base config 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('js') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /\\.js$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ]
       },
       /* config.module.rule('xml') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.xml$/,
+        test: /\\.xml$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('xml').use('xml-namespace-loader') */
           {
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > base config 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('css').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > base config 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('scss').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > base config 1`] = `
     splitChunks: {
       cacheGroups: {
         defaultVendor: {
-          test: /[\\\\\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\\\\\/]/,
+          test: /[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]/,
           priority: -10,
           name: 'vendor',
           chunks: 'all'
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > base config 1`] = `
     ),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|Other_Platforms') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\.(ios)\\\\.(\\\\w+)$/
+      /\\.(ios)\\.(\\w+)$/
     ),
     /* config.plugin('DefinePlugin') */
     new DefinePlugin(
@@ -608,8 +608,8 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > base config 1`] = `
         __DEV__: true,
         __NS_WEBPACK__: true,
         __NS_ENV_VERBOSE__: false,
-        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '[\\"127.0.0.1\\",\\"192.168.0.10\\"]',
-        __CSS_PARSER__: '\\"css-tree\\"',
+        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '["127.0.0.1","192.168.0.10"]',
+        __CSS_PARSER__: '"css-tree"',
         __UI_USE_XML_PARSER__: true,
         __UI_USE_EXTERNAL_RENDERER__: false,
         __ANDROID__: true,
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > android > base config 1`] = `
         process: 'global.process',
         __USE_TEST_ID__: false,
         __TEST__: false,
-        'process.env.NODE_ENV': '\\"development\\"'
+        'process.env.NODE_ENV': '"development"'
       }
     ),
     /* config.plugin('CopyWebpackPlugin') */
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR ena
     ]
   },
   ignoreWarnings: [
-    /System.import\\\\(\\\\) is deprecated/
+    /System.import\\(\\) is deprecated/
   ],
   output: {
     path: '__jest__/platforms/ios/jest/app',
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR ena
       },
       /* config.module.rule('workers') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
+        test: /\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('workers').use('nativescript-worker-loader') */
           {
@@ -771,8 +771,8 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR ena
       /* config.module.rule('ts') */
       {
         test: [
-          /\\\\.ts$/,
-          /\\\\.tsx$/
+          /\\.ts$/,
+          /\\.tsx$/
         ],
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('ts').use('babel-loader|react-refresh') */
@@ -803,14 +803,14 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR ena
       },
       /* config.module.rule('js') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /\\.js$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ]
       },
       /* config.module.rule('xml') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.xml$/,
+        test: /\\.xml$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('xml').use('xml-namespace-loader') */
           {
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR ena
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('css').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR ena
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('scss').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR ena
     splitChunks: {
       cacheGroups: {
         defaultVendor: {
-          test: /[\\\\\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\\\\\/]/,
+          test: /[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]/,
           priority: -10,
           name: 'vendor',
           chunks: 'all'
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR ena
     ),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|Other_Platforms') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\.(android)\\\\.(\\\\w+)$/
+      /\\.(android)\\.(\\w+)$/
     ),
     /* config.plugin('DefinePlugin') */
     new DefinePlugin(
@@ -947,8 +947,8 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR ena
         __DEV__: true,
         __NS_WEBPACK__: true,
         __NS_ENV_VERBOSE__: false,
-        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '[\\"127.0.0.1\\",\\"192.168.0.10\\"]',
-        __CSS_PARSER__: '\\"css-tree\\"',
+        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '["127.0.0.1","192.168.0.10"]',
+        __CSS_PARSER__: '"css-tree"',
         __UI_USE_XML_PARSER__: true,
         __UI_USE_EXTERNAL_RENDERER__: false,
         __ANDROID__: false,
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR ena
         process: 'global.process',
         __USE_TEST_ID__: false,
         __TEST__: false,
-        'process.env.NODE_ENV': '\\"development\\"'
+        'process.env.NODE_ENV': '"development"'
       }
     ),
     /* config.plugin('CopyWebpackPlugin') */
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > adds ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin when HMR ena
         overlay: false,
         forceEnable: false,
         exclude: /node_modules/i,
-        include: /\\\\.([cm]js|[jt]sx?|flow)$/i
+        include: /\\.([cm]js|[jt]sx?|flow)$/i
       }
     )
   ],
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > base config 1`] = `
     ]
   },
   ignoreWarnings: [
-    /System.import\\\\(\\\\) is deprecated/
+    /System.import\\(\\) is deprecated/
   ],
   output: {
     path: '__jest__/platforms/ios/jest/app',
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > base config 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('workers') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
