diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 4c04a7091d9..402f9b8c729 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -677,6 +677,10 @@ jobs:
             # variable. It needs to be hardcoded here, because env variables interpolation is
             # not supported.
             - '/tmp/angular-components-repo'
+      - run:
+          # Copy zone.js package to dist/packages-dist, so `angular/components` can also use the local zone.js build.
+          name: Setting up zone.js release packages.
+          command: cp -r dist/zone.js-dist/zone.js dist/packages-dist/
       - run:
           # Updates the `angular/components` `package.json` file to refer to the release output
           # inside the `packages-dist` directory.
diff --git a/scripts/ci/update-framework-deps-to-dist-packages.js b/scripts/ci/update-framework-deps-to-dist-packages.js
index 6f96714d8b4..51b8cff5f83 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/update-framework-deps-to-dist-packages.js
+++ b/scripts/ci/update-framework-deps-to-dist-packages.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 /*
  * This script updates a package.json file by replacing all dependencies and devDependencies
- * such that all packages from the @angular scope point to the packages-dist directory.
+ * such that all packages from the @angular scope and zone.js point to the packages-dist directory.
  *
  * Please be aware that updating of versions might introduce compatibility issues. For instance,
  * if a peer dependency of Angular, e.g. "typescript" changes, the package.json that is updated
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ 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. 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') {
+    // We're only interested to update packages in the `@angular` scope and `zone.js`.
+    // 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 !== 'zone.js') ||
+        packageName === '@angular/dev-infra-private') {
       continue;
     }
 
@@ -51,7 +53,6 @@ function updateDeps(dependencies) {
   }
 }
 
-
 // Update dependencies from @angular scope to those in the packages-dist folder
 updateDeps(packageJson.dependencies);
 updateDeps(packageJson.devDependencies);