diff --git a/packages/ng-schematics/src/schematics/ng-add/files/common/e2e/tests/utils.ts.template b/packages/ng-schematics/src/schematics/ng-add/files/common/e2e/tests/utils.ts.template
index ced9291513c..2136f99a3ac 100644
--- a/packages/ng-schematics/src/schematics/ng-add/files/common/e2e/tests/utils.ts.template
+++ b/packages/ng-schematics/src/schematics/ng-add/files/common/e2e/tests/utils.ts.template
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ export function setupBrowserHooks(path = ''): void {
   });
 
   afterEach(async () => {
-    await page.close();
+    await page?.close();
   });
 
 <% if(testRunner == 'jasmine' || testRunner == 'jest') { %>
   afterAll(async () => {
-    await browser.close();
+    await browser?.close();
   });
 <% } %><% if(testRunner == 'mocha' || testRunner == 'node') { %>
   after(async () => {
-    await browser.close();
+    await browser?.close();
   });
 <% } %>
 }
diff --git a/packages/ng-schematics/src/schematics/ng-add/files/jest/e2e/jest.config.js b/packages/ng-schematics/src/schematics/ng-add/files/jest/e2e/jest.config.js
index ee5fc51695f..ee21c6737e7 100644
--- a/packages/ng-schematics/src/schematics/ng-add/files/jest/e2e/jest.config.js
+++ b/packages/ng-schematics/src/schematics/ng-add/files/jest/e2e/jest.config.js
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 
 /** @type {import('jest').Config} */
 module.exports = {
-  testMatch: ['<rootDir>/build/**/?(*.)+(e2e).js?(x)'],
+  testMatch: ['<rootDir>/build/**/*.e2e.js'],
   testEnvironment: 'node',
 };
diff --git a/packages/ng-schematics/src/schematics/ng-add/files/mocha/e2e/.mocharc.js b/packages/ng-schematics/src/schematics/ng-add/files/mocha/e2e/.mocharc.js
index e751ec07450..28c18396741 100644
--- a/packages/ng-schematics/src/schematics/ng-add/files/mocha/e2e/.mocharc.js
+++ b/packages/ng-schematics/src/schematics/ng-add/files/mocha/e2e/.mocharc.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 module.exports = {
   spec: './e2e/build/**/*.e2e.js',
+  timeout: 5000,
 };
diff --git a/packages/ng-schematics/tools/projects.mjs b/packages/ng-schematics/tools/projects.mjs
index 01a8a7657c2..985200881e7 100644
--- a/packages/ng-schematics/tools/projects.mjs
+++ b/packages/ng-schematics/tools/projects.mjs
@@ -25,25 +25,34 @@ class AngularProject {
     return port;
   }
 
-  static #scripts = {
-    // Builds the ng-schematics before running them
-    'build:schematics': 'npm run --prefix ../../ build',
-    // Deletes all files created by Puppeteer Ng-Schematics to avoid errors
-    'delete:file':
-      'rm -f .puppeteerrc.cjs && rm -f tsconfig.e2e.json && rm -R -f e2e/',
-    // Runs the Puppeteer Ng-Schematics against the sandbox
-    schematics: 'schematics ../../:ng-add --dry-run=false',
-    'schematics:e2e': 'schematics ../../:e2e --dry-run=false',
-    'schematics:config': 'schematics ../../:config --dry-run=false',
-    'schematics:smoke':
-      'schematics ../../:ng-add --dry-run=false --test-runner="node" && ng e2e',
+  static #scripts = testRunner => {
+    return {
+      // Builds the ng-schematics before running them
+      'build:schematics': 'npm run --prefix ../../ build',
+      // Deletes all files created by Puppeteer Ng-Schematics to avoid errors
+      'delete:file':
+        'rm -f .puppeteerrc.cjs && rm -f tsconfig.e2e.json && rm -R -f e2e/',
+      // Runs the Puppeteer Ng-Schematics against the sandbox
+      schematics: 'schematics ../../:ng-add --dry-run=false',
+      'schematics:e2e': 'schematics ../../:e2e --dry-run=false',
+      'schematics:config': 'schematics ../../:config --dry-run=false',
+      'schematics:smoke': `schematics ../../:ng-add --dry-run=false --test-runner="${testRunner}" && ng e2e`,
+    };
   };
+  /** Folder name */
   #name;
+  /** E2E test runner to use */
+  #runner;
 