+        test: /\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('workers').use('nativescript-worker-loader') */
           {
@@ -1115,8 +1115,8 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > base config 1`] = `
       /* config.module.rule('ts') */
       {
         test: [
-          /\\\\.ts$/,
-          /\\\\.tsx$/
+          /\\.ts$/,
+          /\\.tsx$/
         ],
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('ts').use('ts-loader') */
@@ -1136,14 +1136,14 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > base config 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('js') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /\\.js$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ]
       },
       /* config.module.rule('xml') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.xml$/,
+        test: /\\.xml$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('xml').use('xml-namespace-loader') */
           {
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > base config 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('css').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > base config 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('scss').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > base config 1`] = `
     splitChunks: {
       cacheGroups: {
         defaultVendor: {
-          test: /[\\\\\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\\\\\/]/,
+          test: /[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]/,
           priority: -10,
           name: 'vendor',
           chunks: 'all'
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > base config 1`] = `
     ),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|Other_Platforms') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\.(android)\\\\.(\\\\w+)$/
+      /\\.(android)\\.(\\w+)$/
     ),
     /* config.plugin('DefinePlugin') */
     new DefinePlugin(
@@ -1280,8 +1280,8 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > base config 1`] = `
         __DEV__: true,
         __NS_WEBPACK__: true,
         __NS_ENV_VERBOSE__: false,
-        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '[\\"127.0.0.1\\",\\"192.168.0.10\\"]',
-        __CSS_PARSER__: '\\"css-tree\\"',
+        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '["127.0.0.1","192.168.0.10"]',
+        __CSS_PARSER__: '"css-tree"',
         __UI_USE_XML_PARSER__: true,
         __UI_USE_EXTERNAL_RENDERER__: false,
         __ANDROID__: false,
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ exports[`react configuration > ios > base config 1`] = `
         process: 'global.process',
         __USE_TEST_ID__: false,
         __TEST__: false,
-        'process.env.NODE_ENV': '\\"development\\"'
+        'process.env.NODE_ENV': '"development"'
       }
     ),
     /* config.plugin('CopyWebpackPlugin') */
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/svelte.spec.ts.snap b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/svelte.spec.ts.snap
index 49d960c77..1586380fb 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/svelte.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/svelte.spec.ts.snap
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for android 1`] = `
     ]
   },
   ignoreWarnings: [
-    /System.import\\\\(\\\\) is deprecated/
+    /System.import\\(\\) is deprecated/
   ],
   output: {
     path: '__jest__/platforms/android/app/src/main/assets/app',
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('workers') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.(js|ts|svelte)$/,
+        test: /\\.(js|ts|svelte)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('workers').use('nativescript-worker-loader') */
           {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for android 1`] = `
       /* config.module.rule('ts') */
       {
         test: [
-          /\\\\.ts$/
+          /\\.ts$/
         ],
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('ts').use('ts-loader') */
@@ -114,14 +114,14 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('js') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /\\.js$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ]
       },
       /* config.module.rule('xml') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.xml$/,
+        test: /\\.xml$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('xml').use('xml-namespace-loader') */
           {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('css').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('scss').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('svelte') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.svelte$/,
+        test: /\\.svelte$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ],
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for android 1`] = `
     splitChunks: {
       cacheGroups: {
         defaultVendor: {
-          test: /[\\\\\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\\\\\/]/,
+          test: /[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]/,
           priority: -10,
           name: 'vendor',
           chunks: 'all'
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for android 1`] = `
     ),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|Other_Platforms') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\.(ios)\\\\.(\\\\w+)$/
+      /\\.(ios)\\.(\\w+)$/
     ),
     /* config.plugin('DefinePlugin') */
     new DefinePlugin(
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for android 1`] = `
         __DEV__: true,
         __NS_WEBPACK__: true,
         __NS_ENV_VERBOSE__: false,
-        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '[\\"127.0.0.1\\",\\"192.168.0.10\\"]',
-        __CSS_PARSER__: '\\"css-tree\\"',
+        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '["127.0.0.1","192.168.0.10"]',
+        __CSS_PARSER__: '"css-tree"',
         __UI_USE_XML_PARSER__: true,
         __UI_USE_EXTERNAL_RENDERER__: false,
         __ANDROID__: true,
