diff --git a/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md b/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
index b084b32bd1f1..24c7851c21eb 100644
--- a/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
+++ b/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
@@ -64,13 +64,17 @@ If it's the only version of node installed, it will automatically be set to the
 
 #### Install `yarn`
 
-To install yarn run:
+OpenSearch Dashboards is set up using yarn, which can be installed through corepack. To install yarn, run:
 
 ```bash
-$ npm i -g yarn
+$ # Update corepack to the latest version
+$ npm i -g corepack
+
+$ # Install the correct version of yarn
+$ corepack install
 ```
 
-(See the [Yarn installation documentation](https://yarnpkg.com/getting-started/install) for more information.)
+(See the [corepack documentation](https://github.com/nodejs/corepack#-corepack) for more information.)
 
 ### Fork and clone OpenSearch Dashboards
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0cffb3fcc47e..1e66bbfbd290 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   "bugs": {
     "url": "http://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/issues"
   },
+  "packageManager": "yarn@1.22.19",
   "opensearchDashboards": {
     "clean": {
       "extraPatterns": [