diff --git a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/.yarnrc.yml b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/yarnrc.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/.yarnrc.yml
rename to packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/yarnrc.yml
diff --git a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/__tests__/app-template.spec.ts b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/__tests__/app-template.spec.ts
index b7de51bfd1..066cb2ce0c 100644
--- a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/__tests__/app-template.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/__tests__/app-template.spec.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIERS_PATH = join(
   'constants',
   'universal-identifiers.ts',
 );
+const YARNRC_PATH = 'yarnrc.yml';
 
 // Template content matching template/src/constants/universal-identifiers.ts
 const TEMPLATE_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIERS = `export const APP_DISPLAY_NAME = 'DISPLAY-NAME-TO-BE-GENERATED';
@@ -173,6 +174,27 @@ describe('copyBaseApplicationProject', () => {
     expect(publicDirectoryContents).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
+  it('should rename yarnrc.yml to .yarnrc.yml in the scaffolded project', async () => {
+    await fs.writeFile(
+      join(testAppDirectory, YARNRC_PATH),
+      'nodeLinker: node-modules',
+    );
+
+    await copyBaseApplicationProject({
+      appName: 'my-test-app',
+      appDisplayName: 'My Test App',
+      appDescription: 'A test application',
+      appDirectory: testAppDirectory,
+    });
+
+    expect(await fs.pathExists(join(testAppDirectory, YARNRC_PATH))).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+    expect(await fs.pathExists(join(testAppDirectory, '.yarnrc.yml'))).toBe(
+      true,
+    );
+  });
+
   it('should handle empty description', async () => {
     await copyBaseApplicationProject({
       appName: 'my-test-app',
diff --git a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/app-template.ts b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/app-template.ts
index f16309726f..06884d8825 100644
--- a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/app-template.ts
+++ b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/app-template.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const copyBaseApplicationProject = async ({
   onProgress?.('Copying base template');
   await fs.copy(join(__dirname, './constants/template'), appDirectory);
 
-  onProgress?.('Configuring dotfiles (.gitignore, .github)');
+  onProgress?.('Configuring dotfiles (.gitignore, .github, .yarnrc.yml)');
   await renameDotfiles({ appDirectory });
 
   onProgress?.('Mirroring AGENTS.md to CLAUDE.md');
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const renameDotfiles = async ({ appDirectory }: { appDirectory: string }) => {
   const renames = [
     { from: 'gitignore', to: '.gitignore' },
     { from: 'github', to: '.github' },
+    { from: 'yarnrc.yml', to: '.yarnrc.yml' },
   ];
 
   for (const { from, to } of renames) {