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for ios 1`] = `
     ]
   },
   ignoreWarnings: [
-    /System.import\\\\(\\\\) is deprecated/
+    /System.import\\(\\) is deprecated/
   ],
   output: {
     path: '__jest__/platforms/ios/jest/app',
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('workers') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.(js|ts|svelte)$/,
+        test: /\\.(js|ts|svelte)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('workers').use('nativescript-worker-loader') */
           {
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for ios 1`] = `
       /* config.module.rule('ts') */
       {
         test: [
-          /\\\\.ts$/
+          /\\.ts$/
         ],
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('ts').use('ts-loader') */
@@ -456,14 +456,14 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('js') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /\\.js$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ]
       },
       /* config.module.rule('xml') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.xml$/,
+        test: /\\.xml$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('xml').use('xml-namespace-loader') */
           {
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('css').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('scss').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('svelte') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.svelte$/,
+        test: /\\.svelte$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ],
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for ios 1`] = `
     splitChunks: {
       cacheGroups: {
         defaultVendor: {
-          test: /[\\\\\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\\\\\/]/,
+          test: /[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]/,
           priority: -10,
           name: 'vendor',
           chunks: 'all'
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for ios 1`] = `
     ),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|Other_Platforms') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\.(android)\\\\.(\\\\w+)$/
+      /\\.(android)\\.(\\w+)$/
     ),
     /* config.plugin('DefinePlugin') */
     new DefinePlugin(
@@ -623,8 +623,8 @@ exports[`svelte configuration for ios 1`] = `
         __DEV__: true,
         __NS_WEBPACK__: true,
         __NS_ENV_VERBOSE__: false,
-        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '[\\"127.0.0.1\\",\\"192.168.0.10\\"]',
-        __CSS_PARSER__: '\\"css-tree\\"',
+        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '["127.0.0.1","192.168.0.10"]',
+        __CSS_PARSER__: '"css-tree"',
         __UI_USE_XML_PARSER__: true,
         __UI_USE_EXTERNAL_RENDERER__: false,
         __ANDROID__: false,
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/typescript.spec.ts.snap b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/typescript.spec.ts.snap
index 39af4794d..767cb350f 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/typescript.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/typescript.spec.ts.snap
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for android 1`] = `
     ]
   },
   ignoreWarnings: [
-    /System.import\\\\(\\\\) is deprecated/
+    /System.import\\(\\) is deprecated/
   ],
   output: {
     path: '__jest__/platforms/android/app/src/main/assets/app',
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('workers') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
+        test: /\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('workers').use('nativescript-worker-loader') */
           {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for android 1`] = `
       /* config.module.rule('ts') */
       {
         test: [
-          /\\\\.ts$/
+          /\\.ts$/
         ],
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('ts').use('ts-loader') */
@@ -110,14 +110,14 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('js') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /\\.js$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ]
       },
       /* config.module.rule('xml') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.xml$/,
+        test: /\\.xml$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('xml').use('xml-namespace-loader') */
           {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('css').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('scss').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for android 1`] = `
     splitChunks: {
       cacheGroups: {
         defaultVendor: {
-          test: /[\\\\\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\\\\\/]/,
+          test: /[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]/,
           priority: -10,
           name: 'vendor',
           chunks: 'all'
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for android 1`] = `
     ),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|Other_Platforms') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\.(ios)\\\\.(\\\\w+)$/
+      /\\.(ios)\\.(\\w+)$/
     ),
     /* config.plugin('DefinePlugin') */
     new DefinePlugin(
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for android 1`] = `
         __DEV__: true,
         __NS_WEBPACK__: true,
         __NS_ENV_VERBOSE__: false,
-        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '[\\"127.0.0.1\\",\\"192.168.0.10\\"]',
-        __CSS_PARSER__: '\\"css-tree\\"',
+        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '["127.0.0.1","192.168.0.10"]',
+        __CSS_PARSER__: '"css-tree"',
         __UI_USE_XML_PARSER__: true,
         __UI_USE_EXTERNAL_RENDERER__: false,
         __ANDROID__: true,
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for android 1`] = `
     new WatchStatePlugin(),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|exclude_files') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\b_.+\\\\./
+      /\\b_.+\\./
     )
   ],
   entry: {
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for ios 1`] = `
     ]
   },
   ignoreWarnings: [
