diff --git a/app/utils/install-command.ts b/app/utils/install-command.ts
index af0e62adf..f4db0e9a5 100644
--- a/app/utils/install-command.ts
+++ b/app/utils/install-command.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ export const packageManagers = [
     id: 'yarn',
     label: 'yarn',
     action: 'add',
-    executeLocal: 'yarn',
+    // For both yarn v1 and v2+ support
+    // local exec defers to npx instead
+    executeLocal: 'npx',
     executeRemote: 'yarn dlx',
     create: 'yarn create',
     icon: 'i-simple-icons:yarn',
diff --git a/test/unit/app/utils/install-command.spec.ts b/test/unit/app/utils/install-command.spec.ts
index 738c5df47..f6d5998f2 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/utils/install-command.spec.ts
+++ b/test/unit/app/utils/install-command.spec.ts
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ describe('install command generation', () => {
       it.each([
         ['npm', ['npx', 'eslint']],
         ['pnpm', ['pnpm', 'exec', 'eslint']],
-        ['yarn', ['yarn', 'eslint']],
+        ['yarn', ['npx', 'eslint']],
         ['bun', ['bunx', 'eslint']],
         ['deno', ['deno', 'run', 'npm:eslint']],
         ['vlt', ['vlt', 'x', 'eslint']],
diff --git a/test/unit/app/utils/run-command.spec.ts b/test/unit/app/utils/run-command.spec.ts
index 40cc49f76..af402e1be 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/utils/run-command.spec.ts
+++ b/test/unit/app/utils/run-command.spec.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('executable detection and run commands', () => {
     it.each([
       ['npm', ['npx', 'eslint']],
       ['pnpm', ['pnpm', 'exec', 'eslint']],
-      ['yarn', ['yarn', 'eslint']],
+      ['yarn', ['npx', 'eslint']],
       ['bun', ['bunx', 'eslint']],
       ['deno', ['deno', 'run', 'npm:eslint']],
       ['vlt', ['vlt', 'x', 'eslint']],