-  constructor(name) {
+  constructor(runner, name) {
+    this.#runner = runner ?? 'node';
     this.#name = name ?? randomUUID();
   }
 
+  get runner() {
+    return this.#runner;
+  }
+
   get name() {
     return this.#name;
   }
@@ -52,11 +61,18 @@ class AngularProject {
     const [executable, ...args] = command.split(' ');
     await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       const createProcess = spawn(executable, args, {
-        stdio: 'inherit',
         shell: true,
         ...options,
       });
 
+      createProcess.stdout.on('data', data => {
+        data = data
+          .toString()
+          // Replace new lines with a prefix including the test runner
+          .replace(/(?:\r\n?|\n)(?=.*[\r\n])/g, `\n${this.#runner} - `);
+        console.log(`${this.#runner} - ${data}`);
+      });
+
       createProcess.on('error', message => {
         console.error(`Running ${command} exited with error:`, message);
         reject(message);
@@ -82,7 +98,7 @@ class AngularProject {
     const packageJson = JSON.parse(await readFile(packageJsonFile));
     packageJson['scripts'] = {
       ...packageJson['scripts'],
-      ...AngularProject.#scripts,
+      ...AngularProject.#scripts(this.#runner),
     };
     await writeFile(packageJsonFile, JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2));
   }
@@ -128,7 +144,7 @@ export class AngularProjectSingle extends AngularProject {
 export class AngularProjectMulti extends AngularProject {
   async createProject() {
     await this.executeCommand(
-      `ng new ${this.name} --create-application=false --directory=sandbox/${this.name} --skip-git`
+      `ng new ${this.name} --create-application=false --directory=sandbox/${this.name} --defaults --skip-git`
     );
 
     await this.executeCommand(
diff --git a/packages/ng-schematics/tools/smoke.mjs b/packages/ng-schematics/tools/smoke.mjs
index 8aa1c476b16..8ae9907266f 100644
--- a/packages/ng-schematics/tools/smoke.mjs
+++ b/packages/ng-schematics/tools/smoke.mjs
@@ -4,17 +4,69 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
+import {ok} from 'node:assert';
 import {execSync} from 'node:child_process';
+import {parseArgs} from 'node:util';
 
 import {AngularProjectMulti, AngularProjectSingle} from './projects.mjs';
 
+const {values: args} = parseArgs({
+  options: {
+    testRunner: {
+      type: 'string',
+      short: 't',
+      default: undefined,
+    },
+    name: {
+      type: 'string',
+      short: 'n',
+      default: undefined,
+    },
+  },
+});
+
 if (process.env.CI) {
   // Need to install in CI
   execSync('npm install -g @angular/cli@latest @angular-devkit/schematics-cli');
+  const runners = ['node', 'jest', 'jasmine', 'mocha'];
+  const groups = [];
+
+  for (const runner of runners) {
+    groups.push([
+      new AngularProjectSingle(runner),
+      new AngularProjectMulti(runner),
+    ]);
+  }
+
+  const angularProjects = await Promise.allSettled(
+    groups.flat().map(async project => {
+      return await project.create();
+    })
+  );
+  ok(
+    angularProjects.every(project => {
+      return project.status === 'fulfilled';
+    }),
+    'Building of 1 or more projects failed!'
+  );
+
+  for await (const runnerGroup of groups) {
+    const smokeResults = await Promise.allSettled(
+      runnerGroup.map(async project => {
+        return await project.runSmoke();
+      })
+    );
+    ok(
+      smokeResults.every(project => {
+        return project.status === 'fulfilled';
+      }),
+      `Smoke test for ${runnerGroup[0].runner} failed!`
+    );
+  }
+} else {
+  const single = new AngularProjectSingle(args.testRunner, args.name);
+  const multi = new AngularProjectMulti(args.testRunner, args.name);
+
+  await Promise.all([single.create(), multi.create()]);
+  await Promise.all([single.runSmoke(), multi.runSmoke()]);
 }
-
-const single = new AngularProjectSingle();
-const multi = new AngularProjectMulti();
-
-await Promise.all([single.create(), multi.create()]);
-await Promise.all([single.runSmoke(), multi.runSmoke()]);