-    /System.import\\\\(\\\\) is deprecated/
+    /System.import\\(\\) is deprecated/
   ],
   output: {
     path: '__jest__/platforms/ios/jest/app',
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('workers') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
+        test: /\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('workers').use('nativescript-worker-loader') */
           {
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for ios 1`] = `
       /* config.module.rule('ts') */
       {
         test: [
-          /\\\\.ts$/
+          /\\.ts$/
         ],
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('ts').use('ts-loader') */
@@ -430,14 +430,14 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('js') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /\\.js$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ]
       },
       /* config.module.rule('xml') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.xml$/,
+        test: /\\.xml$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('xml').use('xml-namespace-loader') */
           {
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('css').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('scss').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for ios 1`] = `
     splitChunks: {
       cacheGroups: {
         defaultVendor: {
-          test: /[\\\\\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\\\\\/]/,
+          test: /[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]/,
           priority: -10,
           name: 'vendor',
           chunks: 'all'
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for ios 1`] = `
     ),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|Other_Platforms') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\.(android)\\\\.(\\\\w+)$/
+      /\\.(android)\\.(\\w+)$/
     ),
     /* config.plugin('DefinePlugin') */
     new DefinePlugin(
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for ios 1`] = `
         __DEV__: true,
         __NS_WEBPACK__: true,
         __NS_ENV_VERBOSE__: false,
-        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '[\\"127.0.0.1\\",\\"192.168.0.10\\"]',
-        __CSS_PARSER__: '\\"css-tree\\"',
+        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '["127.0.0.1","192.168.0.10"]',
+        __CSS_PARSER__: '"css-tree"',
         __UI_USE_XML_PARSER__: true,
         __UI_USE_EXTERNAL_RENDERER__: false,
         __ANDROID__: false,
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ exports[`typescript configuration for ios 1`] = `
     new WatchStatePlugin(),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|exclude_files') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\b_.+\\\\./
+      /\\b_.+\\./
     )
   ],
   entry: {
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/vue.spec.ts.snap b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/vue.spec.ts.snap
index 9c21da6c7..3cb689ecc 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/vue.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/configuration/__snapshots__/vue.spec.ts.snap
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for android 1`] = `
     ]
   },
   ignoreWarnings: [
-    /System.import\\\\(\\\\) is deprecated/
+    /System.import\\(\\) is deprecated/
   ],
   output: {
     path: '__jest__/platforms/android/app/src/main/assets/app',
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('workers') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
+        test: /\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('workers').use('nativescript-worker-loader') */
           {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for android 1`] = `
       /* config.module.rule('ts') */
       {
         test: [
-          /\\\\.ts$/
+          /\\.ts$/
         ],
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('ts').use('ts-loader') */
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for android 1`] = `
               },
               getCustomTransformers: function () { /* omitted long function */ },
               appendTsSuffixTo: [
-                '\\\\\\\\.vue$'
+                '\\\\.vue$'
               ]
             }
           }
@@ -116,14 +116,14 @@ exports[`vue configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('js') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /\\.js$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ]
       },
       /* config.module.rule('xml') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.xml$/,
+        test: /\\.xml$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('xml').use('xml-namespace-loader') */
           {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('css').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('scss').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for android 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('vue') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.vue$/,
+        test: /\\.vue$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('vue').use('vue-loader') */
           {
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for android 1`] = `
     splitChunks: {
       cacheGroups: {
         defaultVendor: {
-          test: /[\\\\\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\\\\\/]/,
+          test: /[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]/,
           priority: -10,
           name: 'vendor',
           chunks: 'all'
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for android 1`] = `
     ),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|Other_Platforms') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\.(ios)\\\\.(\\\\w+)$/
+      /\\.(ios)\\.(\\w+)$/
     ),
     /* config.plugin('DefinePlugin') */
     new DefinePlugin(
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ exports[`vue configuration for android 1`] = `
         __DEV__: true,
         __NS_WEBPACK__: true,
         __NS_ENV_VERBOSE__: false,
-        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '[\\"127.0.0.1\\",\\"192.168.0.10\\"]',
-        __CSS_PARSER__: '\\"css-tree\\"',
