Hydrogen upgrade fails on yarn

“When yarn shopify hydrogen upgrade is executed it fails while upgrading the dependencies.”

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Hydrogen upgrade fails on yarn projects using install subcommand. installNodeModules() in cli-kit always runs <pm> install <packages>, but yarn and pnpm require add for specific packages.

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Where: Shopify CLI
Versions: 3.56.3 to 2025.7.1
Platforms: Windows
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow. Some reports say it used to work. Some reports say it blocks them completely.

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Upgrade misses newer releases3 people
Hydrogen upgrade runs npm in monorepos with root lockfile2 people

Original reports3, newest first

Mar 18, 2026installNodeModules() uses wrong subcommand for yarn/pnpm when adding specific packagesOn GitHubcli #7042
Mar 16, 2025node_modules not getting updated while upgrading shopify hydrogen version using yarnOn GitHubhydrogen #2830
Jun 3, 2024Hydrogen CLI does not support Yarn v4 with Hydrogen upgradeOn GitHubhydrogen #2191

Hydrogen upgrade fails on yarn

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Is this your bug?

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Original reports3, newest first

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