diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8986ca1c02..b9ad76e0c1 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -737,8 +737,8 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           # Updates the `angular/components` `package.json` file to refer to the release output
           # inside the `packages-dist` directory.
-          name: Setting up release packages.
-          command: node scripts/ci/update-deps-to-dist-packages.js ${COMPONENTS_REPO_TMP_DIR}/package.json dist/packages-dist/
+          name: Setting up framework release packages.
+          command: node scripts/ci/update-framework-deps-to-dist-packages.js ${COMPONENTS_REPO_TMP_DIR}/package.json dist/packages-dist/
       - run:
           # Run `yarn install` again to install the Angular packages from `packages-dist/` and update the lockfile.
           # NOTE: We cannot rely on Bazel to run `yarn install`, because it uses the `--frozen-lockfile` flag and fails.
diff --git a/docs/DEBUG_COMPONENTS_REPO_IVY.md b/docs/DEBUG_COMPONENTS_REPO_IVY.md
index 16bed8268f..ddad1a598d 100644
--- a/docs/DEBUG_COMPONENTS_REPO_IVY.md
+++ b/docs/DEBUG_COMPONENTS_REPO_IVY.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ the `angular/angular` repo.
 command in the `angular/angular` repo:
 
 ```bash
-node ./scripts/ci/update-deps-to-dist-packages.js {COMPONENTS_REPO}/package.json ./dist/packages-dist
+node ./scripts/ci/update-framework-deps-to-dist-packages.js {COMPONENTS_REPO}/package.json ./dist/packages-dist
 ```
 
 4\) Switch into the `angular/components` repository and run the tests by using the
diff --git a/scripts/ci/update-deps-to-dist-packages.js b/scripts/ci/update-framework-deps-to-dist-packages.js
similarity index 89%
rename from scripts/ci/update-deps-to-dist-packages.js
rename to scripts/ci/update-framework-deps-to-dist-packages.js
index 022bf8ab7b..6f96714d8b 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/update-deps-to-dist-packages.js
+++ b/scripts/ci/update-framework-deps-to-dist-packages.js
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ const updated = [];
 const skipped = [];
 function updateDeps(dependencies) {
   for (const packageName of Object.keys(dependencies)) {
-    // We're only interested to update packages in the @angular scope
-    if (!packageName.startsWith('@angular/')) {
+    // We're only interested to update packages in the `@angular` scope. The shared dev-infra
+    // package is not updated as it's not a package that is part of the Angular framework.
+    if (!packageName.startsWith('@angular/') || packageName === '@angular/dev-infra-private') {
       continue;
     }