+        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '["127.0.0.1","192.168.0.10"]',
+        __CSS_PARSER__: '"css-tree"',
         __UI_USE_XML_PARSER__: true,
         __UI_USE_EXTERNAL_RENDERER__: false,
         __ANDROID__: true,
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for ios 1`] = `
     ]
   },
   ignoreWarnings: [
-    /System.import\\\\(\\\\) is deprecated/
+    /System.import\\(\\) is deprecated/
   ],
   output: {
     path: '__jest__/platforms/ios/jest/app',
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('workers') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
+        test: /\\.(mjs|js|ts)$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('workers').use('nativescript-worker-loader') */
           {
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for ios 1`] = `
       /* config.module.rule('ts') */
       {
         test: [
-          /\\\\.ts$/
+          /\\.ts$/
         ],
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('ts').use('ts-loader') */
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for ios 1`] = `
               },
               getCustomTransformers: function () { /* omitted long function */ },
               appendTsSuffixTo: [
-                '\\\\\\\\.vue$'
+                '\\\\.vue$'
               ]
             }
           }
@@ -471,14 +471,14 @@ exports[`vue configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('js') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.js$/,
+        test: /\\.js$/,
         exclude: [
           /node_modules/
         ]
       },
       /* config.module.rule('xml') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.xml$/,
+        test: /\\.xml$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('xml').use('xml-namespace-loader') */
           {
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('css') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.css$/,
+        test: /\\.css$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('css').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('scss') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.scss$/,
+        test: /\\.scss$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('scss').use('apply-css-loader') */
           {
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for ios 1`] = `
       },
       /* config.module.rule('vue') */
       {
-        test: /\\\\.vue$/,
+        test: /\\.vue$/,
         use: [
           /* config.module.rule('vue').use('vue-loader') */
           {
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for ios 1`] = `
     splitChunks: {
       cacheGroups: {
         defaultVendor: {
-          test: /[\\\\\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\\\\\/]/,
+          test: /[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]/,
           priority: -10,
           name: 'vendor',
           chunks: 'all'
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ exports[`vue configuration for ios 1`] = `
     ),
     /* config.plugin('ContextExclusionPlugin|Other_Platforms') */
     new ContextExclusionPlugin(
-      /\\\\.(android)\\\\.(\\\\w+)$/
+      /\\.(android)\\.(\\w+)$/
     ),
     /* config.plugin('DefinePlugin') */
     new DefinePlugin(
@@ -649,8 +649,8 @@ exports[`vue configuration for ios 1`] = `
         __DEV__: true,
         __NS_WEBPACK__: true,
         __NS_ENV_VERBOSE__: false,
-        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '[\\"127.0.0.1\\",\\"192.168.0.10\\"]',
-        __CSS_PARSER__: '\\"css-tree\\"',
+        __NS_DEV_HOST_IPS__: '["127.0.0.1","192.168.0.10"]',
+        __CSS_PARSER__: '"css-tree"',
         __UI_USE_XML_PARSER__: true,
         __UI_USE_EXTERNAL_RENDERER__: false,
         __ANDROID__: false,
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index a0cdb8bcd..30d102828 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.8",
+	"version": "5.0.9-alpha.0",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 		"@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin": "~0.5.7",
 		"acorn": "^8.0.0",
 		"acorn-stage3": "^4.0.0",
+		"ansi-colors": "^4.1.3",
 		"babel-loader": "^8.0.0",
-		"chalk": "^4.0.0",
 		"cli-highlight": "^2.0.0",
 		"commander": "^8.0.0",
 		"copy-webpack-plugin": "^9.0.0",
@@ -54,20 +54,20 @@
 		"webpack-virtual-modules": "^0.4.0"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@angular-devkit/build-angular": "^13.1.2",
+		"@angular-devkit/build-angular": "^14.2.4",
 		"@types/css": "0.0.33",
-		"@types/jest": "27.5.1",
+		"@types/jest": "29.1.1",
 		"@types/loader-utils": "2.0.3",
 		"@types/lodash.get": "4.4.7",
 		"@types/micromatch": "4.0.2",
 		"@types/sax": "1.2.4",
 		"@types/terser-webpack-plugin": "5.2.0",
 		"@types/webpack-virtual-modules": "0.1.1",
-		"jest": "28.1.0",
-		"jest-matcher-utils": "28.1.0",
-		"nativescript-vue-template-compiler": "2.9.2",
-		"ts-jest": "28.0.3",
-		"typescript": "4.7.3"
+		"jest": "29.1.2",
+		"jest-matcher-utils": "29.1.2",
+		"nativescript-vue-template-compiler": "2.9.3",
+		"ts-jest": "29.0.3",
+		"typescript": "4.7.4"
 	},
 	"peerDependencies": {
 		"nativescript-vue-template-compiler": "^2.8.1"
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/src/bin/index.ts b/packages/webpack5/src/bin/index.ts
index c9dddb315..1793c87eb 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/src/bin/index.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack5/src/bin/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-import { redBright, green, greenBright, yellow } from 'chalk';
+import { redBright, green, greenBright, yellow } from 'ansi-colors';
 import { program } from 'commander';
 import dedent from 'ts-dedent';
 import webpack from 'webpack';
diff --git a/tools/scripts/pack-webpack5.mjs b/tools/scripts/pack-webpack5.mjs
index bceb93c17..5b1f027ae 100755
--- a/tools/scripts/pack-webpack5.mjs
+++ b/tools/scripts/pack-webpack5.mjs
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ await fs.move(from, to, {
 });
 
 console.log(chalk.green(`@nativescript/webpack has been built and packed.\n`));
-console.log(to);
\ No newline at end of file
+console.log(to);