diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/npm/extract/index.spec.ts b/lib/modules/manager/npm/extract/index.spec.ts
index bf5095ee46b317..7f90f02c3d3d8b 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/npm/extract/index.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/npm/extract/index.spec.ts
@@ -483,6 +483,50 @@ describe('modules/manager/npm/extract/index', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('extracts volta yarn higher than 1', async () => {
+      const pJson = {
+        main: 'index.js',
+        engines: {
+          node: '16.0.0',
+        },
+        volta: {
+          node: '16.0.0',
+          yarn: '3.2.4',
+        },
+      };
+      const pJsonStr = JSON.stringify(pJson);
+      const res = await npmExtract.extractPackageFile(
+        pJsonStr,
+        'package.json',
+        defaultConfig
+      );
+
+      expect(res).toMatchObject({
+        deps: [
+          {},
+          {
+            commitMessageTopic: 'Node.js',
+            currentValue: '16.0.0',
+            datasource: 'github-tags',
+            depName: 'node',
+            depType: 'volta',
+            packageName: 'nodejs/node',
+            prettyDepType: 'volta',
+            versioning: 'node',
+          },
+          {
+            commitMessageTopic: 'Yarn',
+            currentValue: '3.2.4',
+            datasource: 'npm',
+            depName: 'yarn',
+            depType: 'volta',
+            prettyDepType: 'volta',
+            packageName: '@yarnpkg/cli',
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+    });
+
     it('extracts non-npmjs', async () => {
       const pJson = {
         dependencies: {
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/npm/extract/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/npm/extract/index.ts
index f436af566d2616..89e3a71bc59db9 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/npm/extract/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/npm/extract/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { newlineRegex, regEx } from '../../../../util/regex';
 import { GithubTagsDatasource } from '../../../datasource/github-tags';
 import { NpmDatasource } from '../../../datasource/npm';
 import * as nodeVersioning from '../../../versioning/node';
-import { isValid, isVersion } from '../../../versioning/npm';
+import { api, isValid, isVersion } from '../../../versioning/npm';
 import type {
   ExtractConfig,
   NpmLockFiles,
@@ -200,10 +200,9 @@ export async function extractPackageFile(
         dep.datasource = NpmDatasource.id;
         dep.commitMessageTopic = 'Yarn';
         constraints.yarn = dep.currentValue;
-        if (
-          dep.currentValue.startsWith('2') ||
-          dep.currentValue.startsWith('3')
-        ) {
+        const major =
+          isVersion(dep.currentValue) && api.getMajor(dep.currentValue);
+        if (major && major > 1) {
           dep.packageName = '@yarnpkg/cli';
         }
       } else if (depName === 'npm') {
@@ -235,6 +234,11 @@ export async function extractPackageFile(
       } else if (depName === 'yarn') {
         dep.datasource = NpmDatasource.id;
         dep.commitMessageTopic = 'Yarn';
+        const major =
+          isVersion(dep.currentValue) && api.getMajor(dep.currentValue);
+        if (major && major > 1) {
+          dep.packageName = '@yarnpkg/cli';
+        }
       } else if (depName === 'npm') {
         dep.datasource = NpmDatasource.id;
       } else {