diff --git a/scripts/check_dependencies.ts b/scripts/check_dependencies.ts
index 53062b8f28..80d26889d4 100644
--- a/scripts/check_dependencies.ts
+++ b/scripts/check_dependencies.ts
@@ -21,5 +21,20 @@ await new DependenciesValidator(
       ],
     },
   },
-  [['aws-cdk', 'aws-cdk-lib']]
+  [['aws-cdk', 'aws-cdk-lib']],
+  [
+    {
+      // @aws-amplify/plugin-types can depend on execa@^5.1.1 as a workaround for https://github.com/aws-amplify/amplify-backend/issues/962
+      // all other packages must depend on execa@^8.0.1
+      // this can be removed once execa is patched
+      dependencyName: 'execa',
+      globalDependencyVersion: '^8.0.1',
+      exceptions: [
+        {
+          packageName: '@aws-amplify/plugin-types',
+          dependencyVersion: '^5.1.1',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  ]
 ).validate();
diff --git a/scripts/components/dependencies_validator.test.ts b/scripts/components/dependencies_validator.test.ts
index fe93f5488d..9f2682dbb2 100644
--- a/scripts/components/dependencies_validator.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/components/dependencies_validator.test.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ void describe('Dependency validator', () => {
             },
           },
           [],
+          [],
           execaMock as never
         ).validate(),
       (err: Error) => {
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ void describe('Dependency validator', () => {
             },
           },
           [],
+          [],
           execaMock as never
         ).validate(),
       (err: Error) => {
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ void describe('Dependency validator', () => {
         },
       },
       [],
+      [],
       execaMock as never
     ).validate();
   });
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ void describe('Dependency validator', () => {
             },
           },
           [],
+          [],
           execaMock as never
         ).validate(),
       (err: Error) => {
@@ -129,6 +133,7 @@ void describe('Dependency validator', () => {
           packagePaths,
           {},
           [],
+          [],
           execaMock as never
         ).validate();
       },
@@ -148,6 +153,108 @@ void describe('Dependency validator', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  void it('passes if dependency declaration that is known to be inconsistent uses multiple versions', async () => {
+    const packagePaths = await glob(
+      'scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-inconsistent-test-packages/*'
+    );
+    await new DependenciesValidator(
+      packagePaths,
+      {},
+      [],
+      [
+        {
+          dependencyName: 'glob',
+          globalDependencyVersion: '^7.2.0',
+          exceptions: [
+            {
+              packageName: 'package2',
+              dependencyVersion: '^3.4.0',
+            },
+            {
+              packageName: 'package3',
+              dependencyVersion: '^1.6.0',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+      execaMock as never
+    ).validate();
+  });
+
+  void it('passes if multiple dependency declarations are known to be inconsistent', async () => {
+    const packagePaths = await glob(
+      'scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-multiple-inconsistencies-test-packages/*'
+    );
+    await new DependenciesValidator(
+      packagePaths,
+      {},
+      [],
+      [
+        {
+          dependencyName: 'glob',
+          globalDependencyVersion: '^7.2.0',
+          exceptions: [
+            {
+              packageName: 'package3',
+              dependencyVersion: '^5.3.0',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          dependencyName: 'zod',
+          globalDependencyVersion: '^3.8.2-alpha.6',
+          exceptions: [
+            {
+              packageName: 'package2',
+              dependencyVersion: '^2.0.0',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+      execaMock as never
+    ).validate();
+  });
+
+  void it('can detect unknown inconsistent dependency delcarations when known inconsistent dependency delcarations are present', async () => {
+    await assert.rejects(
+      async () => {
+        const packagePaths = await glob(
+          'scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-multiple-inconsistencies-test-packages/*'
+        );
+        await new DependenciesValidator(
+          packagePaths,
+          {},
+          [],
+          [
+            {
+              dependencyName: 'glob',
+              globalDependencyVersion: '^7.2.0',
+              exceptions: [
+                {
+                  packageName: 'package3',
+                  dependencyVersion: '^5.3.0',
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+          execaMock as never
+        ).validate();
+      },
+      (err: Error) => {
+        assert.ok(
+          err.message.includes(
+            'dependency declarations must all the on the same semver range'
+          )
+        );
+        assert.ok(err.message.includes('zod'));
+        assert.ok(err.message.includes('package1'));
+        assert.ok(err.message.includes('package2'));
+        assert.ok(err.message.includes('package3'));
+        return true;
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
   void it('can detect inconsistent major versions of repo packages', async () => {
     const packagePaths = await glob(
       'scripts/components/test-resources/inter-repo-dependency-version-consistency-test-packages/*'
@@ -156,6 +263,7 @@ void describe('Dependency validator', () => {
       packagePaths,
       {},
       [],
+      [],
       execaMock as never
     );
 
@@ -185,6 +293,7 @@ void describe('Dependency validator', () => {
           packagePaths,
           {},
           [['aws-cdk', 'aws-cdk-lib']],
+          [],
           execaMock as never
         ).validate();
       },
diff --git a/scripts/components/dependencies_validator.ts b/scripts/components/dependencies_validator.ts
index 980bfdde80..caa9e50bbc 100644
--- a/scripts/components/dependencies_validator.ts
+++ b/scripts/components/dependencies_validator.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ export type DependencyRule =
       allowList: Array<string>;
     };
 
