diff --git a/packages/create-next-app/index.ts b/packages/create-next-app/index.ts
index 8d7f25427610..3c16c40a7dd6 100644
--- a/packages/create-next-app/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-next-app/index.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     ? 'npm'
     : !!program.usePnpm
     ? 'pnpm'
-    : 'yarn'
+    : getPkgManager()
 
   const example = typeof program.example === 'string' && program.example.trim()
   try {
diff --git a/test/integration/create-next-app/index.test.ts b/test/integration/create-next-app/index.test.ts
index 1f68f56875c0..b0707196dedf 100644
--- a/test/integration/create-next-app/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/create-next-app/index.test.ts
@@ -305,7 +305,30 @@ describe('create next app', () => {
 
   it('should create a project in the current directory', async () => {
     await usingTempDir(async (cwd) => {
-      const res = await run(['.'], { cwd })
+      const env = { ...process.env }
+      const tmpBin = path.join(__dirname, 'bin')
+      const tmpYarn = path.join(tmpBin, 'yarn')
+
+      if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+        // ensure install succeeds with invalid yarn binary
+        // which simulates no yarn binary being available as
+        // an alternative to removing the binary and reinstalling
+        await fs.remove(tmpBin)
+        await fs.mkdir(tmpBin)
+        await fs.writeFile(tmpYarn, '#!/bin/sh\nexit 1')
+        await fs.chmod(tmpYarn, '755')
+        env.PATH = `${tmpBin}:${env.PATH}`
+        delete env.npm_config_user_agent
+      }
+
+      const res = await run(['.'], {
+        cwd,
+        env,
+        extendEnv: false,
+        stdio: 'inherit',
+      })
+      await fs.remove(tmpBin)
+
       expect(res.exitCode).toBe(0)
 
       const files = [