diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 749441e..feff784 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
         cache: 'npm'
+    - run: npm i -g yarn@latest
     - run: npm i -g yarn@1
     - run: npm i -g pnpm@8
     - run: npm ci
diff --git a/playwright.config.ts b/playwright.config.ts
index cf87857..18fbc68 100644
--- a/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/playwright.config.ts
@@ -15,17 +15,27 @@
  */
 import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';
 import type { TestFixtures } from './tests/baseFixtures';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import os from 'node:os';
 
 export default defineConfig<TestFixtures>({
   timeout: 120 * 1000,
   testDir: './tests',
   reporter: 'list',
   workers: process.env.CI ? 1 : undefined,
+  outputDir: fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'create-playwright-test-')), // place test dir outside to prevent influece from `yarn.lock` or `package.json` in repo
   projects: [
     {
       name: 'npm',
       use: {
         packageManager: 'npm'
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'yarn-classic',
+      use: {
+        packageManager: 'npx yarn@1'
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/tests/baseFixtures.ts b/tests/baseFixtures.ts
index 285d19d..be5dbe9 100644
--- a/tests/baseFixtures.ts
+++ b/tests/baseFixtures.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import type { PromptOptions } from '../src/generator';
 
-export type PackageManager = 'npm' | 'pnpm' | 'yarn';
+export type PackageManager = 'npm' | 'pnpm' | 'yarn' | 'npx yarn@1';
 
 export type TestFixtures = {
   packageManager: PackageManager;
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ export function packageManagerToNpxCommand(packageManager: PackageManager): stri
       return 'npx';
     case 'yarn':
       return 'yarn';
+    case 'npx yarn@1':
+      return 'npx yarn@1';
     case 'pnpm':
       return 'pnpm dlx';
   }
diff --git a/tests/component-testing.spec.ts b/tests/component-testing.spec.ts
index ffab684..35de7e6 100644
--- a/tests/component-testing.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/component-testing.spec.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
 
 test('should be able to generate and run a CT React project', async ({ run, dir, exec, packageManager }) => {
+  test.skip(packageManager === 'yarn');
   test.slow();
   await run(['--ct'], { installGitHubActions: true, testDir: 'tests', language: 'TypeScript', installPlaywrightDependencies: false, installPlaywrightBrowsers: true, framework: 'react' });
   {
diff --git a/tests/integration.spec.ts b/tests/integration.spec.ts
index 534811a..865b737 100644
--- a/tests/integration.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/integration.spec.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const validGitignore = [
 ].join('\n');
 
 test('should generate a project in the current directory', async ({ run, dir, packageManager }) => {
+  test.skip(packageManager === 'yarn');
   test.slow();
   const { stdout } = await run([], { installGitHubActions: true, testDir: 'tests', language: 'TypeScript', installPlaywrightDependencies: false, installPlaywrightBrowsers: true });
   expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, 'tests/example.spec.ts'))).toBeTruthy();
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ test('should generate a project in the current directory', async ({ run, dir, pa
 });
 
 test('should generate a project in a given directory', async ({ run, dir, packageManager }) => {
+  test.skip(packageManager === 'yarn');
   await run(['foobar'], { installGitHubActions: true, testDir: 'tests', language: 'TypeScript', installPlaywrightDependencies: false, installPlaywrightBrowsers: true });
   expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, 'foobar/tests/example.spec.ts'))).toBeTruthy();
   expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, 'foobar/package.json'))).toBeTruthy();
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ test('should generate in the root of pnpm workspace', async ({ run, packageManag
 });
 
 test('should generate in the root of yarn workspaces', async ({ run, packageManager }) => {
-  test.skip(packageManager !== 'yarn');
+  test.skip(packageManager !== 'npx yarn@1');
 
   const dir = test.info().outputDir;
   fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
@@ -126,9 +128,9 @@ test('should generate in the root of yarn workspaces', async ({ run, packageMana
   for (const pkg of ['foo', 'bar']) {
     const packageDir = path.join(dir, 'packages', pkg);
     fs.mkdirSync(packageDir, { recursive: true });
-    childProcess.execSync('yarn init -y', { cwd: packageDir });
+    childProcess.execSync(`${packageManager} init -y`, { cwd: packageDir });
   }
-  childProcess.execSync('yarn install', { cwd: dir });
+  childProcess.execSync(`${packageManager} install`, { cwd: dir });
 
   await run([], { installGitHubActions: false, testDir: 'tests', language: 'TypeScript', installPlaywrightDependencies: false, installPlaywrightBrowsers: false });
   assertLockFilesExist(dir, packageManager);