diff --git a/goldens/public-api/angular/build/index.api.md b/goldens/public-api/angular/build/index.api.md
index 79240b301679..3e0a2578ed12 100644
--- a/goldens/public-api/angular/build/index.api.md
+++ b/goldens/public-api/angular/build/index.api.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export type ApplicationBuilderOptions = {
     optimization?: OptimizationUnion;
     outputHashing?: OutputHashing;
     outputMode?: OutputMode;
-    outputPath: OutputPathUnion;
+    outputPath?: OutputPathUnion;
     poll?: number;
     polyfills?: string[];
     prerender?: PrerenderUnion;
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/options.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/options.ts
index a58c60386c9c..2fd1a2f5430c 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/options.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/options.ts
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ export async function normalizeOptions(
     };
   }
 
-  const outputPath = options.outputPath;
+  const outputPath = options.outputPath ?? path.join(workspaceRoot, 'dist', projectName);
   const outputOptions: NormalizedOutputOptions = {
     browser: 'browser',
     server: 'server',
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/schema.json b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/schema.json
index d990e3a3cff3..fabb4dcddfcc 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/schema.json
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/schema.json
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false,
-  "required": ["outputPath", "index", "browser", "tsConfig"],
+  "required": ["index", "browser", "tsConfig"],
   "definitions": {
     "assetPattern": {
       "oneOf": [