+export type DependencyWithKnownVersionConsistencyException = {
+  dependencyName: string;
+  globalDependencyVersion: string;
+  exceptions: Array<{ packageName: string; dependencyVersion: string }>;
+};
+
 type NpmListOutputItem = {
   name?: string;
   dependencies?: Record<string, NpmListOutputItem>;
@@ -47,14 +53,16 @@ export class DependenciesValidator {
   /**
    * Creates dependency validator
    * @param packagePaths paths of packages to validate
-   * @param dependencyRules dependency exclusion and inclusion rules
+   * @param disallowedDependencies dependency exclusion and inclusion rules
    * @param linkedDependencies dependencies that should be versioned with the same version
+   * @param knownInconsistentDependencyVersions dependencies that are known to violate the consistency check
    * @param execa in order to inject execa mock in tests
    */
   constructor(
     private packagePaths: Array<string>,
-    private dependencyRules: Record<string, DependencyRule>,
+    private disallowedDependencies: Record<string, DependencyRule>,
     private linkedDependencies: Array<Array<string>>,
+    private knownInconsistentDependencyVersions: Array<DependencyWithKnownVersionConsistencyException>,
     private execa = _execa
   ) {}
 
@@ -202,9 +210,9 @@ export class DependenciesValidator {
         // skip if self referencing
         continue;
       }
-      if (dependencyName in this.dependencyRules) {
+      if (dependencyName in this.disallowedDependencies) {
         const dependencyRule: DependencyRule =
-          this.dependencyRules[dependencyName];
+          this.disallowedDependencies[dependencyName];
         const isViolating =
           dependencyRule.denyAll ||
           !dependencyRule.allowList.includes(packageName);
@@ -243,20 +251,28 @@ export class DependenciesValidator {
   private getPackageVersionDeclarationPredicate = async (
     packageName: string
   ): Promise<DependencyVersionPredicate> => {
-    if (packageName === 'execa') {
-      // @aws-amplify/plugin-types can depend on execa@^5.1.1 as a workaround for https://github.com/aws-amplify/amplify-backend/issues/962
-      // all other packages must depend on execa@^8.0.1
-      // this can be removed once execa is patched
+    const inconsistentDependency =
+      this.knownInconsistentDependencyVersions.find(
+        (x) => x.dependencyName === packageName
+      );
+    if (inconsistentDependency) {
       return (declarations) => {
         const validationResult = declarations.every(
           ({ dependentPackageName, version }) =>
-            (dependentPackageName === '@aws-amplify/plugin-types' &&
-              version === '^5.1.1') ||
-            version === '^8.0.1'
+            inconsistentDependency!.exceptions.find(
+              (a) => a.packageName === dependentPackageName
+            )?.dependencyVersion ||
+            version === inconsistentDependency!.globalDependencyVersion
         );
         return (
           validationResult ||
-          `${packageName} dependency declarations must depend on version ^8.0.1 except in @aws-amplify/plugin-types where it must depend on ^5.1.1.`
+          `${packageName} dependency declarations must depend on version ${
+            inconsistentDependency!.globalDependencyVersion
+          } except in the following packages` +
+            inconsistentDependency!.exceptions.forEach(
+              (exception) =>
+                `, ${exception.packageName} where it must depend on ${exception.dependencyVersion}`
+            )
         );
       };
     } else if ((await this.getRepoPackageNames()).includes(packageName)) {
diff --git a/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-inconsistent-test-packages/package1/package.json b/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-inconsistent-test-packages/package1/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04c57c8144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-inconsistent-test-packages/package1/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "name": "package1",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "glob": "^7.2.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "zod": "^3.8.2-alpha.6"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-inconsistent-test-packages/package2/package.json b/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-inconsistent-test-packages/package2/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8c74c3e16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-inconsistent-test-packages/package2/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "name": "package2",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "glob": "^3.4.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "zod": "^3.8.2-alpha.6"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-inconsistent-test-packages/package3/package.json b/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-inconsistent-test-packages/package3/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c20dc3d34d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-inconsistent-test-packages/package3/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "name": "package2",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "glob": "^1.6.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "zod": "^3.8.2-alpha.6"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-multiple-inconsistencies-test-packages/package1/package.json b/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-multiple-inconsistencies-test-packages/package1/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64ec0f74ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-multiple-inconsistencies-test-packages/package1/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "package1",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "glob": "^7.2.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "zod": "^3.8.2-alpha.6"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "yargs": "~14.2.3"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-multiple-inconsistencies-test-packages/package2/package.json b/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-multiple-inconsistencies-test-packages/package2/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d7f2c8dcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-multiple-inconsistencies-test-packages/package2/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "package2",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "glob": "^7.2.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "zod": "^2.0.0"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "yargs": "~14.2.3"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-multiple-inconsistencies-test-packages/package3/package.json b/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-multiple-inconsistencies-test-packages/package3/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..315990eda0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/components/test-resources/dependency-version-multiple-inconsistencies-test-packages/package3/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "package3",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "glob": "^5.3.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "zod": "^3.8.2-alpha.6"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "yargs": "~14.2.3"
+  }
+}